Bring your patience along for the commute Thursday. A combination of events makes this a gridlock alert day in New York City.
A downtown Manhattan visit by President Obama, the funeral of former Governor Hugh Carey at Saint Patrick�s Cathedral and home games for both the Mets and Yankees this afternoon are all expected to cause heavy traffic.
Traffic expert �Gridlock� Sam Schwartz, calls it �a perfect storm.�
Obama is expected to attend a fundraising event at the Battery Park Ritz Carlton around 5:30 p.m. before heading over to the West Village after 7 p.m. He is expected to leave New York after 9 p.m.
Motorists can expect traffic freezes on the FDR Drive and West Side Highway anytime between 4:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
(Source: WCBSTV)
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dont forget renewals food and wine tasting event is tonight 7-10 further clogging up the highway (and some peoples arteries)
Coffee addict,
thanks for reminding me…where can I get tickets?
I’m so “happy” that Obummer is coming to mess up the traffic big time. Just like him to not care one bit about anyone else but himself.