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Can't you take Metro-North for a bit and then rent a car outside NYC (and its surcharges and taxes)? Is it really faster to drive a rental car from NYC than to

by geofft 7y ago

Can't you take Metro-North for a bit and then rent a car outside NYC (and its surcharges and taxes)? Is it really faster to drive a rental car from NYC than to take a train out, especially on a Friday evening? Also, one reasonable approach to this particular problem is to permit cars on West Side Highway and FDR Drive but not otherwise in Manhattan. You can go around the city core but not through it.

CydeWeys 7y ago
Ideally, the West Hide Highway and FDR would be torn up, buried, etc. They're ruining almost the entire waterfront for most of Lower Manhattan.
- speedplane 7y ago
  > Ideally, the West Hide Highway and FDR would be torn up, buried If you lived the thrill of driving down either of those highways, with their amazing views, tightly packed cars, so close to the water, you may disagree.
speedplane 7y ago
> Can't you take Metro-North for a bit and then rent a car outside NYC It's a bit amazing, but the rental car companies have already taken this into account. If it costs $120 to rent a car in NYC, and $30 to take metro north upstate, rental car companies upstate charge around $90. It rarely makes sense.