Comments on: Parents, Schools Tackle West 90s Traffic Hazards

By: Kylie Batt

Kylie Batt — Tue, 04 May 2010 07:23:58 +0000

По моему мнению Вы допускаете ошибку. Давайте обсудим это. Пишите мне в PM.... West 96th Street, a major four-lane thoroughfare, has long been a problem for parents of young children, seniors or anyone else who can’t react quickly enough.....

By: brotherbrian

brotherbrian — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:38:53 +0000

I am the principal of De La Salle Academy which is a middle school located on the top floor of Holy Name School on Amsterdam Avenue between 96th and 97th Street. The traffic at 96th and Broadway has always been a source of major concern to those of us who run schools. For the past two weeks the island on Broadway and 96th Street has been a major accident waiting to happen. The outflow of people from the new station entrance combined with those people who just want to cross the street has had people spilling out into traffic. The construction people left only enough room for two people to pass between the barriers. This is compounded by the utter confusion that comes from the new left turn arrangement that has the light timed so that only four or five cars can make it before the light changes. Drivers speed up to catch the light just as pedestrians are entering the crosswalk. I would call this intersection one of the most dangerous and pedestrian unfriendly intersections in the city. It is only going to get worse when they reduce the size of the sidewalks to make another lane for the cars. For the ongoing safety of our children, there has to be a better way!

Brother Brian Carty FSC
Principal

By: nicholasarena

nicholasarena — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:58:57 +0000

Having tried murder cases for a living, I can tell you that our society has become so permissive, as to
tolerate all sorts of anti-social behavior, an example of which is lawless driving. (But notice how strict
society is about parking, which endangers no one.)

A couple of points:
1. Young people, no longer subject to military service, where you learn a thing or two about proper
and orderly behavior (yes, I am for national service, like helping the sick and elderly), seem to take
miscreant drivers in stride ("why bother!"), unlike mothers and old-timers, who are outraged. Were
drivers to get angry reactions from the young, they would change their behavior.

2. The police (and their families) mostly live out of town, where you dare not drive within inches of
a pedestrian. Thus, they do not feel personally affected. Not "mby." Incidentally, all criminal law-
yers know that maybe 2% of cops actually earn their pay, so what can you expect in the way of
pursuing scofflaws?

3. Finally, since the police long ago lost the battle (David and Goliath?) with the outrageous and
lawless bikers, they are used to losing, so what is another shutout?

Just some thoughts,
Nicholas Arena, whose hand still hurts from a Central Park illegal biker

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:01:38 +0000

Since the "pedestrian advocacy" group is actually a "cycling advocacy" group, we're clearly not going to get a fair assessment of the changes needed on the part of cyclists along with drivers. It's a shame that the process can be hijacked in such a fashion.

If the DOT would actually stand at 95th or 97th and Riverside on any given weekend, they'd see a whole additional level of dangerous behavior on the part of cyclists who don't even pretend to obey traffic signals or road markings.

Too bad this initiative is so half-baked, and the small cycling lobby so disproportionately influential with CB7 and the Mayor's office.