Travelling

[fairyrune]

For future Manhattan/LUSH excursions, I have developed the following plan. I'm posting it here for my own reference.

Off-peak round trip tickets from the Nanuet train station are twelve dollars. According to the website, the ride takes less than an hour and a half, and drops you at Penn Station. From there you would take the subway to Union Square. At two dollars each way, the total would be sixteen dollars per person, with minimal gasoline expenditure.

The parking garage on West 3rd between MacDougal and 6th is approximately thirty dollars for up to ten hours, including tax. It takes approximately 1/4 of a tank of gas in my car to get to the city and back. Then, there's tolls.

Therefore, if I have a car full of people to split the parking fee, tolls and possibly gas, driving into the city is more cost effective. If it's just myself and one or maybe two other people, the train is the better option.

Comments

[fairyrune]

I think that's a good plan if a bunch of Jersey people are going. If it's just me and my mom or me and Rich or people from NY or something, that's a bit more of a hassle.

It seems I'll have to go back some time soon, since Rich's mom just sent me a gift card today!

[justducky2204.livejournal.com]

it's not as hard as it sounds...and it's WAY easier than driving in the city. yo have to drive by either harrison or hoboken to get into nyc. it's just a matter of knowing where to go.

[fairyrune]

I don't mind driving in the city so much. I'm pretty good at it, actually. My second two years of college were spent commuting from Rockland to Chelsea for classes, so I'm used to it.

My thing is, if I'm going to drive that far, I might as well just drive to the city anyway. It's about equidistant from here.

Although, the PATH would be cheaper. Hrm. I shall have to ponder this.

[justducky2204.livejournal.com]

and it's faster. much faster during the day, especially...

and especially from hoboken.

[fairyrune]

I know Mom wants to try the train from Nanuet, so that will probably be our next experiment. I'll put the PATH on the list of things to try, though!