Comments on: The Weekly Carnage http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Danny http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/comment-page-1/#comment-33533 Danny Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:44:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/#comment-33533 Charlie, thanks for taking up the mantle during Aaron's absence. I have to have my weekly car-nage. And what a great selection of photos! Charlie, thanks for taking up the mantle during Aaron's absence. I have to have my weekly car-nage. And what a great selection of photos!

]]> By: Casual Observer http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/comment-page-1/#comment-33522 Casual Observer Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:43:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/#comment-33522 The signage is so incredibly bad on the Hutch that I'm not sure I could even find the Henry Hudson. There is, literally, no sign to the TriBoro Bridge. We ended up getting shunted off onto the Whitestone and taking a circuitous route back through Brooklyn. This happens almost every summer when we make this annual trip. It is even confusing when I look at a map. The peopel who design NY State highways and signs simply must not give a crap. The signage is so incredibly bad on the Hutch that I'm not sure I could even find the Henry Hudson. There is, literally, no sign to the TriBoro Bridge. We ended up getting shunted off onto the Whitestone and taking a circuitous route back through Brooklyn. This happens almost every summer when we make this annual trip. It is even confusing when I look at a map. The peopel who design NY State highways and signs simply must not give a crap.

]]> By: Hilary Kitasei http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/comment-page-1/#comment-33521 Hilary Kitasei Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:39:03 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/#comment-33521 and then you cross the CITY line on the Henry Hudson Parkway and it gets worser still. and then you cross the CITY line on the Henry Hudson Parkway and it gets worser still.

]]> By: Casual Observer http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/comment-page-1/#comment-33515 Casual Observer Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:03:49 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/#comment-33515 Just yesterday we detoured off of nasty, choked I-95 in CT and made our way back to the city via the Merritt Parkway. We couldn't believe how durned pretty that highway is. It actually made us want to drive more slowly and in a more relaxed way. Then when you hit the NY State border it becomes the Hutch Parkway and immediately gets nasty again. The difference is remarkable. Just yesterday we detoured off of nasty, choked I-95 in CT and made our way back to the city via the Merritt Parkway. We couldn't believe how durned pretty that highway is. It actually made us want to drive more slowly and in a more relaxed way.

Then when you hit the NY State border it becomes the Hutch Parkway and immediately gets nasty again. The difference is remarkable.

]]> By: Hilary Kitasei http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/comment-page-1/#comment-33514 Hilary Kitasei Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:54:08 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/#comment-33514 Re: Conn: DOT Working on Tree-Safety Plan after Parkway Deaths It's gratifying to see how Connecticut DOT thinks in terms of protecting the trees rather than using this as an excuse to mow them down. The Merritt Parkway is a scenic byway with a corridor management plan with guidelines for preserving its landscape, alignment and infrastructure. Readers on this list will be interested to learn about plans for a trail along the Merritt (see http://www.merrittalliance.org/). The Regional Plan Association has been a vital supporter of this initiative. And if any of you have a chance to drive the Merritt, note the reinforced wooden guardrails and smaller signs -- all meeting AASHTO standards - that are being installed as part of the restoration. Contrast the Merritt with I-95 and you can see the two ways New York City can go. If you have to have a highway through your city, especially along your waterfront, which would you choose? Re: Conn: DOT Working on Tree-Safety Plan after Parkway Deaths

It's gratifying to see how Connecticut DOT thinks in terms of protecting the trees rather than using this as an excuse to mow them down. The Merritt Parkway is a scenic byway with a corridor management plan with guidelines for preserving its landscape, alignment and infrastructure. Readers on this list will be interested to learn about plans for a trail along the Merritt (see http://www.merrittalliance.org/). The Regional Plan Association has been a vital supporter of this initiative. And if any of you have a chance to drive the Merritt, note the reinforced wooden guardrails and smaller signs -- all meeting AASHTO standards - that are being installed as part of the restoration. Contrast the Merritt with I-95 and you can see the two ways New York City can go. If you have to have a highway through your city, especially along your waterfront, which would you choose?

]]> By: Casual Observer http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/comment-page-1/#comment-33512 Casual Observer Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:40:26 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/06/the-weekly-carnage-47/#comment-33512 Holy Moly. These photos are unbelievable. It looks like something out of Baquba Provence in Iraq. Tri-State motorists must be making Al Qaeda jealous. Compared to those amateurish London bombers, New York-area drivers are turning out to be way more competent when it comes to blowing things up and killing innocent civilians. Put AAA on the terrorist watch list before they blow up another bridge. Holy Moly. These photos are unbelievable. It looks like something out of Baquba Provence in Iraq.

Tri-State motorists must be making Al Qaeda jealous. Compared to those amateurish London bombers, New York-area drivers are turning out to be way more competent when it comes to blowing things up and killing innocent civilians.

Put AAA on the terrorist watch list before they blow up another bridge.

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