84E seems to be worse than ever on Sunday afternoons(it used to be heavy traffic but still moving well...). We took the Taconic up to the Mass Pike. It's about 15 miles longer, but light traffic all the way.
We'd had trouble going down Friday afternoon through Cheshire on 84 so went home on Taconic to 44 for a very pleasant ride through the countryside. About 5 mile longer but 40' shorter than Fri.