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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> There are about 130 bus trips/day traveling on Queensbury </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> (and on a piece of Lafayette and along Riverdale Rd).</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> That seems like a lot of buses.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> While I am not convinced that the buses should be moved off of Queensbury </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> (or find lighter buses etc), I am open to the idea. </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Are these buses benefiting towns people? How many? Could it benefit us just as well on </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> E-W Highway (and maybe down Taylor to continue on Riverdale Rd past the apartments)?</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Is the noise, pollution, torn up streets and higher maintenance costs worth it?</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The road surface at the corner of Queensbury and Lafayette is in bad shape.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Supposedly due to the buses. Indeed most of Queensbury and especially </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the railroad crossing is in bad shape. </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The resulting bumpy streets reduces our quality of life and costs us money to </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> maintain our cars, and the maintenance of Queensbury costs the town money. </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Anyone who has sat behind a bus knows that they spew out a lot of pollution </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> and kick up dirt and grit and loud noises too. This has to be a constant </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> irritation to people who live nearby. I hope that some more of them will</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> chime in on this topic. Maybe they do not mind it. If Queensbury is ever to</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> get traffic calming devices (turn abouts, curves, speed humps, narrowed lanes)</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> then I would think that the buses would have to be moved off.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> FYI, there are 2 sets of buses that I know about that use Queensbury (I am </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> pretty ignorant when it comes to buses, there may be others):</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 1) "The Bus" is operated by PG County and has Route 14 on these streets.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> It makes about 40 trips/day. Schedules available at </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> <a href="http://www.goprincegeorgescounty.com/Government/AgencyIndex/DPW&T/Transit/thebus.asp?nivel=foldmenu">http://www.goprincegeorgescounty.com/Government/AgencyIndex/DPW&T/Transit/thebus.asp?nivel=foldmenu</a>(2) </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 2) "Metro Buses" operated by Washington Metro Area Transit Authority </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> has Route F4 which makes about 93 trips/day on these streets.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Schedule available at <a href="http://www.wmata.com/">http://www.wmata.com/</a></FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Are there others?</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> -Rob</FONT></div>
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