At the Rochambeau school on Fisher Avenue there are two signs hung vertically:
NO TRUCKS
TRUCK ROUTE
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Trucks heading south are directed to make a right and head toward the industrial area but not continue past the school and further into the residential area.
The top sign limits trucks by weight.
So if the city can do that, why can't it direct buses away from residential Barker Avenue and onto non-residential Hamilton Avenue?
And if that doesn't do it, get creative. Maybe enforce the speed limit with a cop car or two posted with a radar gun clearly visible. Make Barker Avenue one way during hours of most use by buses, except for residents. How about a sign suggesting that they use Hamilton Avenue? Come on, come. How about a little: where's a will there's a way, instead of hey, we have no idea what to do. Our hands are tied. We give the heck up.
How about FINALLY changing the direction of all those convoluted streets in the train station area, so that the buses have a better entry/exit than Barker Avenue and Water Street? How difficult can that be? The mayor has been talking about it for almost two years. Doesn't the Traffic Department have a plan yet?
And please address the entire issue of whether White Plains benefits from all these buses going to/from the train station.
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