Less traffic, cheaper gas seen for Labor Day weekend
Photo credit: Photo by Joel Cairo for Newsday | Traffic and gas prices will be down for Labor Day. For those who venture out, perhaps, it will be easier to get to Robert Moses Beach than it was July 19. (July 2009)
Motorists on Labor Day weekend will find less traffic than last year and gasoline about a dollar cheaper, but the direction of fuel prices beyond the holiday is almost anyone's guess.
The AAA forecast Wednesday that 13 percent fewer Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home next weekend than last Labor Day, or about 39.1 million, because the holiday falls later this year, when many...
