It used to be that police would set up a sobriety checkpoint on a roadway and stay there all night. But in the age of cell phones and texting, motorists can quickly alert other drivers about the location of the stops, so police have to keep moving. To catch drunken… Read More →
Travelers looking for a cocktail before their flights at Westchester County Airport are temporarily out of luck as the airport’s restaurant and bar gets a major overhaul. Skytop Restaurant has gradually stopped operating since last year, when a new company, American Transit Host, won a 5-year contract to take over… Read More →
While there are now 40 states that ban texting while driving—Hawaii is the latest addition—there are still just 11 states that prohibit hand-held cell phones for all drivers. Hawaii restricts both kinds of cell phone use, but that’s not the case in Alabama, for example. Drivers there can talk on… Read More →
The Tappan Zee Bridge project got off to a rocky start last week when neighbors filed their first noise complaints, but it now appears that those early disputes have been worked out. Residents on Tappan Landing Road in Tarrytown—just a stone’s throw from where project crew are pile driving for… Read More →
In a letter to Metro-North commuters on the Hudson and Harlem line, Metro-North president Howard Permut assures riders that “safety is of paramount importance to us.” He writes: “Please be aware that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has specific standards in maintaining a safe railroad. Metro-North’s operating practices and maintenance… Read More →
Sen. Charles Schumer is slamming four major airlines for all hiking their ticket-change fees in recent weeks. Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, U.S. Airways and United Airlines have raised their change fees from $150 to $200. The fee is charged when travelers need to revise the time or day of… Read More →
A special zone tax, parking fees, and bridge toll revenue are among the possibilities being looked at to pay for mass transit improvements in Westchester and Rockland. The ideas—many of which are considered political hot potatoes—were presented Friday to a state panel that’s studying transit needs on the new Tappan… Read More →
A White Plains woman who has become a national advocate for banning the use of electronic devices while driving is set to speak to parents and teens in Carmel. Jacy Good will speak on May 21 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Donald B. Smith Campus of the Bureau… Read More →
It’s Friday afternoon and that means the Tappan Zee Bridge project teams tells us what it has planned next week. The biggest job is starting construction of a 1,000-foot-long work platform that will support a crane used to build the new bridge. Pile driving begins on Thruway land near Tarrytown,... Read More →
Rockland County will spend $4.8 million this year to repair its battered roads. As part of its largest paving and resurfacing program in its history, the county highway department will work on some 20 miles of its most beat-up and potholed roads. It includes major roadwork projects that were delayed… Read More →
