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Jul 30, 2020 6 tweets 5 min read
1/5) Maybrook Trail is paved from Pumphouse Rd Brewster to Hopewell Jct.

Not open yet. Needs fencing & crosswalks.

When open (~Nov.) means can get from Bronx to Kingston on 1 trail (w/ some short on street segments). Part of Empire State Trail.

Photo @ Pumphouse Rd facing N. Paved trail on left. Rusty railroad tracks on right. Barrier 2/5) Maybrook Trail south of Pumphouse Rd, is dirt to Toneetta Lake Rd.

Putnam Co staff says: paving is underway now, complete Sept 31.

There to I-684 interchange already paved.

3 mi east of that to Danbury border, paving should be done by end of December. Rusty train tracks on left. Fence. Path on right (foreground
Mar 17, 2019 9 tweets 10 min read
Here's the lived experience of people #walking in #SleepyHollowNY this winter. Lack of #sidewalk #SnowRemoval = unpleasant to #walk & unpassable w/ #MobilityAids.

2/13/19 @ on busy US Route 9 by ex-Horseman diner, a key route for kids to @ufsdtarrytowns.

#PlowTheSidewalks 1/x On 2/13/19 on busy US #Route9 in #SleepyHollowNY by @ODFMC.

(We're laying this on the Village, not Open Door)

#PlowTheSidewalks 2/x
Mar 16, 2019 10 tweets 10 min read
#SleepyHollowNY has a recurring problem w/ ignoring requirements for #ADA compliant detours during #sidewalk #construction.

Here are 8 people forced into traffic on Beekman Ave w/in 90 seconds on 1/23/19. ($ via US HUD CDBG.) 1/x #Construction at Van Tassel Apartments on 2/5/19 blocking #sidewalk on Beekman Ave, #SleepyHollowNY.

#WorkZoneAwarenessDay 2/x
Dec 18, 2018 14 tweets 11 min read
Dear @SenKennedy & @BillMagnarelli: Congratulations on becoming Chairs of your houses in the #NYSLegislature. Some thoughts to keep in mind when making policy. (cc @BikeNYBC @transalt @StreetsblogNYC @NYC_SafeStreets)

1) Transportation choices are shaped by public policy. 2) We need to give people safe, convenient transportation choices. Example, loads of people want to cycle places, but they're #2scared2bike.