Yes, it looks like a community that cares about rules, safety, the people, businesses and environment. When you show respect for how you look, others will do the same.

Too many businesses have been run out of Schenectady, it's time they come back. We need to improve the look of Schenectady in order to improve its economy.

We need to plan now or it will never get done. There needs to be a change.

One of MVP's most significant challenges is to attract qualified professionals to the Capital District area. The visual environment of a "run down" city landscape is detrimental to our efforts. Improving the landscape could help quite a bit.

The Rt. 5 corridor is essential to the Region and must be improved and beautified.

It's about time we started paying attention to aesthetics, pedestrian safety and transit instead of just moving cars. DOT should be looking at these issues everywhere in the region.

This area is shabby looking right now. Rte 5 is a disgrace, most of it is dirty and not livable. At any one time when I was younger I used to be able to shop in the stores along Central Ave. but not now. Most of the stores have left the area.

Portions are ok, but what forces are going to make investors invest in building what you want? Why should I invest in renovating my house if there is no monetary gain?

Rt. 5 is auto-oriented from city line to city line. Businesses and development have been built to accommodate this. Why change?

I think it would improve the neighborhoods but its critical that all new development receive community input & feedback.

This idea may not be easy to achieve but it would provide the community the opportunity to work together on a common goal.

This could improve communication between communities. It would also make more facilities along the corridor more accessible to pedestrians who are dependent on buses

I bought my house 9 years ago and it is appraised at $20,000 under what I paid. I am trapped here.

It would help to revitalize Rte 5 and make it more attractive to consumers / local residents, by providing easier access regardless of the mode of transportation.

It will never happen, it’s a pipedream.

If biking access were improved, as well as pedestrian paths, mightn't the traffic levels and congestion decrease?

I'd be willing to accept more congestion if I could cross the street more comfortably. I'd rather walk then drive.

No pain, no gain. Its worth it.
If there were help phones at main stops; time tables for Rte 5 buses; more garbage cans along the road for trash to be deposited in, maybe some traffic congestion could be tolerated.

It's worth the cost.

It could show progress if someone cares enough to keep up with the times and paces of other cities.

Potential for future improvements. Landscaping offers relief form pollution. Feeder shuttles assist employment in outlying areas and retired people without cars.

Historically and into the future, Rt. 5 was and will remain heavily traveled. But other values can be accommodated as well, and this project points the way.

More parking needed in back with access to stores from rear.

This short-term interruption (while completing this vision) would benefit the long-term outcome/resources which could become available at the conclusion of this worthwhile project.

If we can improve the character of safety and
make it pedestrian/biker safe, I would accept different traffic levels.

I would like to be able to walk and check out the scenery along this corridor. I certainly find it hard to do that right now. It's not safe at all.

What are you waiting for?

You are just going to build more things that will be empty again in 10-12 years down the road.

Woodlawn business groups have been hoping that they could find a way to make this happen and are willing to make the commitment.

I don't walk or bike in my neighborhood because Central Ave. is just not safe. There have been several accidents involving cars hitting pedestrians in my area in the last few years. I am within walking distance to just about everything I could need. But I have to drive everywhere because it is extremely unsafe to walk/bike on this route.

I could accept even higher traffic congestion as long as the City keeps the big picture in mind to include both the big/small businesses as well as the residence that will be effected along Rt. 5.

We must begin to clean up the Rt. 5 corridor. It is one continuos community, not three separate ones. It has great possibilities. I'd love to see it happen.

As a property owner, I look at this information seriously and would like to see property values restored to what they should be. This will only happen with community reinvestment. This is how our tax dollars should be spent along with better services.

My center is interested in the development because we are trying to relocate our program to a larger space. I would very much like to be a part of any planning that could consider our needs for child care services. We are interested in working with entire community to meet needs.

These are good ideas, but without cooperation from everyone, nothing will succeed

Should make streets & sidewalks compatible for disabled persons - wheelchairs, etc. Should keep snow off sidewalks in winter, and make them more passable. Should make business owners maintain property as if it were their own homes.

The corridor as it exists with all its positive & negative aspects obviously developed and changed over quite a lengthy period of time. It seems to have happened rather haphazardly or perhaps rather naturally subject to the various local zoning and building and transportation requirements which prevail. The vision presented in this mailing is a cooperative planned approach to improving the corridor physically and functionally. I strongly favor this and believe it is the only viable manner in which the corridor over time can be improved and enhanced to the benefit of all the citizenry who have a stake. There is certainly much work ahead to provide a viable plan which can be implemented over time.

A lot of work is needed in Schenectady. I love my house but I am afraid to live here. My children can't go outside to play.

Standards for development rather than a laissez-faire approach, are sorely needed in Colonie. Vacant big box and chain store buildings are unattractive - never should have been built in the first place.

It's one of the greatest streets or roads in the state if not the country, and for years its been neglected. Start improvements today.

I would like to see this plan carried out - not end up as a pipe-dream. Albany needs areas people can access by foot and be comfortable and safe doing so. There is a lack of these places in Albany. It's a shame that Albany isn't yet at the same levels as cities like San Francisco, Washington D.C. and the like.

We need "Shopper Special" small buses that would cover a limited area (Lark St. - Manning Blvd.) that a person could get on and off without having to pay additional fares (I.e. start at Swan, get off at Bank, hop back on for ride to hardware store, catch bus on return, stop for lunch, library) go home/back to car. In other words a limited loop on Central in Albany. Perhaps several sections extending further up Central Ave. also would be great.

It is important that parking - as well as "mixed" use structures - be developed. As in the past, store fronts with updated living spaces will help beautify these areas. Apartments or Condos above stores will add to the community connection that today's Cites are missing. Currently many downtown areas become ghosttowns after dark, partly due to crime and lack of social atmosphere. Possible grants or low interest loans will help keep investors in these areas. I am a small business investor and I would be interested in revitalization of our downtown and Route 5 corridor. Improved Traffic flow without business investments will not solve our decaying cities. The cities have to make these areas attractive visually as well as financially.