Howard Permut, the new president of Metro-North Railroad, said his first day on the job went pretty smoothly. No surprises, nothing out of the ordinary.

Of course, the Ossining resident has been an administrator with the railroad

Jiffy Lube is offering a promotion aimed at helping customers drive farther on less gas. Starting Friday, when a customer pays for the Jiffy Lube Signature Service Oil Change at participating service centers, a technician will give a Fuel Efficiency Review.

The Houston-based company boasts that the tips can save

With Howard Permut all the best. This is the Ossining resident’s first official day as president of Metro-North Railroad.

Permut, who was the railroad’s senior vice president, takes over for

I can’t help offering one last thought on the Thru-Way Diner in New Rochelle. I’ve passed it a couple of times since it closed Sunday, and the site of the building gone dark — the building that for so long was lit round the clock — strikes a melancholy chord.

About as long as the Thruway [...]

Here’s the latest from the Thruway Authority on the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge deck:

ALBANY, NY (06/30/2008; 0923)(readMedia)—The New York State Thruway Authority announced today that deck replacement work on the Tappan Zee Bridge will continue next week. This project is

Peter Cannito, the outgoing president ofMetro-North Railroad, is this year’s winner of the W. Graham Claytor Award for Distinguished Service to Passenger Transportation.

The award given, annually by Railway Age mgazine, is named

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted today to give up their free rides on the buses and subways and across the agency’s bridges.Give props to The Daily News for exposing the perk a few weeks back, raising the eyebrows of state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. The state’s official watchdog said 

An advocacy group, Business Travel Coalition, predicts that the troubles airlines are facing with high fuel costs are likely to lead to airline service cuts at Westchester County Airport as well as 149 other airports across the country.

The latest issue of Car & Travel, the magazine of AAA New York, says that insurance companies trust women drivers more than men.The article in the July issue reports that insurers make use of data showing that men are involved in more fatal

Fewer planes and helicopters are taking off from and landing at Westchester County Airport, but the number of airline passengers leaving is up, a monthly report from the Westchester County Department of Transportation shows.Through May, the airport recorded 64,404 take offs and landings, down from

When Metro-North brass gather at the Hastings train station at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon to celebrate $65 million worth of work on four train stations, it could be President Peter Cannito’s last ceremonial appearance as the head of the railroad.

Cannito will retire July 15 to be replaced by Vice President Howard Permut.

The third president since [...]

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority held a press conference today where I could have gone to watch transit officials encourage us all to ride the trains and buses.

I could have gone to the Rockville Center train station to see MTA CEO Elliot Sander and other VIPs put a decommissioned service station pump into a container as [...]

You hear terms like “smart growth” and, more recently, “transit-oriented development,” and in one sense, what it all means is building communities where it’s easier to get things done by walkng, riding a bicycle or taking a bus or train.

So it’s not unusual that the New York State Department of Transportation is getting in on [...]

People may be unhappy with rising air fare and added surcharges, but it’s the attitudes of the air line employees that led to a decline in customer satisfaction, a report shows.

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2008 North American Airline Satisfaction Study found

People may grumble about the hassles of taking a flight these days, but Delta Air Lines is trying to make it easier by allowing passengers flying from LaGuardia to check in before they even get to the airport.

All you need is a