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Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Mon Feb 9 07:25:37 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Feb 5 17:14:12 2015. Most unfortunately, this has often been the case. I remember about 20 years ago, I was visiting Garden City on business, and I noticed that LIRR had tried to improve safety at the crossing on Stewart Ave (I think...), with a much larger, high-mounted signal system, at the height of regular traffic lights- so motorists would definitely see it.Yet the NIMBYs in a commercial neighborhood, no less, screamed murder that it was ugly, and the LIRR wasn't able to turn it on. I was only the area for a few days, so I don't know how the story ended. But this is also why I've described eliminating the grade crossings as a long-term solution. Do it one crossing at a time, when the will is there. For example, there probably wouldn't be too much opposition in the near future to eliminating the crossing at Commerce Street in Valhalla. |
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