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From YouTube: Beacon Planning Board Training 4-12-22
Description
Beacon Planning Board training session covering "Main Street Access and future training topics."
A
A
and
for
Workshop
John
Clark
has
offered
to
share
with
us
some
developments,
thoughts,
thinking
the
city's
doing
around
the
Main,
Street,
Corridor
and
I
think
specifically
around
public
transport,
yes,
and
then
so
we'll
spend
some
time
on
that.
I
thought
also
it'd
be
a
good
idea
to
spend
maybe
10
minutes
at
the
end
of
the
workshop,
just
to
talk
about
future
workshops
and
ideas
for
Content
that
that
we
might
want
to
bring
to
the
Future
meetings.
So
any
thinking
on
that
would
be
really
helpful.
B
They've
been
working
for
two
years
now,
I
was
only
supposed
to
be
a
one-year
thing
and
then
you
know
the
pandemic
hit
and
things
slowed
it
down
and
so
in
the
meantime,
they've
put
out
I,
probably
about
seven
or
eight
memos
to
the
city
council
on
various
subjects,
with
recommendations
and
some
have
been
accomplished.
Not
many
council's
been
busy.
We've
made
several
presentations
to
the
council,
a
couple
I
think
and
a
couple
here
in
which
I've
shared
different
ideas
that
they've
been
working
on.
B
So
I've
actually
worked
on
several
segments
with
the
planning
board.
Before
we
talked
about
traffic
calming
and
lighting,
and
some
of
the
other
issues
tonight
I
thought
we'd
talk
about
public
transit
and
you
know
the
beacon
has
got
the
free
loop
system
now
and
County
bus
that
comes
down
from
Poughkeepsie.
B
B
They
haven't
had
as
much
sense,
obviously
but
they're,
anticipating
getting
back
to
normal
I'm,
hoping
that's
a
great
positive
price
incentive,
but
there's
things
about
the
Free
Loop
that
aren't
perfect
number
one
they're
using
a
standard
bus
oversized
for
Main
Street
Main
Street
is
narrow.
You
need
to
sort
of
manipulate
in
the
stops
and
that
sort
of
thing
and
this
bus
is
not
suited
well
for
Main
Street
carries
a
lot
of
people,
but
not
very
efficiently
in
terms
of
access
and
maneuverability.
B
C
B
B
The
idea
that
the
committee
came
up
with
is
we
need
to
sort
of
reimagine
the
whole
system.
We
really
think
about
Transit
Anew.
If
you
really
want
to
get
people
out
of
cars
and
make
this
a
more
Transit
friendly
and
pedestrian
friendly
City,
you
have
to
make
a
Transit
City
system
that
actually
works
rather
than
something
that's
a
default
for
people
who
just
don't
have
cars.
You
want
to
make
the
transit
so
comfortable
and
accessible
that
people
are
willing
to
give
up
their
cars
because
they
don't
need
them
and
that's
the
goal.
B
And
so,
when
we
looked
at
transit
systems
what's
successful
and
not
we
came
up
with
four
primary
conditions
that
you
have
to
meet
one
they
have
to
integrate
it
with
land
uses.
The
comprehensive
plans
in
the
last
two
cycles
focused
development
on
the
linkage
district
and
the
Central
Main
Street
District,
both
of
which
are
Transit,
has
Transit
accessibility.
C
B
The
second
thing
is
to
have
direct
routes,
to
destinations,
no
more
figure,
eights
and
diversions
and
transfers,
or
any
of
those
sorts
of
things
you
if
you
want
to
ride
the
bus
regularly,
it's
got
to
go
from
where
you
want
to
where
you
are
to
where
you
want
to
be,
and
it
can
involve
a
lot
of
side
trips,
because
otherwise,
it's
just
more
easy
to
get
into
a
car
buses,
already
have
sort
of
a
a
disadvantage
to
private
automobiles.
They
have
certain
advantages.
The
parking
no
need
to
park,
but
unless.
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C
B
No
more
than
10
to
15
minutes,
and
it
really
should
be
more
10
minutes,
but
I
stretched
it
a
little
bit
to
15.
so
that
you
don't
have
to
have
a
schedule.
