-- Transit Drive-in offers car heaters for those chilly nights and a playground with a miniature golf course.
Mass transit drives the economy of New York City, and New York City's economy fuels the state's.
There are a couple of important stories in The Times worth highlighting today, one on determining when an old appliance should — and should not — get the heave-ho, and one on a burst of interest in mass transit driven by high gas prices.
"This weekend we're going to have a parking lot full of families and people here to have fun, enjoy the fresh air, scenery and excitement, and I just feed off that energy," says Rick A. Cohen, who owns the four-screen Transit Drive-in in Lockport, N.Y., just outside Buffalo, which has been in his family for 50 years.
Is that because the vagaries of mass transit can drive riders to drink?
Those opting for mass transit can drive 35 miles to Port Imperial in Weehawken, N.J., and board a New York Waterway ferry for an eight-minute trip to 39th Street and 12th Avenue.
Others, like Francis McCardle, president of the General Contractors Association of New York, welcomed the variable pricing as a test that will reveal whether driver behavior can be changed, and if discretionary travelers can be induced to use mass transit or drive during off-peak hours.
Good examples are what occupation to go in to, whether to go to college, whether to buy a new car this year or not, whether to take mass transit or drive your car to work.
Shortly before noon, a transit worker drove the bus down the block, where a tow truck dragged it away.
OTTAWA — Commuters were shocked and investigators were at a loss to explain why a double-decker transit bus drove past a warning light in Ottawa on Wednesday morning, crashed through safety barriers and plowed into a passenger train, killing six bus passengers and injuring 34 others.
