<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Crossing Queensbury Road? Please, my blood pressure! Especially at rush hour and/or if the traffic has had to wait for a train, it is nearly impossible to cross from, say, the MARC parking lot on the east side of the tracks over to Town Center Market. Marked crosswalks in the area<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> might help, but if it's anything like the crosswalks on Route 1 and elsewhere, even if I'm actually IN the crosswalk, WITH the walk signal, just about every single time somebody will come roaring through the light and almost run me over. And when traffic on Queensbury is backed up from Route 1 to Lafayette as it sometimes is during rush hour, should we even mention those drivers who, rather than wait on the east side of the tracks until
they can clear the tracks completely, actually keep their cars ON the tracks while waiting for the traffic to move? <BR style="RIGHT: auto" class=yui-cursor></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr readonly="true" contenteditable="false"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> kathy galleher <kgalleher@yahoo.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> "towntalk@riverdale-park.org" <towntalk@riverdale-park.org> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, January 18, 2013 9:56 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [RP TownTalk] TownTalk Digest, Vol 78, Issue 16<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>> I would<BR>> strongly support an increase in marked crosswalks and signs to remind folks<BR>> that
those in the crosswalk have the right of way. I feel like our poor<BR>> pedestrians in this area are often at risk, and would love to see measures<BR>> to address that)<BR><BR>This is a great suggestion, Kathy. I would also like to see that.<BR><BR>Queensbury is really difficult to cross, both to get from my<BR>neighborhood (Sheridan east of the RR tracks) to the Town Center<BR>Market, and also to get to Route 1 (and the Rite Aid).<BR><BR>Maybe a cross walk that crossed W Beale Circle (at the intersection<BR>with Queensbury) would help people like Sue and Audrey feel more safe<BR>when they are trying to get to those businesses (e.g., Calvert House,<BR>Lynn Animal Hospital, the dentist, and the bank). That intersection<BR>*is* pretty bad.<BR><BR>We used to have a traffic committee. I'm wondering if it should be<BR>resurrected. These issues have a very real impact on the quality of<BR>life for our town residents.<BR><BR>-Sarah<BR><BR><BR>--
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