You
just
go
to
the
bus
stop
and
it's
going
to
come
along
pretty
soon
and
there's
also
it's
very
convenient
to
have
time
to
travel
notification
at
the
at
the
transit
Transit
stop
or
on
an
app
so
that
you
know
exactly
where
the
bus
is
and
how
long
it's
going
to
be
to
get
there.
B
B
So
right
now
we
have
the
Free
Loop
bus
and
we
have
a
County
bus
that
comes
down
in
seasonally
and
I.
Don't
know
if
this
is
going
to
continue
this,
but
in
past
Seasons
there's
been
the
Cold
Spring
Beacon
Trolley
bus,
but
again
that's
sort
of
an
old-fashioned
model
of
what
a
bus
should
look
like.
It's
got
high
steps.
It's
got
narrow,
narrow
aisles.
It's
got
wooden
seats.
B
You
know
it
might
look
kind
of
cool,
but
does
it
function
as
a
really
efficient
bus
and
what
we
came
up
with
is,
if
you're
going
to
have
a
bus
system
for
the
21st
century.
That's
that's
reimagines
the
system.
It
should
look
more
like
the
one
in
the
corner
down
here,
which
is
from
Singapore
self-driving
low,
Ada
entrance
designed
for
efficient
and
and
and
comfortable
ride,
and
it's
better
to
have
two
small
buses
than
one
big
one,
because
you
can
increase
the
frequency
and
you
don't
have
buses
driving
around
half
empty.
B
So
in
the
2017
plan
this
was
a
map
from
the
2017
plan
they
proposed.
This
is
actually
an
idea
that
rolled
over
from
the
2007
plan,
something
pretty
unique
not
only
to
concentrate
development
along
that
Corridor,
so
new
housing
and
new
employment
is
within
walking
distance
of
Main
Street
and
the
linkage
District
down
to
the
station,
but
also
to
organize
the
stops
around
Civic
places.
B
So
the
idea
was
to
put
a
stop
in
a
Public
Square,
a
garden
a
park
and
pocket
park.
Some
sort
of
public
place
every
three
to
four
blocks
along
that
route
and
to
have
a
frequent
up
and
down
Main
Street
Route,
more
direct,
more
frequent
10
to
15
minute
layovers,
and
so
they
laid
out
a
stop
at
the
train
station
at
City
Hall
at
the
county
building
at
the
library,
the
post
office
at
Madame,
brick
Homestead
and
down
at
Fountain
Square.
B
In
in
addition
to
every
one
of
those
places
has
opportunity
for
infill
buildings
that
will
help
frame
the
public
space,
make
it
more
active
and
hopefully
help
to
construct
and
maintain
that
park,
because
it's
going
to
be
in
the
front
yard
of
these
new
buildings
that
wrap
around
the
park.
So
they
create
activities
on
the
edge
to
make
that
public
space
really
active
and
exciting,
and
they
also
help
maintain
that
Park
as
part
of
their
their
operations.
B
Most
of
those
new
infill
buildings
are
on
public
land
because
almost
all
these
are
on
public
land,
and
so
the
city
will
be
able
to
determine
what
sort
of
buildings
go
up.
What's
the
affordability
mix,
what's
the
uses
that
are
allowed
or
targeted
and
cut
the
deal
so
that
they
can
help
in
the
construction
and
maintenance
of
that
Park
and
the
park
will
have
a
Transit
stop
with
a
shelter,
hopefully
a
custom
designed
attractive,
unique
sort
of
shelter
on
the
front
of
every
one
of
those
parks.
B
So
the
key
Transit
recommendation
out
of
the
advisory
report
is
to
begin
to
implement
this
system
by
issuing
requests
for
proposals
for
veterans
place,
which
is
the
sort
of
centerpiece
one
right
at
the
post
office
and
at
the
County
Center
parking
lot.
So
there'll
be
one
on
the
East
End
one
on
the
on
the
western
end
of
Main
Street,
both
with
large
potential
development
opportunities
and
parking
opportunities.
B
B
People
would
circulate
through
the
park
to
get
to
the
entrance
to
the
DMV.
There's
thought
that
this
might
be
a
Civic
building
as
well.
Maybe
a
relocation
of
city
offices,
City,
meeting
space
and
there's
plenty
of
room
for
parking
in
the
rear,
because
you
could
redesign
that
lot
in
the
back
to
create
37
more
spaces
than
there
are
in
the
lot
today,
even
with
the
with
no
building
on
the
front.
Sorry.
