{"id":189154,"date":"2025-08-31T10:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T10:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/189154\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T10:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T10:06:02","slug":"new-yorkers-hit-the-roads-and-skies-for-labor-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/189154\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yorkers hit the roads and skies for Labor Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labor Day weekend is often when travelers take their last big trip of the summer, which means larger crowds at travel hubs.<\/p>\n<p>The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has suspended all non-emergency repair work on bridges and tunnels through the weekend so travelers, like those at Manhattan\u2019s Moynihan station, can relax more and stress less.<\/p>\n<p><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Labor Day weekend is often when travelers take their last big trip of the summer, which means larger crowds at travel hub<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has suspended all non-emergency repair work on bridges and tunnels through the weekend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The national average price of regular gas is about $3.20, according to AAA<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Saturday is expected to be extra busy on the roads with many drivers heading out of town or taking day trips, so the earlier you hit the road, the better<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many people at Jamaica Station in Queens said they\u2019re staying local to celebrate the holiday weekend, and rail riders say the train is cheaper and easier than driving.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who is driving, however, gas prices have stayed low throughout the summer. The national average price of regular gas is about $3.20, according to AAA.<\/p>\n<p>Car-rental costs are also down 3% this year compared to last summer.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, be prepared for holiday traffic: A report from AAA recommends leaving before lunchtime this Labor Day weekend to avoid severe congestion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m concerned about it, but when you\u2019re from New York and you live in New York, you get used to it,\u201d LIRR rider Sharon Brown said when asked if she was concerned about crowds and long lines during the holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday is expected to be extra busy on the roads with many drivers heading out of town or taking day trips, so the earlier you hit the road, the better.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, if you\u2019re traveling by plane, AAA recommends passengers traveling domestically arrive for their flight at least two hours in advance, while those going international should arrive at least three hours before takeoff.<\/p>\n<p>The rule of thumb when traveling, according to AAA, is the earlier you leave, the better.<\/p>\n<p>AAA also says gas prices should stay below what they were last year, barring bad weather like a tropical storm or a hurricane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Labor Day weekend is often when travelers take their last big trip of the summer, which means larger&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,7448,405,403,50,5226,5225,32522,5228,5227,52,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-189154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-nia-clark","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-top-stories","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-vod"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115122823771764556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}