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Message: [QUOTE="shandeezy7, post: 2367125, member: 720"] No offense, Cherie, but you said a lot in this post without saying much at all. It's totally disingenuous to state that 690 will be "the only way to leave the city center." That is entirely untrue. Likewise, it will have almost no effect on access to the hospitals. To steal a term from Dear Leader, that is fake news being pushed out by interests that have no regard for what happens in the city. From an Onondaga Citizens League study: [I]"EMS vehicles are strategically positioned throughout their service areas; the interstate is not a factor in “access to scene” (unless the scene is on the interstate). Rural Metro and NAVAC, the county’s two largest services, by and large do not rely on the I-81 viaduct to get to their hospital destinations, according to their directors. With a boulevard in place of the interstate viaduct for local traffic, “emergency vehicles would be provided more travel route options, which can be critical in cases of congestion or during special events on the University Hill,” the University Hill Transportation Study concluded." [/I] Also, from the DOT Scoping Report in 2015: [I]People have expressed concern about the impacts of a boulevard alternative on ambulance access to hospitals. Most ambulances probably do not reach the hospitals via I-81; they come from various directions via city streets and access Upstate as well as St. Joseph’s and Community General Hospitals that are not directly on I-81. This concern seems unfounded. In any case, the boulevards will be fairly fast, and their better connection to the street grid may well reduce ambulance travel times. [/I] The current off-ramp/on-ramp situation on 81 at Adams/Harrison street is a total debacle. The community grid option will offer much more efficient access points to/from 690 and 81. Much different from the current dangerous setup, where 81N traffic attempting to merge onto 690E is competing with on-ramp traffic from street level trying to merge onto 81N or 81S traffic exiting at Adams street at the same point where 690E dumps onto 81S at a hard curve. If you want to "follow the money," look no further than the major opponents to the community grid option and what their motivations are, and you will have your answer. [/QUOTE]

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