B
B
And
there's
all
there's
all
ideas
for
this
parking
lot
here
in
this
parking
lot
here,
we've
sort
of
looked
at
there's
a
a
plan
which
isn't
on
this,
drawing
for
a
Fountain
Square
to
create
a
green
space
and
a
fountain
at
Fountain
Square,
so
that
you
would
be
able
to
have
this
system
of
a
public
transit
system
that
runs
around
Transit
Parks.
Essentially,.
B
So
I've
looked
around
to
see
if
I
can
find
anybody
else,
who's
doing
anything
similar
and
whether
it's
worked
and
where
they
can
learn
lessons
and
I
haven't
found
anywhere
in
the
country
where
this
idea
has
really
been
played
out.
Really,
there's
there's
a
few
places
where
you
can
find
a
Transit
shelter
at
a
park.
This
is
one
of
them.
The
best
one
I
could
find.
This
is
up
in
Northampton,
Mass
I
went
up
and
actually
looked
at
this
one.
It's
between
two
Civic
buildings,
it's
on
Main
Street,
has
a
bus,
shelter.
B
This
was
a
public
park
before,
but
they
redesigned
it
to
make
it
a
public
transit
stop,
and
so
they
put
the
transit
stops
over
here
in
the
corner
that
points
towards
the
plaza
rather
than
towards
the
street.
They
have
bike
racks,
Applause
out
front
for
outdoors
sort
of
eating
and
sitting
and
then
a
big
green
space
for
performances
in
the
center
and
then
a
hill
in
the
back
where
they
have
sort
of
tiered
seating.
B
B
Only
and
best
example,
I've
found
of
a
park
that
seems
to
be
designed
around
a
Transit
stop
and
there's
no
system
that
I've
found.
If
you
go,
you
can
find
systems
of
parks
like
Savannah,
Georgia,
yeah,
Portland
Oregon
has
a
sort
of
systematic
way
of
looking
at
parks
and
how
to
link
them
into
a
walking
trail.
Savannah
does
the
same
thing,
but
nobody
has
it
linked
up
to
a
transit
system
that
I've
been
able
to
find
now.
B
I
haven't
searched
the
world,
but
I
did
my
best
and
if
anybody
knows
of
a
system
that
organizes
parks
around
transit
or
Transit,
around
parks
I'd
appreciate
the
heads
up,
so
pocket
parks
are
capable
of
doing
incredible
things,
even
in
small
spaces.
You
know
these
are
a
few
examples
of
greenacre
park
in
downtown
Manhattan,
it's
only
60
by
120,
and
it
really
feels
like
a
a
rich
landscaped
area.
B
B
A
A
A
A
B
A
B
A
A
A
B
A
B
B
C
D
I
just
wanted
to
bring
one
thing
up,
which
is
that
some
of
the
funding
for
the
bus
comes
from
the
MTA
in
Metro,
North
and
I
think
they
might
have
input
onto
the
routing,
and
you
know
it
has
to
Service
the
the
train
station
for
one
thing,
since
they're
used
they're
subsidizing
it
and
also
there's
a
lot
of
federal
funding.
That's
involved
and
there
may
be
requirements
that
they
have
as
far
as
the
size
and
routing
and
other
things,
that
the
county
is
beholden
to
that.
B
I,
don't
think
MTA
funds,
anything
in
the
system
at
this
point
I
think
they
offered
to
fund
it.
If
development
happened
around
the
station
at
one
point
but
I
don't
think
they
fund
the
they
fund
the
ferry
and
they
fund
other
things,
but
I
don't
think
they
fund
the
bus
system.
This.
This
Dutchess
County
gets
Federal
money
for
their
transit
system,
so
they
do
get
Federal
money
but
I'm
not
sure
they
get
MTA
money
I'm.
Not
sure
of
that.
B
A
All
right,
great,
well
I
was
going
to
save
10
minutes
at
the
latter
part
of
this
part
of
the
meeting
to
toss
around
ideas
for
upcoming
future
workshops.
But
we
only
have
two
minutes.
So
I
would
just
request
that
if,
if
any
of
you
all
have
thoughts
or
ideas
on
things
that
you
might
want
to
cover
in
Workshop
that
you
share
them
through
our
city,
email
and
then
we'll
compile
them
and
yeah.
So
we're
just
looking
for
ideas.