By Patricia Scanlon, Traffic Attorney. NYC & Long Island Mark your calendars – New York City’s congestion pricing program is slated to begin on January 5, 2025. Anyone entering Manhattan from 60th Street and below will have to pay a fee. This initiative aims to tackle the traffic jams and boost public transit funding, which will […]
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So you’re sitting in your car on the Long Island Expressway going nowhere and all you see are a parade of cars in front of you and behind you doing the same thing. From the Belt Parkway to the Long Island Expressway and from Brooklyn to Montauk, AI is coming to a town near you. So
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Hempstead Turnpike in All It’s Glory If you have ever traveled on Hempstead Turnpike in Nassau County, you may be one of many who despises this road, not the least of which are the complaints about the long waiting time at red lights. Enter Nassau Coliseum. In the heart of western Long Island, there stands an empty
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We have all seen those signs on the highways that say Adopt a Highway” along with a business name listed below it, but what does that mean exactly? What actions and/or costs are associated with the business and the highway? Let’s find out.“Adopt a Highway” is a community-based program that allows individuals, groups, or organizations
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So you’re cruising along the Long Island Expressway at 55 MPH with no issues of traffic build-up, but you look ahead and start seeing those red backup lights in the foreground. What’s happening? A traffic jam for sure, but why? Let’s take a closer look at why these highways turn into parking lots, especially on
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Ever wonder where those white lane lines come from and who paints them? You might want to believe it is Kramer from Seinfeld, but we are sorry to disappoint you, it is not. And the made-up Burkart Expressway is no doubt supposed to be the Long Island Expressway. We are assuming that they changed the
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Overview Sunrise Highway, also known as Route 27, is a 120-mile-long roadway on Long Island that stretches from New York City (Brooklyn), through the Hamptons up to Montauk Point. It is a heavily traveled road, connecting many communities and unfortunately, known for having a high number of accidents. Road Volume Several factors contribute to
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The Long Island Expressway is rich in history and has been a defining feature of New York’s landscape since it first opened in 1938. Built to ease the burden of heavy traffic on the Northern State and Southern State Parkways, and the local roads that commercial traffic had to use, the LIE quickly became an
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