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I would like to request that Farnum Drive and Park Drive in East Rock Park remain closed forever! There are so many people who cannot use the trails (or are afraid of them) who are taking advantage of using the roads to walk in the park. Jogger, walker, stroller, pets, the elderly, bicyclists...it's amazing! When open, the traffic on those roads is dangerous with many vehicles speeding and driving recklessly. I have also noticed there there is NO DUMPING happening now that the roads are closed. Please consider NOT re-opening those roads to traffic.
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XYZ (Registered User)
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Yes, please. This should be a no-brainer within our City Park.
People use it as a cut-through from Hamden to I-91, and when it’s open the way people drive is outrageous and unsafe.
Doug Hausladen (Registered User)
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Mike (Registered User)
Absolutely support this. Was just commenting that I wanted to see this happen. Cars drive super fast on those roads when they're open as cut-throughs.
Not to mention, I think that traffic on Orange Street has slowed down and dissipated quite considerably, which is great given the amount of foot and bicycle traffic on that street. If only we could find other streets through the city to close and achieve this effect elsewhere.
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NHEast (Registered User)
Traffic on surrounding streets has gone up dramatically, so I don't think this is a good idea. Weekends, maybe.
The arguments being used to support closing these specific roads could apply equally well to, for instance, the roads around the green, near the restaurants and shopping downtown, etc.
Fewer cars in many places would make things nicer. But unless people agree to drive less, all this does is make other roads worse---roads not designed to handle the diverted traffic.
Active citizen (Registered User)
You all have Edgerton Park , The Trails at the Eli Barn Museum and across the street on the water company land .The trails up to East Rock on both sides up to the summit AND the park between Livingston and Orange. Really, but this seems not enough ? Traffic road safety is a nightmare all through hamden and New Haven . See Click fix has posts of very dangers issues going on for years that do not get addressed. case in point below...
Traffic/Road Safety
805 Whitney Avenue New Haven Connecticut. Closing streets is not the answer.
Josh Kanter (Registered User)
"You all" ??
C'mon, now.
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Neil (Registered User)
Theresa Cappetta (Registered User)
I have lived in New Haven my entire life. Walking on city streets and trying to cross them is a frightening thing, even with crosswalks and stoplights. Where should we walk? Drive to Sleeping Giant? A good suggestion only for those with cars and time. Why ignore a perfect solution in our own back yard?
I read with interest some of the comments about cars not being able to get from point A to point B by the road closure. As a lifelong New Haven resident, I know this is completely untrue. And as for being inconvenienced, is not finding an alternate route a way to be a better citizen and help preserve a walking route which is bringing joy to so many?
It is my hope that this road will remain open; perhaps those who oppose this should reconsider putting community above self.
XYZ (Registered User)
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Anonymous (Registered User)
If you were up at the summit last year on a weekend, you would have seen crowds of people picnicking, and over a hundred cars parked along the road and in the lots. That type of crowding would not be hospitable to people with health conditions, especially now with some health conditions increasing the threat of covid. Those crowded conditions would now be a threat to anyone. There are now many scientists who say aerosol transmission of coronavirus is a much greater threat than has been previously acknowledged. Search google news for "aerosol transmission".
If people with health conditions that make them unable to walk from the lower lot really want to go to the summit, the road to the summit could be open for limited hours on days and at times when picnic crowds will not likely to gather.
XYZ (Registered User)
What if the health condition is a bad knee due to an auto accident would they be a greater risk?
Do you really want to limit the time that people who are physically challenged can enjoy the summit?
Anonymous (Registered User)
XYZ,
As I said, everyone is at greater risk if what scientists are claiming about aerosol transmission is accurate. Are you saying that nothing less than having the summit road open from sunrise to sunset is acceptable? No compromises? I am only suggesting that the hours be limited just enough to prevent crowds from occurring. If the hours were limited to 6-11 am, that gives plenty of time for the disabled to enjoy the summit. The enjoyment of being on the summit is the view and you can only spend so much time enjoying the view. And there is only so much space to get that view, so if a few people spend hours occupying the limited space to enjoy the view, others will be deprived. It has been established that many people go to the summit not to enjoy the view but to engage in illicit activities. I am not necessarily opposed to people doing those activities, I wish they had other places to do them besides the summit. Also needed is other places where people can have picnics.
As I said, with a hundred cars parked up there, where are all the disabled people going to park? There are only so many handicapped spaces. So the summit road being open does not necessarily guarantee access to the disabled at all times. Since we are talking hypothetically here, my ideal solution would be to keep the summit road closed and have a shuttle that brings people from the lower lot to the summit. That would also solve the litter problem and allow walkers/joggers/bikers to have a more enjoyable experience on the summit road.
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