Commuter Life

If you’re already thinking about your summer road trip, here’s a bit of good news: you’ll likely pay lower gas prices than previous summers. “Families taking trips this summer can expect to pay lower gas prices than recent years as long as there are not any refinery problems or significant… Read More →

It feels like summer—if you’re at the gas pump. The average price for a regular gallon of gas in the New York metro area is now at $4, a high normally seen as the summer driving season approaches. See AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge report. Even before last week’s blizzard, the… Read More →

Many locals probably consider it a zippy ride when they can drive up to 65 mph on an area highway. But that’s pretty pedestrian compared to other parts of the country, where super-fast speed limits are on the rise, my colleague at USA TODAY wrote in a Dec. 28 story…. Read More →

Motorists will be gobbling up the roads for Thanksgiving, with more than 39 million Americans expected to travel by car next week. That makes up 90 percent of the 43 million people predicted to travel 50 miles or more during Thanksgiving week, according to AAA’s annual Thanksgiving travel survey. Though… Read More →

Younger drivers are a dangerously drowsy bunch, according to a new study from AAA. One out of seven licensed drivers ages 16 to 24 reported dozing off at least once while driving in the past year, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety,  One out of 10 licensed drivers… Read More →

Though gas lines are still long in many places, AAA New York assures drivers that problem, which includes soaring gas prices, is improving. “It is important for motorists to realize that this continues to be an issue of electrical supply rather than a gasoline shortage,” AAA New York said in… Read More →

AAA New York reports that the average price for a regular gallon of gas in the New York City metro area is now $4.10, but many of our readers have reported much higher prices. So many complaints about alleged price gouging  in the aftermath of Sandy has prompted Attorney General… Read More →

We’ve been absent from this blog to focus on LoHud.com’s 24/7 coverage since Superstorm Sandy hit our region.  How life has been turned upside down for millions of people since then. One of the biggest stories to emerge has been the scramble for gas in the aftermath of the storm…. Read More →

Despite warning signs, it seems that rarely a week goes by without an oversized truck entering a restricted parkway and smashing into a low bridge.  Nearly 200 trucks a year hit bridges and overpasses statewide, according to the state DOT, with more than 70 percent of those occurring in this… Read More →