[Neighbors] Building a coalition: Lead and Coal

Wed Jan 10 11:33:17 MST 2018

Any upcoming meetings? I live on Lead and Solano and while we were on
vacation, it appears there was a giant accident outside our home and it
broke parts of a barrier wall. The city has yet to clean up anything! Also,
I keep emailing Pat Davis and calling, no response. Count my hubby and I
in! Eliza

On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Thomas Simic <tomsimic at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I agree and am not in favor of Lead & Coal becoming a 2 way.  First
> responders use this route to get to emergencies. There would be no place
> for vehicles to pull over to the side if it were two ways and certainly
> would impede response time.  I have lived in this neighborhood for 12 years
> and  am quite aware of the increased traffic and noise from motorcycles
> speeding up the hill to Carlisle, as well as cars with modified mufflers.
> It is hard to leave any doors or windows  open  during nice weather because
> I find soot and dust on counter tops and furniture from vehicles speeding
> and kicking up dust.
>
>
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> *From:* Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm-bounces@
> mailman.swcp.com> on behalf of Flora Silva via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
> neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, December 8, 2017 7:08 PM
> *To:* Robert L Anderson; Ben Wasserott; Ben Wasserott via
> Neighbors_nobhill-nm
> *Cc:* Don Hancock; Aguirre Joesph; Julie Kidder; Ryan Sindon; Nob Hill;
> TheBoard NobHill-NM
> *Subject:* Re: [Neighbors] Building a coalition: Lead and Coal
>
> Ben, thank you and the coalition for taking the initiative to help resolve
> the Lead/Coal traffic issues. I read the letter that you sent to Councilor
> Davis and as a 43 year resident in Nob Hill, living along Lead, all your
> points are very valid. As expected, there is more traffic, including the
> semi-trucks taking Lead & Coal. Construction crews (not affiliated with
> ART) and other delivery trucks will not have the patience nor the time to
> deal with Central Avenue.
>
> Over the past several years the issue of making Lead/Coal two-way streets
> has been debated. I agree with Bob and am not in favor of making Lead/Coal
> two ways.
>
> One of the most important concerns has to do with providing emergency
> vehicles and first responders with a non-congested route for those very
> important calls. Air quality is definitely worse after ART. I have had to
> order more filters for my husband's oxygen equipment. When I change the old
> ones, the proof is there...they are black!
>
> Two way streets for Lead/Coal would be totally out of the plan for me
> based on worse air quality due to more backed up traffic congestion like
> Zuni as Bob stated. In addition, now that traffic has been diverted
> through residential areas, I see more trash on our streets. Residents are
> stuck cleaning up after the drivers who have no respect or concern for this
> neighborhood or City. Whatever happened to the program, Keep Albuquerque
> Beautiful?
>
> Again, thank you for your positive involvement in community affairs.
>
> Flora Silva, Resident
>
>
> On Friday, December 8, 2017, 4:44:57 PM MST, Ben Wasserott via
> Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
>
> I am happy to discuss the desired baseline study in person and any other
> concerns. Please let me know if I can attend a meeting in January or not.
>
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Robert L Anderson <citizen at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> Adrian can you put Mr. Wasserott on our December 11 agenda, or January?
> We need to support this quickly.
>
> Also Ben, in the baseline study we need an air quality monitor network
> along the Led/Coal/Zuni corridor.  (I am not for two way streets as a
> solution as that would only increase the air quality and noise problem -
> just look at Zuni now.  There are other solutions like enforcements,
> inspections, roundabouts, dead-ends, bumps, etc. imo.  We can explore
> these.)
>
> Air quality here is an increasing problem as my family and friends can
> testify.  Our young  kids, who are more susceptible to asthma complain of
> breathing problems in the rush hours of traffic produces a steady stream of
> CO plus when the increasing amount of big diesel powered vehicles pass by
> our house at Coal and Richmond it is gaging. If prospective buyers knew of
> all this before probably might not move to this area of Nob Hill.  I have
> to clean the ceiling fans blades of the soot more often now than before the
> rebuild.  We are breatbreathinging in that stuff daily.
>
> Our location is on an upgrade of Coal where vehicles are in a steady
> acceleration mode (often drag racing) which produce much more pollution
> than normal.  Add to that our corner is a busy turn onto Coal which means
> the acceleration increases as vehicles move from a stand still to a higher
> speed in three directions.  The pollution is bad here.  We need to include
> this problem in the baseline study.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bob Anderson
> Albuquerque, NM
> citizen at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 23, 2017, at 12:58 PM, Ben Wasserott <bwasserott at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Nobhill NA board,
>
> I am board member and property owner within the University Heights
> Neighborhood Association boundaries.
>
> I would like to open a dialogue about improving Lead and Coal for safety
> and walkability of our neighborhoods including all properties adjacent to
> Lead and Coal from San Mateo to Broadway. As they stand the impacts of the
> traffic from these roads are untenable and something has to change.
>
> Firstly, we are seeking a baseline survey of multiple variables about the
> impact of Lead/Coal being arterial roads such as auto collisions, safety,
> walkability, noise and property values etc. Secondly, we wish to have all
> remedies for decreasing the negative impacts of the traffic on Lead and
> Coal to be realized as soon as possible. Thirdly, it is our position (and
> recommendation
> <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatercentralave.org%2Fdiary-updates%2Fwere-rolling-out-the-draft-report-here-are-the-first-releases%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C347dc47cfedf46f2dec008d53eab7143%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636483828423925274&sdata=9J%2F887JALlRFjlq46OTko8ghda7xHuoTmgH7F8MxXfo%3D&reserved=0>)
> that businesses, residents and pedestrians alike would benefit from Lead
> and Coal being converted into two-way residential streets (just like
> downtown).
>
> Here is a link to our letter to Pat Davis
> <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F0BwlKWVSoWWsjYU05amQxdHpxdDg%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=02%7C01%7C%7C347dc47cfedf46f2dec008d53eab7143%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636483828423925274&sdata=P7%2BgqGRsD8xud7JlpaWIQUwM1WD2wsUBMXy9%2BQM9nvI%3D&reserved=0>
> .
>
> Here is a link to our letter to the Public
> <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1k-CffS7lXuYl489Mp1t_B6IQDOPelfBSGpAl8XUEQvs%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=02%7C01%7C%7C347dc47cfedf46f2dec008d53eab7143%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636483828423925274&sdata=23WSGessh4qUdD1mz%2Fi7qSNyt5XC91KfUiHppBaMFDs%3D&reserved=0>
> .
>
> I would be more happy to stop by your NA meeting in January (or at your
> convenience) to get your members unique perspective on these issues and
> give you ours.
>
> Thank you and happy Holidays!
>
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>
> *Ben Wasserott *
>
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> *Ben Wasserott *
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*Eliza Peralta, RN BSN*
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