Heavy vehicles, such as highway buses, do more road damage per bus than thousands of cars. They spew diesel exhaust and block traffic on residential streets. As much as possible, heavy vehicles should be routed away from Cooperstown's residential streets.
For instance, the Village can and should re-route highway bus traffic off its streets to the peripheral North and South parking lots that are served by the Village Trolley.
Tour buses should not be allowed to stop on Main Street. Tour buses can drop their passengers at the North or South lots, and their passengers can take the Village Trolley into the Village. This will eliminate most tour buses from all Village streets - Chestnut, Main, River and Lake. All other attractions - the Otesaga Hotel, Farmers Museum and Fenimore Museum - provide bus access on private property. The Hall of Fame should provide highway bus access on its east side, on private property, not depend solely on Main Street.
Trolleys or similar shuttle buses can be used to serve the Dreams Park in addition to Ommegang and the museums.
Additionally, we are petitioning that heavy vehicles - over 20,000 pounds - be prohibited from using Village single family residential streets. This can be done without impacting EMS, Otsego Transit, UPS, construction vehicles, moving vans, school buses or deliveries of goods to Main Street or Bassett.
Please join us in this effort and share with other Cooperstown residents.
Thank you,
The Northrups and the Howarths
http://caltransit.org/cta/assets/File/FTA%20Study%20on%20Axle%20Weights.pdf
Updates
July 11, 2014
I have spent hours watching these heavy buses rattle our quiet neighborhood streets and it is clear the current situation is unsustainable for our homes. I am currently gathering documentation on the specific road degradation to present to the Village Board so they can no longer ignore this problem.
July 11, 2014
Seeing this groundswell of support is deeply moving because my family has lived on these streets for decades while watching the heavy bus traffic rattle our windows and pollute our air. This momentum proves that I am not alone in wanting to preserve the quiet character of our home. We are finally building the pressure needed to change how these buses move through our neighborhood.
10 Comments
Bus impact in the village is the concern, reducing impact on streets and neighborhoods. If there are problems elsewhere with county intersections the county should address them.
Kindly circulate to anyone in the Village that wants to reduce tour bus traffic from core streets
Re highway intersection at State Hwy 28 and 11c - Returning Dreams Park buses speed through that intersection now - they have no interest in signage - or a stop light there. If the proposed route requires the returning DP buses to stop at that intersection, they will want to have signage/ a signal there. The proposed route makes them part of the solution, not part of the problem.
That intersection is a state and county highway, several miles outside the Village. What happens on State Highway 28 or County Highway 11c is the state and county's responsibility, not the Village's. If signage or enforcement is inadequate on a state or county highway, that needs to be addressed by the state or county highway depts. Large tour buses can use state and county highways by right, they use Village streets at the discretion of the Village.
i totally agree with reducing the amount of street use in the village...the biggest problem with your proposal is having the buses take 11c and make the left on 28. This intersection area in particular has a very high occurrence of auto accidents when the Dreams Park opens, and to add to it with buses would be catastrophic.
so why add to the problem?
The Dreams Park buses speed thru that highway intersection now. If the returning DP buses have to turn there, they will see to it that any problems there are fixed with signage or a light. So this route actually will improve the 11c / 28 intersection making the DP buses part of the solution, not part of the problem.
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Heavy vehicles, such as highway buses, do more road damage per bus than thousands of cars. They spew diesel exhaust and block traffic on residential streets. As much as possible, heavy vehicles should be routed away from Cooperstown's residential streets.
For instance, the Village can and should re-route highway bus traffic off its streets to the peripheral North and South parking lots that are served by the Village Trolley.
Tour buses should not be allowed to stop on Main Street. Tour buses can drop their passengers at the North or South lots, and their passengers can take the Village Trolley into the Village. This will eliminate most tour buses from all Village streets - Chestnut, Main, River and Lake. All other attractions - the Otesaga Hotel, Farmers Museum and Fenimore Museum - provide bus access on private property. The Hall of Fame should provide highway bus access on its east side, on private property, not depend solely on Main Street.
Trolleys or similar shuttle buses can be used to serve the Dreams Park in addition to Ommegang and the museums.
Additionally, we are petitioning that heavy vehicles - over 20,000 pounds - be prohibited from using Village single family residential streets. This can be done without impacting EMS, Otsego Transit, UPS, construction vehicles, moving vans, school buses or deliveries of goods to Main Street or Bassett.
Please join us in this effort and share with other Cooperstown residents.
Thank you,
The Northrups and the Howarths
http://caltransit.org/cta/assets/File/FTA%20Study%20on%20Axle%20Weights.pdf
Updates
July 11, 2014
I have spent hours watching these heavy buses rattle our quiet neighborhood streets and it is clear the current situation is unsustainable for our homes. I am currently gathering documentation on the specific road degradation to present to the Village Board so they can no longer ignore this problem.
July 11, 2014
Seeing this groundswell of support is deeply moving because my family has lived on these streets for decades while watching the heavy bus traffic rattle our windows and pollute our air. This momentum proves that I am not alone in wanting to preserve the quiet character of our home. We are finally building the pressure needed to change how these buses move through our neighborhood.
10 Comments
I am in agreement with Milo Stewart. I use the intersection of 11C and State Rte 28 often, sometimes several times daily, usually making a right turn onto 28 to get home. Turning left there, south onto rte 28, is dangerous and causes traffic to back up badly on 11C. Adding tour buses would make the situation a lot worse. I have advocated for a traffic light there, deactivated after the dreams park season, but got no response.
Bus impact in the village is the concern, reducing impact on streets and neighborhoods. If there are problems elsewhere with county intersections the county should address them.
Kindly circulate to anyone in the Village that wants to reduce tour bus traffic from core streets
Re highway intersection at State Hwy 28 and 11c - Returning Dreams Park buses speed through that intersection now - they have no interest in signage - or a stop light there. If the proposed route requires the returning DP buses to stop at that intersection, they will want to have signage/ a signal there. The proposed route makes them part of the solution, not part of the problem.
That intersection is a state and county highway, several miles outside the Village. What happens on State Highway 28 or County Highway 11c is the state and county's responsibility, not the Village's. If signage or enforcement is inadequate on a state or county highway, that needs to be addressed by the state or county highway depts. Large tour buses can use state and county highways by right, they use Village streets at the discretion of the Village.
i totally agree with reducing the amount of street use in the village...the biggest problem with your proposal is having the buses take 11c and make the left on 28. This intersection area in particular has a very high occurrence of auto accidents when the Dreams Park opens, and to add to it with buses would be catastrophic.
so why add to the problem?
The Dreams Park buses speed thru that highway intersection now. If the returning DP buses have to turn there, they will see to it that any problems there are fixed with signage or a light. So this route actually will improve the 11c / 28 intersection making the DP buses part of the solution, not part of the problem.
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I am in agreement with Milo Stewart. I use the intersection of 11C and State Rte 28 often, sometimes several times daily, usually making a right turn onto 28 to get home. Turning left there, south onto rte 28, is dangerous and causes traffic to back up badly on 11C. Adding tour buses would make the situation a lot worse. I have advocated for a traffic light there, deactivated after the dreams park season, but got no response.