Tara C.

  • 83-103 Regent Street Saratoga Springs, New York - Saratoga Springs

    Regent Street between Lincoln Avenue and Union Avenue has increasingly become a busy shortcut for speeding drivers looking to avoid Broadway traffic on their route between South Broadway and Union Avenue (and other parts north, and vice versa).

    On these two blocks of Regent Street, there is a busy church with daily soup kitchen and daycare/playground, the Beagle School preschool, the Waldorf School, and Empire State College (so, lots of children, and pedestrians in general, along with parked cars).

    Cars speeding through these busy blocks are often accelerating, and traveling at dangerous speeds without regard for area residents. Just today, a driver (maroon pickup) was witnessed on this stretch, intentionally speeding up and swerving to hit and kill a crow in the road. Who or what is next?

    Thankfully, a four-way stop was installed at Regent Street/Park Place a few years ago, making that very accident-prone intersection a bit safer. But this "wide" section of Regent Street remains a dragstrip. Help!

  • 30 Circular Street Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Springs
    There are several key intersections throughout the city that could benefit from signs installed ON THE STREETS/IN THE CROSSWALKS that remind drivers of the state law requiring them to yield to pedestrians. Such signs have been successfully installed on Glens Falls' Glen Street/downtown, which is a much more pedestrian-friendly city than ours, where drivers willingly yield, even to pedestrians not in crosswalk areas. I try to walk to/from work each day, and cross several busy spots where drivers have no regard for walkers/bikers: At Park Place/Circular St/Whitney Place; at Union Ave and Regent St; at Congress Park and Spring and Henry Streets...to name just a few. For quality of life, to encourage more walkers/bikers and fewer cars downtown...PLEASE help to create a downtown that is safer for and friendlier to us!