[RP TownTalk] F4 Buses

[Alice Ewen Walker]

We emphasized to Metro at the Monday meeting that maintaining service going
through the center of town and minimizing time delay for passengers caused
by being stuck on EW Hwy or other congested routes was important, in
addition to safety.
Metro says that this is one of 5 most severe incidents in their system for
the year; none of the others involved rail crossings. We are advocating that
the existing route should be preserved and have asked Metro to coordinate w/
the Town's professional staff to minimize problems caused by the temporary
rerouting. There could be opportunity to bring the bus down Lafayette
through Rivertech Court to connect to the College Park metro if the rail
crossing is permanently sworn off.

As Lou noted, Riverdale Road is a wide street without parking congestion -
we might have to enact parking restrictions on Queensbury or other streets
if the route is changed. It would be a big issue to those living on the
street so we'd really like to avoid that if possible.

Alice



On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Lou King <lking at knob.com> wrote:

> The F4 is a big bus. Not sure a turn at Queensbury and Rhode Island and
> Oliver are physically possible. Just watching pickups and SUVs is funny
> enough. Losing half the parking on Oliver could also be an issue for some.
>
> How about temporarily using the Ride On to get out of town and switch to
> the F4 if needed.
>
> That seems obvious to someone that doesn't commute, seldom rides the bus,
> nor knows the schedules. I also remember reading somewhere that there is an
> upper limit to how many mode changes a commuter will tolerate. As I remember
> 4 changes is about the limit; as in walk to the bus, bus to train, then a
> bus and walk to office. So walk : bus : bus : train : bus : walk may not be
> acceptable.
>
> Lou
>
> Heather Blanchard wrote, On 4/1/2009 10:25 PM:
>
>> The Ride On bus still is going over the tracks...very interesting.
>>
>> Heather
>>
>> On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Don Lynch wrote:
>>
>>  An obvious solution is to let the bus come down Queensbury Rd and make a
>>> right on Rhode Island Ave and a right on Oliver St and loop back to get
>>> onto East-West Hwy.
>>>
>>
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-- 
Alice Ewen Walker
Councilwoman, Ward 1
Town of Riverdale Park
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