Category Archives: Transportation

The Good (Next: The Bad and maybe The Ugly)

Posted on December 18, 2006 by Saltbox

OK, so it’s the week before Christmas (Hanukkah’s already underway) and I’m pretty grumpy about how slowly grind the wheels of progress around here. But grumpy is just not an appropriate way to be feeling at this time of year. So, I’ve made myself a deal. Today, I’ll make a list of the positive developments in the Sag Hampton area in an attempt …
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Local Hero, Part II (Again, apologies to Bill Forsyth)

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Saltbox

There are three main ways to drive into Sag Harbor. You can come in on Route 114 from East Hampton, you can come over the bridge from North Haven, or you can come up the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike from Bridgehampton. On each of these routes, there is a small area just before you enter the Village that is considered a gateway to Sag Harbor.
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Safe Routes to…the Library?

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Saltbox

My friend and fellow EETC and CAC (East End Transportation Council and Citizens Advisory Committee) member, Ken Dorph has been traveling hither and yon trying to stir up interest in a very fine program called Safe Routes to School, which is sponsored by the federal Department of Transportation. I promise to write about that program in more detail at a later date. However, I was reminded of it today when reading part of the final report of the Community Library Committee…
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My, How I’ve Changed

Posted on August 14, 2006 by Saltbox

Sag Harbor is divided between the towns of East Hampton and Southampton by Division Street. True fact. When we first moved here we lived on Grand Street just one house east of Division, putting us in the Town of East Hampton. We lived there for nearly ten years. Then we moved to our current home, which backs onto Town Line …
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Drive Carefully Out There

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Saltbox

In the blog LilyPondLane.com.com, S.K. writes about Bridgehampton’s most dangerous intersections/roads (link). Having driven on and through all of them many times, I can tell you she’s not kidding. These roads are dangerous.

Don’t count on the traffic engineers to fix the problems, though. Keep in mind that it was County Legislator Jay Schneiderman who came up with …
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