[RP TownTalk] Queensbury/Route 1 frustration

[Lou King]

You think the traffic congestion is bad there now, add a "revenue 
stream" trap to the mix and the delays would go to a whole new level!

The objective of Rt 1 in the morning is to get cars into town. A trap at 
Queensbury would make incoming traffic even slower.  Have you every 
noticed on the beltway, I95 or 270 that in the morning or evening 
traffic stops seem to be on the "light" side not the heavy traffic side? 
Seems to me that morning incoming traffic is bumper-to-bumper way over 
the speed limit and the flashing lights stopping speeders, those weaving 
through traffic, are on the "other side" where the chase, stop and 
roadside distraction will not impede morning traffic.

Are you sure you want to slow down Rt 1 issuing tickets? That will tend 
to increase the cut-through traffic on Queensbury, Lafayette and Madison.

Maybe just the occasional visible presents to enforce "don't block the 
square" to do some retraining. That doesn't slow traffic, blocking a 
lane or pulling them onto a side street to check tags and license then 
give them a ticket. Same effect.

Lou
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dlynch at garretroomstudios.com wrote, On 9/3/2013 10:27 AM:
> 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.
>>