Red Carpet To Roadways

  By Megan Meany , Traffic Reporter   With one month under my belt as Today in New York’s new traffic reporter, it seems like a good time to introduce myself! So, here’s the scoop …   Before I hit the roads, I hit the red carpet, the runway and the reality TV world working as a freelance reporter and host. I am also a spokesperson for the Kohler company (hold your laughter: toilets and traffic!?). Up until now, I’ve enjoyed the flexibility of sporadic assignments because it allowed me to draw on sidewalks and join the chorus in music class with my son, Kellen, who turns three this fall.   But one day I looked longingly at the professional gals buzzing down the block, coffee and paper in one hand, hailing a cab with the other. I felt like I was hanging on to my career by little more than a Velcro strip on a Huggie’s Overnight.    So along came an audition and suddenly a Monday through Friday gig really appealed, not to mention the ...