| from: | Ken | ||
| to: | aley@akrf.com, hanqing.wu@rwdi.com, edyta.chruscinski@rwdi.com | ||
| cc: | planning@whiteplainsny.gov, "transitdistrict@whiteplainsny.gov" | ||
| date: | Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 9:49 AM | ||
| subject: | Microsoft Word - 200 Hamilton Avenue_Final Scope_05012017 |
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Walking down Hamilton Avenue in recent days has been VERY difficult because of the wind. Unfortunately, for 50 years it has been one of many desolate, wind-swept mega streets in downtown White Plains. It's good that wind is being considered in design. I hope it's not too late to mitigate the existing problems.
In the last two years the City of White Plains has allowed bus traffic to/from the bus terminal adjacent to the train station and the train station itself to increase dramatically. Are you aware of that and has it been factored into your design?
On a more fundamental level, has the City of White Plains even considered, much less explained, how this increased bus traffic benefits the City of White Plains? The only benefit would seem to be the sad little coffee shop at the train station that these commuters pass.
And you're adding another 1,000 parking spaces? What happened to the presumption that millennials will forgo cars? You can never have enough lanes or enough parking spaces. Try something different. Don't continue to compound the problem.
Just try walking around that area. Just try it. Try walking to the walking path on the west side of the tracks from say 4 Martine Avenue after 4 PM. Experience the impediments and danger.
White Plains is pedestrian hostile in the extreme. It's Motown on steroids. All that matters to its decision makers is for it to be convenient for them to drive and park in downtown for their amusement: shopping, restaurants, etc.
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