AAA Tipsy Tow Program offering a free Labor Day tow home for drinking drivers
The AAA Tipsy Tow Program predicts 34.4 million Americans will flying, driving or finding another way to get to friends and family. AAA announced on Tuesday by offering a free Labor Day tow home for drinking drivers in Northern California, Nevada and Utah from 6 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m.
AAA Carolinas said Wednesday it expects Labor Day travel in South Carolina to increase 7.7 percent this year, and approximately 452,000 state residents will travel during the long holiday weekend.
“What we’ve seen in the past is that North Carolinians go to South Carolina destinations, but the opposite doesn’t seem to be true,” said AAA Carolinas spokesman Brendan Byrnes. “For those reasons, we don’t expect Earl to have much of an impact on South Carolina. It is expected to make landfall Thursday, so it will have passed most travelers by. Folks should expect a beautiful weekend.”
“I’m going to go try to get to the casino, and play a little games, spend the day and have a great time,” Winston Williams said, one of the 740 thousand Arizonans expected to travel at least 50 miles from home this Labor Day weekend.
“Labor Day is a day that one always should remember,” Williams said.
According to the announcement, members and nonmembers alike may call 800-222-4357 (AAA-HELP) for a free tow of up to five miles, MercuryNews.Com.
New York City Bus Charters
It is quite easy to find your way around Manhattan. The entire midtown and upper Manhattan sections are laid out in a gridiron pattern of streets and avenues. All numbered streets run east and west (crosstown). All avenues run south (downtown) and north (uptown). The problem is choosing what to do in Manhattan. There are so many possibilities. A good place to begin is the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau. It is located at the southwest corner of Central Park at 59th Street. Here you can pick up helpful tips plus maps and mass-transit information. The bureau also has free individual folders on the other four boroughs.
Most people avoid driving on congested Manhattan streets. Parking spaces are not always available, either. There is also New York City’s public transportation system. There are 230 miles of subway lines and 1,745 miles of bus routes in the city. The subways and buses are used by over 5 million riders each weekday.
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New York Sightseeing Tours
New York is full of facts about both popular and little-known places in the city. Despite its huge population, New York City does not occupy much space. The island of Manhattan is a relatively small place in terms of the land it covers. It is 2.3 miles wide at its widest point. It is only 0.8 mile wide at its narrowest point. It is just under 13-5 miles long. All of Manhattan occupies only 22 square miles. Manhattan is the place most people mean when they say New York City. New York City actually consists of five counties, also called boroughs. In addition to Manhattan, they are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. The boroughs were unified under the Greater New York Charter in 1887. It became effective the first day of the following year. Of the five boroughs, only the Bronx is on the mainland. Staten Island and Manhattan are both islands. Queens and Brooklyn are both on the western end of Long Island.
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