To the editor:
(re: “New ‘road diet’ is just a mess,” Sept. 29)
The coverage of and letters about Riverdale Avenue’s recent “road diet” make it clear that there is a problem with excessive traffic congestion near P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen — especially during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up.
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10/21/22
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To the editor:
(re: “Riverdale Avenue lane narrowing’s final act,” Sept. 22)
Your recent story focuses on traffic congestion, noxious fumes in the area of Riverdale Park Apartments. No mention is made of the serious risk of a human tragedy as parents cross Riverdale Avenue mid-block with their children between the double- and triple-parked cars at P.S. 81 twice a day at school arrival and dismissal.
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10/14/22
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To the editor:
(re: “Riverdale Avenue lane narrowing’s final act,” Sept. 22)
In a miraculous two-and-a-half weeks, Riverdale Avenue between West 254th and West 263rd streets has been transformed from a four-lane (two-way) street, to a one-lane with two five-foot wide bicycle lanes and turning lanes — completely stripped and resurfaced in record time.
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9/30/22
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Not to be an “I-told-you-so,” but Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz was. “I hate to say it, but I told you so.”
That was the Assemblyman’s comment made during a video he made during dismissal about the “dangerous” northbound and southbound traffic at P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen on the first day of school Sept. 8.
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By Stacy Driks
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9/16/22
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The battle between the administration of Mayor Eric Adams and our neighborhood Community Board 8 has become a futile effort. It seems CB8 is a couple of steps behind City Hall when it comes to work planned in their backyard.
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9/16/22
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If you drove down Riverdale Avenue last week, you would have noticed some strange markings and fresh paint on the roadway. That’s because the city transportation department had begun the much-ballyhooed road-narrowing plan there.
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By Stacy Driks
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9/9/22
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Travelers who ride on Metro-North’s Hudson Rail Link bus line might have a longer commute if the city’s transportation department goes forward with the proposed Riverdale Avenue Road redesign this summer.
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By STACY DRIKS
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5/21/22
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To the editor:
(re: “Does Riverdale need a road diet?” March 31)
Your paper’s recent story on the traffic safety upgrades to Riverdale Avenue referenced a letter of support that I sent to the city’s transportation department and the city itself.
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4/21/22
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