I remember the not-walking-friendly from my trip to Newark last year. I wasn't that far from the centre of Newark and it was still CRAZY. When I went into town, it was much more awesome. I'm okay with bussing, though tbh after the con starts, I think I will have NO time to even consider leaving the building other than for things within walking distance.
Good to know about the actual distance - mapquest lists it as slightly less than an hour and a half, but honestly, I've never - dude, I don't even know if that IS a turnpike. And I do remember, again from Newark, that it was badly congested on small roads. At this point, when I do this (because I totally will, I'm not even gonna front any more) I'm thinking land around 2 pm EDT, and get IMMEDIATELY to the rental place, and on the road. Probably this is overkill, since there are four bands on the bill and I only want to see the headliners, but I don't want to be driving in unfamiliar ways after dark and in rush hour. And I understand there's something really, really weird about trying to make left turns in Jersey?
I was figuring on doing all that to get to Sayreville, then staying in Sayreville that night and driving back to Philly the next day to meet purplemoocow and return the car. I have a ride from the Philly airport any time after three, so there's that as well, which might mean I avoid the whole issue of going from the airport to the con. Depends on his schedule a bit.
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Date: 2008-11-08 09:06 pm (UTC)Good to know about the actual distance - mapquest lists it as slightly less than an hour and a half, but honestly, I've never - dude, I don't even know if that IS a turnpike. And I do remember, again from Newark, that it was badly congested on small roads. At this point, when I do this (because I totally will, I'm not even gonna front any more) I'm thinking land around 2 pm EDT, and get IMMEDIATELY to the rental place, and on the road. Probably this is overkill, since there are four bands on the bill and I only want to see the headliners, but I don't want to be driving in unfamiliar ways after dark and in rush hour. And I understand there's something really, really weird about trying to make left turns in Jersey?
I was figuring on doing all that to get to Sayreville, then staying in Sayreville that night and driving back to Philly the next day to meet
Thanks for the tips!