Fuel will not be available at the Sloatsburg travel plaza on the New York State Thruway from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday due to repair work, the state Thruway Authority said today.

The restaurant and restroom services will remain open.

The travel plaza is located on northbound Interstate 87, about two miles north of Interchange 15A (Sloatsburg, Route 17N). The next closest travel area on the northbound Thruway is Plattekill, approximately 32 miles north of the Sloatsburg service area between interchanges 17 and 18.

More than 200 new cars and trucks will be on display at the 23rd Annual Auto Show, which starts Friday at the Rockland Community College Field House in Ramapo.

Sales people representing 25 manufacturers will be on hand to answer questions.

The shows hours are: 2 to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $8 for adults; $3 children ages 10 to 15; and free for children under 10 when accompanied by a parent. Only cash will be accepted as payment.

More information, directions and a discount coupon are available at www.rocklandexpo.com.

New York Water Taxi said today its commuter ferry service from Haverstraw and Yonkers to Manhattan would be suspended for the rest of this week due to “severe ice conditions” in the Hudson River.

Service was also suspended last week.

It’s almost like a riddle: When is a plane crash considered a miracle?

Maybe I’m still a kid at heart, but to me it’s a miracle every time an airplane loaded with people and luggage lifts off the ground. But the crash of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson Read more of this entry »

Our transit buddies over in Connecticut — those who ride Metro-North’s New Haven Line — are not very happy with the service, if you ask the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council.

The group just put out it’s annual report, complaining about crowding, rude Read more of this entry »

Here’s what’s running, and not, on Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:

• Tappan ZEExpress buses will operate a modified schedule to coordinate with Metro-North trains at Tarrytown and White Plains. All buses will provide local service through Nyack.

• Coach USA Red and Tan buses will operate a Saturday schedule, plus reduced express route service to all stops on routes 45, 47 and 49.

• Coach USA Express (Exit 14) buses will offer reduced service, with buses departing in the morning about every 30 minutes between 6 and 8:35 a.m.

• Coach USA Short Line buses will operate a weekend schedule.

• Monsey Trails buses will operate normal weekday schedules.

• Transport of Rockland (TOR) buses will operate normal weekday schedules.

• Clarkstown Mini-Trans buses buses will operate normal weekday schedules.

• Spring Valley Jitney buses will not operate.

• TRIPS buses will operate a limited service.

• Metro-North Railroad trains in Westchester on the Hudson and Harlem lines will operate a modified Saturday schedule, with some additional trains. Off-peak fares will be in effect all day.

• New Jersey Transit trains in Rockland  will operate normal weekday schedules on the Pascack Valley and the Main Line/Bergen lines. Port Jervis line trains will also operate a normal weekday schedule.

• The Haverstraw-Ossining ferry will operate a modified schedule to coordinate with Metro-North trains. The TOR Ferry Express Shuttle bus will meet all ferries.

• The Haverstraw-Manhattan ferry will not operate.

• The Rockland County Transit Information Center can be reached at 845-364-3333.

If you’ve got something to say about the proposed Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare increases — and I imagine quite a few of you do — tomorrow is the first big chance to tell the transit giant’s leaders about it.

The first of eight hearings will begin at 6 p.m. in the Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. If you’re going, look Read more of this entry »

The MTA Board is heading to Albany for help, and you can be sure the members won’t be flying in private jets.

They’ll be going by rail, of course, and they’re making sure we know about it.

In my column today, I pointed out that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority budget hearings start on Wednesday, and still there is no movement to put in place the rescue measures recommended by the Ravitch Commission. Time is of the essence. The MTA wants to set its rate increase in March.

Well, today we get notice that Read more of this entry »

New York Water Taxi has cancelled service to and from Haverstraw and Manhattan, via Yonkers, for the rest of this week due to ice conditions in the Hudson River, a company spokesperson today.

All tickets are valid for one year and will be honored when service resumes.

The two-year-old ferry services handles fewer than 15 riders each weekday from Haverstraw.

For service updates, call 212-742-1969 or visit www.nywatertaxi.com.

That Green Lane track crossing in Bedford — the site of another car-train accident on New Year’s Eve — is somewhat like Westchester’s version of the Bermuda Triangle.

It’s not just that it’s had more than its share of accidents. It’s that they seem Read more of this entry »

It’s hasn’t been a good day for the MTA or its customers so far today.

You may have heard of the track fire that’s stopped Metro-North trains from going into or out of Grand Central Terminal. (If you haven’t, check out the Lohud site here and see the update in the list on the right.)

But check this out. If you go Read more of this entry »