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Democratic Party
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Question 1: What is the most important transportation need in your district? As a Council Member, how would you work to address this need? The subway station on Bedford Ave. and North 7 the L line which is congested and dirty, MTA promised to work on it but they need a shake up. The Manhattan, Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges.
Court Street Station M & R line
Hamilton Ave. Bridge repairs
work with City and State DOT to improve the servce.
Question 2: The intersection of Adams Street and Tillary Street is one of the most dangerous in your district, where 0 people died and 39 people were injured between 1995-2005 (NYS DOT). As a City Council member, what traffic enforcement policies or physical changes to the intersection infrastructure would you support to make this intersection safer for everyone who uses it (pedestrians, cyclists and drivers)? assign 2 traffic enfrocement agents 12 hours a day, 1 or East and 1 for West
Question 3: According to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles' most currently available data, in 2007 speeding was a contributing factor in over 3,000 motor vehicle crashes in New York City. Furthermore, the same data showed that the top human contributing factor to the 264 fatal crashes in New York City during 2007 was also speeding. Given these figures, what measures, if any, do you support to redress this problem? Finally, do you believe that New York City’s current speed limits are safe? based on the hundreds of thousands of drivers who obey the traffic laws, double the fines for speeding, we know that the Insurance company raises the rates when a driver gets a speeding violation
Question 4: The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's website reports: "In New York City, obesity is epidemic: more than half of adult New Yorkers are overweight (34%) or obese (22%). Data show that obesity begins early in life: nearly half of all elementary school children and Head Start children are not a healthy weight. In New York City, 1 in 5 kindergarten students, and 1 in 4 Head Start children, is obese." Do you believe that increasing walking and biking in New York City would improve public health? If yes, how would you work to increase walking and biking in your district? I would encourage to walk all 3 bridges, we have many large parks in the district, there are many new gym's that opened my wife and myself joined one, so should most of them.
put gym's in the public schools as well
Question 5: Road pricing, including such measures as non-stop tolling, fees based on vehicle miles travelled or entry into a highly congested zone, has been the source of much discussion in New York City and other major metropolitan areas. London famously uses a congestion charge to fund its transit system, Oregon recently piloted a program to replace the gas tax with a fee for miles driven and Seattle recently studied how road pricing could be introduced on a regional basis. Seattle's study, “Traffic Choices Study" (http://psrc.org/projects/trafficchoices/index.htm), found that introducing new tolls on major corridors during peak traffic hours influenced drivers’ behavior and projected that a region-wide road pricing scheme could significantly reduce vehicular traffic congestion. Do you think that introducing a road pricing strategy would change New Yorkers’ travel choices? Do you think that this would be an effective way for the City to reduce backups on high-traffic roadways like the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the Gowanus Expressway or the Long Island Expressway? Finally, do you believe there are additional benefits in the surrounding neighborhoods which could be realized from the reduction of vehicular congestion on these routes? now that the federal government took over GM to sae and create jobs, and if we reduce cars, we reduce jobs. the City and State Highways were built 50-60 years ago when less cars were on the road, and no improvements, it will not change the driving habits for people who use the car to get to and from work.
not everyone has a bus stop or train station next to them.
I oppose any congestion charge, the owner of a car pays enough tax on gas, insurance, repairs, registration, inspection and when purchasing the car.
Question 6: Do you believe that reducing residential parking requirements as set forth within NYC zoning regulations would affect neighborhood traffic congestion, and if so, in what way? I'm more concerned how it will effect the Business in each area
Question 7: The NYC Department of Transportation's Public Plaza Program, Pedestrian Street Program and Summer Streets events are intended to diversify the use of public space and provide more places for New Yorkers to recreate and socialize. Do you support the temporary or permanent repurposing of street space for pedestrians and cyclists? each neighborhood has its own needs and requirements, and should be addressed with the Community Boards.
Question 8: The City recently released plans for Bus Rapid Transit and expressed interest in bringing a bike share program to New York City. Do you think these new projects would enhance the city's transportation network? Please explain. I would need to study this plan.
Submitted by kramer511 on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 12:34.
Submitted by kramer511 on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 10:16. |
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