[RP TownTalk] Queensbury/Route 1 frustration

Tue Sep 3 16:27:46 UTC 2013

It is a revenue stream untapped.

On 2013-09-03 12:13, Andrew Farrington wrote:
> I would be happily shocked to see anyone get ticketed for anything at
> that intersection.
> 
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>> FROM: "dlynch at garretroomstudios.com" <dlynch at garretroomstudios.com>
>> TO: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
>> SENT: Thursday, August 29, 2013 12:01 PM
>> SUBJECT: Re: [RP TownTalk] Queensbury/Route 1 frustration
>> 
>> I believe that is called "illegal". :(
>> 
>> On 2013-08-29 11:46, Andrew Farrington wrote:
>>> Another workaround -- which I absolutely cannot endorse, but may
>> have
>>> observed to be much faster -- is to go straight through the light,
>>> make the left into Rite Aid, and the right out of the other end of
>>> their lot onto Route 1 south.
>>> 
>>> AF
>>> 
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>>>> FROM: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
>>>> TO: Jen Sanderson <jensan6877 at yahoo.com>
>>>> CC: "towntalk at riverdale-park.org" <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
>>>> SENT: Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:34 AM
>>>> SUBJECT: Re: [RP TownTalk] Queensbury/Route 1 frustration
>>>> 
>>>> I'm so sorry Jen. It's really upsetting to have another driver
>> treat
>>>> you that way when you are obeying the law!
>>>> 
>>>> That intersection has been a problem since my husband and I moved
>>>> here nearly 18 years ago. At least there's a light there now.
>>>> Imagine turning left if you didn't have a light there! It was
>>>> impossible.
>>>> 
>>>> So now we have a light. We have marking in the intersection that
>>>> says "Do Not Block" (or something like that). And it's still a
>>>> problem.
>>>> 
>>>> To be honest, I avoid turning left from that intersection at all
>>>> costs.
>>>> 
>>>> I either take East West Highway, and wait through three cycles of
>>>> the light there to turn left (but at least no one is crazy when
>> they
>>>> are behind me there.)
>>>> 
>>>> Or I follow Rhode Island Ave south from Queensbury, onto
>> Cleveland
>>>> Ave, around Dupont Circle Minor, and out to a quick right then
>> left
>>>> at the light at Madison and Baltimore Ave. That light (at Madison
>>>> and Baltimore Ave) is *crazy* long, but it's another way to get
>> onto
>>>> Baltimore.
>>>> 
>>>> -Sarah
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Jen Sanderson
>>>> <jensan6877 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I know this has been a topic before and I'm sure there is really
>>>>> nothing that can be done....but every morning, I come down
>>>>> Queensbury and turn left on Route 1. I know that this
>> intersection
>>>>> is horrible and I make sure I leave myself extra time in the
>>>>> morning. There are many mornings that I have to sit thru the
>> light
>>>>> more than once because other cars have clogged up/blocked the
>>>>> intersection. I'm not going to pull out and add to the mess. I
>>>>> feel that I have just come to accept this and I'm ok with that.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This morning, however, I was sitting at the light and of course,
>>>>> the intersection was completely blocked, so I sat thru the
>> light.
>>>>> The car behind me was a woman, in a black Dodge Caliber tag
>> EDLLY.
>>>>> She was very angry with me for not going thru the light. She was
>>>>> honking, gesturing and yelling. I raised my hands, like "what do
>>>>> you want me to do?" She continued and she inched closer to the
>>>>> back of my car. I am embarrassed to admit that I completely lost
>>>>> my temper and screamed at her. So when the light turned green, I
>>>>> was so agitated, I went ahead and pulled out and she zoomed
>> around
>>>>> me--almost clipping my back bumper. Then guess what? We were
>> both
>>>>> blocking the intersection. I hate being one of "those people"
>> that
>>>>> blocks the intersection.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, after my little rant here, is there anything that can be
>> done
>>>>> about this intersection? Or is it just a lost cause and maybe
>> all
>>>>> of us neighbors can be patient and give ourselves a little extra
>>>>> time? And do not honk and gesture angrily at the person in front
>>>>> of you when they are just trying to be polite/cautious?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jen
>>>>> 42nd Ave.
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