As our City Manager, Jan Dolan has brought the same aggressive traffic calming agenda to Scottsdale that she apparently had in Menlo Park, which is considerably smaller in both population and size than Scottsdale. Dolan’s plan is destroying our community with traffic circles, roundabouts, and street furniture on minor and semi major arterials rather than purely residential areas which we’re finding is inevitably congesting traffic far more than relieving it. Their impetus is to get the residents out of their cars and into mass transit (an oxymoron in itself) which may include exorbitantly costly light rail which Scottsdale citizens vigorously oppose.
If anyone in Menlo Park would care to discuss issues or problems, be they economical or tactical, pro or con, that Ms. Dolan's traffic calming caused in your city, including how many of these traffic calming objects she ordered installed have been since removed, we would be very grateful for the input. Please send your comments to: [email protected] .
A Scottsdale citizen production team will be doing interviews with Menlo Park residents, council members, and transportation department personnel concerning traffic calming in your city in mid to late November and we welcome your input to try and get to the bottom of traffic calming, be it good or bad.
Thank you for your time.
George Knowlton is editor of the Scottsdale Activist www.scottsdaleactivist.com Scottsdale AZ 480-326-2475
