Here’s a pop quiz for you. What’s gray and furry and caused tens of thousands of commuters to apologize to their boss for being late yesterday? A squirrel. Yep, all it took was a little rodent to make a mess of yesterday’s morning commute. From my story today: A squirrel… Read More →
The hours you sit in your car each week can be bad for your heart, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study, which included 4297 adults from 12 metropolitan counties in Texas, found that people commuting by car at least 15 miles… Read More →
As a huge history buff, I thought it would be interesting to look back at news stories written when the current Tappan Zee Bridge was being built in the 1950s. These are from The Reporter Dispatch, LoHud.com’s predecessor. From Dec. 15, 1955, the day of the Tappan Zee Bridge opened:... Read More →
Our readers had a lot to say about the federal government’s decision to pass over the Tappan Zee Bridge project for a $2 billion loan and Metro-North’s Quiet Car program. Check out our Community Views page and join the conversation. Here are a few responses: “The #TappanZee project isn’t dead… Read More →
How are the roads and rails so far this morning? Any trouble spots commuters should avoid? Let us know!
Women and minority-owned businesses, also known as “economically disadvantaged enterprises” by the federal government, will get roughly $400 million in work on the TZ project, or 10 percent of the total project cost, which has been estimated between $4 and $5 billion. That’s good news to many local businesses, like… Read More →
Manhattan-style happy hours are coming to Port Chester. Plans are underway to bring Heartland Brewery—the popular New York City eatery and pub—to Port Chester’s historic 1890 train station building, MTA officials announced today. Although the brewery has traditionally been a lunch and dinner place, it will also be open in… Read More →
Are you sitting in this on the southbound side of the Taconic at Pleasantville Road? My colleague, Brian Howard, sent me this photo as he sits and wonders what’s snaring traffic up ahead. According to Hudson Valley Traveler, it seems that a disabled car on the shoulder is the problem…. Read More →
Commuters I spoke to yesterday at Grand Central had mixed reviews. In case you don’t know, Metro-North now has a quiet car on every peak hour train that is coming into and leaving Grand Central. Based on my interviews, it seems that many commuters are confused about which car is… Read More →
There are a bunch of ways to make the daily trek to work, but if you live in LoHud, you’re probably commuting alone in your car, according to 2010 census data. Do you wish you could travel a different way to work? What would be your ideal way? Here’s what… Read More →
