Mayor Tom Roach said as much a couple of days ago as the primary speaker at the first public meeting of the Trancenter Transit District task force, which had hardly any public input.
Martine and Hamilton are the too many lane roads leading away from the center of downtown towards the train station. Main Street leads away from the station but narrows at the City Center causing congestion.
The mayor mocked the familiar nonsense of driving out of one's way to go half a block by needing to drive completely around a block. The days of having many functional equivalents of interstate highways slashing throughout downtown must end ... this year.
The administration wants some substantive change by the end of 2016. What is more attainable than this?
Parked cars provide a physical and psychological buffer between moving cars and pedestrians on sidewalks. Parallel parking should also be considered on these streets. That could be done pretty quickly. Yes, it would reduce the number of lanes but it would make WALKING on them much less pedestrian hostile.
Mayor Roach needs to lead the other Common Council members towards his vision for remaking White Plains.
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Hamilton is already two ways most of its length, but I'm afraid if they add a dedicated bus lane for the planned Bus Rapid Transit, they will have to make it one way all the way.
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