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Greyhound/Peter Pan bus stop application: 3 Essex St (park side) 40ft - 14 trips/day each direction: NYC to Philadelphia 7 AM, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 PM, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5:30, 6:15 and 7:15 PM & Philadelphia to NYC arrivals 9 AM, 10, 11, 12 PM, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7:30, 8:15 and 9:15 PM
Here are reasons to oppose this outrageous application:
1- This is a quiet little residentialneighborhood that will be forever changed by having a bus stop with 28 trips/day (from early morning to late at night)with crowds of passengers. Shouldn't a bus stop be located in more of a commercial area?
2- It is right outside a park, a children's playground-park.
3- There will be bus fumes affecting the children and other park-goers.
4- Passengers will crowd the Seward fountain area, creating further deterioration of this historic monument.
5- Long lines of passengers with their luggage will crowd the sidewalks and spill into the streets.
6- Many passengers will wait in the park, bring food, and leave trash in their wake.
7- Lots of trash will also be left on the street outside the park as passengers leave behind the coffee cups and food wrappers as they race to board the buses.
8- Waiting bus passengers will also likely choose little Straus Square as their hang-out place.
Please sign our petition.
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Reached 1,000 supporters
September 10, 2012
September 8, 2012
Seeing the momentum grow reminds me how much this park means to our neighborhood kids who play here every single day. If everyone reading this sends the link to a neighbor now we will finally reach our target and force the board to pay attention.
Reached 100 supporters
September 2, 2012
August 31, 2012
I watch my kids play in this park every single day and the thought of bus exhaust filling that space is heartbreaking. We are nearing the hundred signature mark and I need you to pass this link to your neighbors right now to push us over the threshold. The board needs to see that we are not going to let them turn our playground into a bus terminal.
6 Comments
I take my kids to seward park all the time. please do not put a bus stop there. it is dangerous and way too loud.
Total disaster waiting to happen. The sidewalks are way too narrow for those crowds. Find a better spot for this!
This is a residential area not a bus depot. Keep the fumes away from our kids playing in the park.
No way. Keep the buses out of the neighborhood and away from the fountain. We deserve a clean place for families.
28 trips a day?! that is insane. totally ruins the park vibe and will just be a constant mess of luggage and trash everywhere.
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Greyhound/Peter Pan bus stop application: 3 Essex St (park side) 40ft - 14 trips/day each direction: NYC to Philadelphia 7 AM, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 PM, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5:30, 6:15 and 7:15 PM & Philadelphia to NYC arrivals 9 AM, 10, 11, 12 PM, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7:30, 8:15 and 9:15 PM
Here are reasons to oppose this outrageous application:
1- This is a quiet little residentialneighborhood that will be forever changed by having a bus stop with 28 trips/day (from early morning to late at night)with crowds of passengers. Shouldn't a bus stop be located in more of a commercial area?
2- It is right outside a park, a children's playground-park.
3- There will be bus fumes affecting the children and other park-goers.
4- Passengers will crowd the Seward fountain area, creating further deterioration of this historic monument.
5- Long lines of passengers with their luggage will crowd the sidewalks and spill into the streets.
6- Many passengers will wait in the park, bring food, and leave trash in their wake.
7- Lots of trash will also be left on the street outside the park as passengers leave behind the coffee cups and food wrappers as they race to board the buses.
8- Waiting bus passengers will also likely choose little Straus Square as their hang-out place.
Please sign our petition.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
September 10, 2012
September 8, 2012
Seeing the momentum grow reminds me how much this park means to our neighborhood kids who play here every single day. If everyone reading this sends the link to a neighbor now we will finally reach our target and force the board to pay attention.
Reached 100 supporters
September 2, 2012
August 31, 2012
I watch my kids play in this park every single day and the thought of bus exhaust filling that space is heartbreaking. We are nearing the hundred signature mark and I need you to pass this link to your neighbors right now to push us over the threshold. The board needs to see that we are not going to let them turn our playground into a bus terminal.
6 Comments
Are you kidding me? Right by a playground? The traffic is already bad enough without adding 28 massive buses a day to the mix. absolutely not.
I take my kids to seward park all the time. please do not put a bus stop there. it is dangerous and way too loud.
Total disaster waiting to happen. The sidewalks are way too narrow for those crowds. Find a better spot for this!
This is a residential area not a bus depot. Keep the fumes away from our kids playing in the park.
No way. Keep the buses out of the neighborhood and away from the fountain. We deserve a clean place for families.
28 trips a day?! that is insane. totally ruins the park vibe and will just be a constant mess of luggage and trash everywhere.
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Are you kidding me? Right by a playground? The traffic is already bad enough without adding 28 massive buses a day to the mix. absolutely not.