All I know is that it is very dangerous to drive a car, like an ordinary Honda Accord sedan under the trestle since it has been made so small, and I live on east side of town and when I go to farmer’s market I go a circuitous route to avoid having to go under the trestle. Also other times I have to go to west side of town I avoid the trestle NOW THAT IT IS SO TINY.
Hey, my experiential perception and sense when I drive tells me that it was safer before they narrowed the lanes under the trestle. AND I have lived here on east side for 40 years. Don’t go telling me that I am safer in a tiny lane. I’m not.
What I see, is that Ridgewood’s streets are too narrow for Complete Streets. Complete Streets would cause many car accidents.
When leaves are put on streets, or landscape trucks or now the many delivery trucks you put your life in your hands driving around them. Especially NOW with all the Distracted Drivers, as they call them, Hey, even Gov. Christie’s wife.
The streets are TOO NARROW for bike lanes. The streets are historic. They were created before big vehicles were invented. Get real, Mr. Complete Streets. Young professionals in town drive cars, maybe not in NYC , but in Ridgewood they drive cars. Everyone drives cars here: The tall and the short, the fat and the thin, the rich and the poor, the old and the young. We all drive cars. Hallelujah. All God’s children drive cars.
Now, don’t get to thinkin I like that. I don’t. I was against cars WAY BACK 50 years ago. I like buses and street cars. Yes, I lived in states where those existed. But hey, all I wanna do is have some fun, and not get killed or maimed in a car accident. So please no Complete Streets in Ridgewood, NJ.