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To: Bethlehem Town Board and Town Supervisor VanLuven.
I am concerned about our Town's misguided decision to reduce Delaware Ave (NYS #443) from 4 travel lanes down to just two from Elsmere Ave to the Albany City line. The road diet ignored the needs and concerns of the residents and businesses. Your plan, as designed, will increase traffic congestion and would deter patrons from coming to the area, make it difficult to enter and exit businesses safely, impede emergency vehicles, and add to air pollution. I ask that you review & adopt a better road design plan that reduces speeds, is safer for vehicles & pedestrians and provides easy access to businesses.
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Not a well thought out idea and defies logic. We do need a direct right turn lane into Delaware Plaza and could use the same for access to the Elementary School so as to get school traffic(and passengers) off the main roadway quickly. Same for access to Normanside Blvd(across from Delaware Plaza) where there are a significant number of businesses and traffic.
I live on Mason rd. It takes me 15 minutes to make the turn onto Delaware Ave most days. This proposal will increase that wait time. Not to mention the traffic back up at the jiffy lube. It blocks one lane in each direction both ways with people trying to turn in. This will be a disaster.
This is a politically motivated idea, an attempt to demonstrate Gov. Cuomo and the Democrats action to alleviate NY's carbon foot print. No matter that this is at the expense of Bethlehem residents and tax payers.
It’s already difficult to make a left out of Lincoln Ave during rush hour. Now picture cars in the center trying to turn into Dunkin, Phillip’s Hardware, My Place. It will be impossible to make a left.
I drive this every morning and every afternoon during the work week. Following someone going 10 under the speed limit (which at least once per day) would cause severe congestion. Along with many other reasons.
Please end the road diet idea
We do not need this road diet. Spend the money on street lights somewhere like 9w in glenmont where you can’t see people walking on the side of the road
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
To: Bethlehem Town Board and Town Supervisor VanLuven.
I am concerned about our Town's misguided decision to reduce Delaware Ave (NYS #443) from 4 travel lanes down to just two from Elsmere Ave to the Albany City line. The road diet ignored the needs and concerns of the residents and businesses. Your plan, as designed, will increase traffic congestion and would deter patrons from coming to the area, make it difficult to enter and exit businesses safely, impede emergency vehicles, and add to air pollution. I ask that you review & adopt a better road design plan that reduces speeds, is safer for vehicles & pedestrians and provides easy access to businesses.
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The road diet as planned is a terrible idea on so many levels! It would be very bad for the residents of our town, the families that live and shop along this part of Delaware and the business that occupy this stretch in ways big and small. Bike lanes are ridiculous with the weather in the northeast, no connecting bike lanes on either end of the corridor and a bike path 1/2 mile away.The intent behind the diet is good, but this plan is awful for those who would be impacted. Implementing it without changes would be against the will of the citizens of our town.
Not a well thought out idea and defies logic. We do need a direct right turn lane into Delaware Plaza and could use the same for access to the Elementary School so as to get school traffic(and passengers) off the main roadway quickly. Same for access to Normanside Blvd(across from Delaware Plaza) where there are a significant number of businesses and traffic.
I live on Mason rd. It takes me 15 minutes to make the turn onto Delaware Ave most days. This proposal will increase that wait time. Not to mention the traffic back up at the jiffy lube. It blocks one lane in each direction both ways with people trying to turn in. This will be a disaster.
This is a politically motivated idea, an attempt to demonstrate Gov. Cuomo and the Democrats action to alleviate NY's carbon foot print. No matter that this is at the expense of Bethlehem residents and tax payers.
It’s already difficult to make a left out of Lincoln Ave during rush hour. Now picture cars in the center trying to turn into Dunkin, Phillip’s Hardware, My Place. It will be impossible to make a left.
I drive this every morning and every afternoon during the work week. Following someone going 10 under the speed limit (which at least once per day) would cause severe congestion. Along with many other reasons.
Please end the road diet idea
We do not need this road diet. Spend the money on street lights somewhere like 9w in glenmont where you can’t see people walking on the side of the road
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The road diet as planned is a terrible idea on so many levels! It would be very bad for the residents of our town, the families that live and shop along this part of Delaware and the business that occupy this stretch in ways big and small. Bike lanes are ridiculous with the weather in the northeast, no connecting bike lanes on either end of the corridor and a bike path 1/2 mile away.The intent behind the diet is good, but this plan is awful for those who would be impacted. Implementing it without changes would be against the will of the citizens of our town.