tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post7397316766648096826..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: Could we build another Park Slope?Cap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-67388099389834744432014-08-02T18:40:46.851-04:002014-08-02T18:40:46.851-04:00Good post, but I'm not sure Irvington, NY is a...Good post, but I'm not sure Irvington, NY is a place to which we should aspire. Although there is some density in the downtown, there are other aspects that make it inhospitable for many. This is reflected in the school district, which has very few children on free or reduced lunch. And the Main Street School is often threatened with closure. So what's wrong:<br /><br />* No grocery store. There is a very good deli that stocks a few items, but that's it. For food, you need to go to neighboring towns.<br /><br />* Transit is commuter-based and connections suck. The train is along the river, and the bus is way up the hill on Broadway. It is over 1/2 mile separating them, and a 15 minute walk. And the bus service evaporates on nights and weekends.<br /><br />* Density is a no-no. Recent efforts to build an independent living complex is being fought over, what else, parking and traffic.<br /><br />* Broadway (State Route 9) is a 4 lane speedway along much of the route, with sidewalks that are incredibly narrow, absent in spots, and bifurcated by poles. True, the Aqueduct Trail runs parallel, but its unpaved surface pocked with roots and 1/2 foot wide embedded upright rocks make it a rough ride in daytime and dangerous at night.<br /><br />So anyone without a car can't really live in Irvington, and instead choose to live in Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Yonkers, or Tarrytown.<br />The Amateur Transporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004281174306673509noreply@blogger.com