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  • Re: Meeting with Craig Hammerman

    from paco on 2008-11-20 10:06 
    Sarah,

I've been swamped at work and can't make the meeting with Craig but its
wonderful he's ready to sit down and go over it all. I think learning the
traffic calming plans on the table from the study years ago is key, but the
streets may have to be re-evaluated as traffic patterns may have changed. My
gut says biking along the Smith street corridor especially has gone up even
more than the 2004 study coudl have anticipated. therefore, the strong ideas
already on the table may just be a foundation but neckdowns, bike swaps, and
might also now be necessary.

Also, if possible, please bring the need for more bike racks. Smith street
business leader Bette Stolcz and I did a brief tour and identified several
intersections that may have room for lots more bike racks. Perhaps toss this
list to him?

-western corners of 3rd street
-east corners of 2nd street (especially around the southern subway entrance)
-eastern corners of Carrol street, ample room at President Street in front
of Rite-Aid
-south-west corner of Union Street
-and Bergen street's northwest might also be ideal for perhaps 10 new racks
with a bike swap of the -one parking spot on the very corner, after the
hydrant. Domino', the closest business, has already voiced support for that
idea.

Hope you get to read this before the meeting. either way, good luck! Get him
on the livable streets side of things!

Paco

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:37 PM, SarahGoodyear <sgoodyear@...>wrote:

> Finally, I was able to schedule a meeting with CB 6's Craig Hammerman. It's
> tomorrow morning at 10:30 am.
>
> Anyone have any specific concerns they want to have voiced there, aside
> from what came up in our meeting?
>
> What's the status of the electronic petition on the Sackett St. light?
>
> My chief goal for the meeting is to have Craig update me on any and all
> traffic-calming plans that already exist for the Smith/Court corridor.
>
> If any of you want to come with me, let me know...and we should probably
> try to meet a bit ahead of time so that we can coordinate ourselves a bit
> before going in.
>
> Best,
>
> Sarah
>
> --
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  • Re: Meeting with Craig Hammerman

    from Sarah Goodyear on 2008-11-20 10:09 
    Paco,

Got it...I'll let you know what happens.


Sarah Goodyear
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On Nov 20, 2008, at 9:57 AM, paco wrote:

> Sarah,
>
> I've been swamped at work and can't make the meeting with Craig but  
> its wonderful he's ready to sit down and go over it all. I think  
> learning the traffic calming plans on the table from the study  
> years ago is key, but the streets may have to be re-evaluated as  
> traffic patterns may have changed. My gut says biking along the  
> Smith street corridor especially has gone up even more than the  
> 2004 study coudl have anticipated. therefore, the strong ideas  
> already on the table may just be a foundation but neckdowns, bike  
> swaps, and might also now be necessary.
>
> Also, if possible, please bring the need for more bike racks. Smith  
> street business leader Bette Stolcz and I did a brief tour and  
> identified several intersections that may have room for lots more  
> bike racks. Perhaps toss this list to him?
>
> -western corners of 3rd street
> -east corners of 2nd street (especially around the southern subway  
> entrance)
> -eastern corners of Carrol street, ample room at President Street  
> in front of Rite-Aid
> -south-west corner of Union Street
> -and Bergen street's northwest might also be ideal for perhaps 10  
> new racks with a bike swap of the -one parking spot on the very  
> corner, after the hydrant. Domino', the closest business, has  
> already voiced support for that idea.
>
> Hope you get to read this before the meeting. either way, good  
> luck! Get him on the livable streets side of things!
>
> Paco
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:37 PM, SarahGoodyear  
> <sgoodyear@...> wrote:
> Finally, I was able to schedule a meeting with CB 6's Craig  
> Hammerman. It's tomorrow morning at 10:30 am.
>
> Anyone have any specific concerns they want to have voiced there,  
> aside from what came up in our meeting?
>
> What's the status of the electronic petition on the Sackett St. light?
>
> My chief goal for the meeting is to have Craig update me on any and  
> all traffic-calming plans that already exist for the Smith/Court  
> corridor.
>
> If any of you want to come with me, let me know...and we should  
> probably try to meet a bit ahead of time so that we can coordinate  
> ourselves a bit before going in.
>
> Best,
>
> Sarah
>
> --
> Archive: http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/court-and-smith- 
> safer-streets-coalition/lists/court-and-smith-safer-streets- 
> coalition-discussion/archive/2008/11/1227123468532
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