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I am planning a trip to for my daughter's birthday in August or September. We want to stay on a Saturday and Sunday, leaving the city on a Monday.
I want to know how difficult it is to drive INTO the city. We would only need to drive to our hotel, then park the until we are ready to leave for home. We don't plan on driving any other time in the city! I have been told that Saturday morning is a good day to drive into the city. A couple things to consider:1.) Hubby and I are both cautious drivers, never had an accident!2.) I have only been to NYC once, not counting the couple field trips I took in high school.3.) We are from a small town that doesn't even have a traffic light.4.) Each year, we drive 20+ hours to.I guess the point I am trying to make is we are good drivers, and can follow directions quite well.
However, we don't have much experience driving in larger cities.Has anyone out there been in this same situation? If so, how was the driving? Sorry so long. Also be aware that there is NO RIGHT TURN ON RED in, and that the no parking/no standing signs really do mean what they say, and are thoroughly enforced (and no, the NYPD does not think you deserve a warning first when you disregard a sign that says 'no standing'.)You should be okay, as long as you do NOT try to cross the during rush hours. Do you have an EZ Pass (they are usable on the R. Bridges too, you know.)? If not, be aware that one pays to exit in either direction, but it is free to enter.
If you do not have an EZ pass, make sure you use the correct toll lane, and have your toll ready when you pull up to the booth. Caylismom -Here is what we do, however we are in a different part of PA than you we catch the NJ Transit into the city.
Go onto their website and see if there is anywhere convenient for you to catch the train and maybe compare costs of what it will cost you to take the train and park vs. Driving right into the city. For us it is about three hours to drive into and it is just easier for us to drive to Trenton and then catch the NJ into NYC - it gives us an hour coming in and out of the city to relax. As has been said earlier in this post, if you can drive in, nyc should be no problem for you. I used to live in orlando and faced I-4 daily at rush hour.i would gladly take manhattan in its place.i dont think youll have anything to worry about. Last trip I drove around quite a bit and it too was on a weekend.
The traffic isnt that bad, you just have to drive as they do and go with the flow.my only advice is to have a clear cut map of where you are going and have a good co-pilot to read directions aloud as you are driving.and again as was said above, dont attempt to leave during rush hour on a weekday. It's an easy drive - I've done it many times. And you'll be taking 380 to 80 to the city, right? The whole drive is a snap - it's under 2 1/2 hours from, where I have in-laws, to get to the tunnel. And yes, it's the same EZ Pass that gets you over the Delware River(west bound, no east bound toll) that is used for the tunnel.Saturday morning is an excellent time to drive in - there will likely be no traffic. And even if you hit the tunnel after noon it's not so bad. The only issue would be if they have a street fair planned that day (this happened to me once).
Here's a link to the street fair calendarNote, by the way, that an alternate route is to stay on 80 to the GW Bridge, taking the west side highway downtown. This is well marked from 80 and is a good way to go if your hotel is uptown (ie, in the 50s or above) as there are plenty of convenient exits off the west side highway. We take this into all the time (I live 10 min from the bridge).If you take the bridge, the only confusing part is getting OFF the bridge onto the west side highway. Follow signs to Henry Pkwy (9A) south and you won't have trouble - although everyone calls this the west side highway, that's not its official name, Henry Hudson Pkwy is.
You could conceivably call plenty of things in New York City the worst - including, but not limited to, and - but in my studied opinion, there is no city in America worse than NYC for that mundane, necessary, often expensive task we know and loathe: parking that car you don't want to drive anyway. Unlike most American cities, doing so here means dealing with street sweeping and alternate-side parking rules every few days or so. And if you try to opt out, a.My fellow New Yorkers, it does not have to be this way. Here's everything you need to know to abide by the alternate-side parking rules and avoid unnecessary tickets in NYC.