Got a traffic concern? Stick it on the map.
A new website is dedicated to road safety concerns in Pleasantville. The site, part of the village’s Safe Streets Initiative, includes an interactive map that allows residents to identify problems in specific areas, as well as potential solutions. Early suggestions have included adding a left turn signal on Broadway at the intersection with Bedford Road; a crosswalk at the intersection of Bedford Road and Tompkins Avenue; and sidewalks along Bear Ridge Road.
The primary focus of Pleasantville’s Safe Streets Initiative is around five main corridors:
- Manville Road (NY-117) & Pleasantville Road (CR 106)
- Saw Mill River Parkway (NYSDOT) & Grant Street
- Bedford Road (CR 27) & Marble Avenue / Memorial Plaza
- Tompkins Avenue & Sunnyside Avenue, and
- Bedford Road (CR 27) & Romer Avenue.
The plan focuses on safety and a more organized streets-and-roads system, including vehicles and pedestrians but also bicyclists, motorists, commercial vehicle operators, and public transportation riders.
Over the winter, DTS Provident Design Engineering conducted a traffic calming study at Nannahagan Road and Ashland Avenue. The study included field observations, automated traffic counts, and possible solutions such as speed humps or curb extensions.
Both roads lack sidewalks but are frequently used by students walking to and from Pleasantville Middle School and Pleasantville High School.
DTS suggested adding sidewalks and crosswalks on parts of Nannahagan Road and Ashland Avenue, as well as installing speed radar for monitoring cars’ speed.
Other suggestions from DTS included adding parking and changing traffic patterns through the parking lot next to Parkway Field on Hopper Street.
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