Detail needed for a short story re: traffic on Sundays
Posted by gardenboss
Detail needed for a short story re: traffic on Sundays March 16, 2011 01:55PM |
Is it possible that traffic from Woodlawn in the Bronx to Manhattan would be steady/free-flowing on a Sunday evening - or always a bottleneck? (Major Deegan to the Henry Hudson)
My first trip to the city a dozen years ago, I actually drove on the Cross-Bronx and about had a melt-down. But I visited friends on LI last spring and we drove in to the Cloisters one day and the Botanical Gardens another and neither time did I find the traffic to be as scary as they'd predicted or as I remembered it. Maybe we were going opposite to the problems or maybe we left town before they started.
Anyway, I need to move a character from the Bronx to Central Park West/79th St on a Sunday evening. About how long would that take? I was guessing an hour but a writing circle friend said I was nuts. She's not from NYC either, so obviously I need expert opinion.
Thanks for any observations or suggestions of better, more realistic routes.
Carole
My first trip to the city a dozen years ago, I actually drove on the Cross-Bronx and about had a melt-down. But I visited friends on LI last spring and we drove in to the Cloisters one day and the Botanical Gardens another and neither time did I find the traffic to be as scary as they'd predicted or as I remembered it. Maybe we were going opposite to the problems or maybe we left town before they started.
Anyway, I need to move a character from the Bronx to Central Park West/79th St on a Sunday evening. About how long would that take? I was guessing an hour but a writing circle friend said I was nuts. She's not from NYC either, so obviously I need expert opinion.
Thanks for any observations or suggestions of better, more realistic routes.
Carole
Re: Detail needed for a short story re: traffic on Sundays March 21, 2011 10:54AM |
Re: Detail needed for a short story re: traffic on Sundays March 23, 2011 08:10PM |
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