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Public Commentary Dear Editor: A lot of talk about global warming, mass transportation and mid-town congestion, but what about really making it count? In order to get people out of their cars and onto mass transit, we need to address a major issue: convenience. Heck, we do all kinds of illogical things for convenience: use electric dryers in the dead heat of summer or cover up old houses with vinyl siding, for instance; but more to the point, we drive single-passengered on crowded roads to get from Long Island to NYC, when there are better ways already in place. One of the biggest obstacles is simply that countless "trial-based" public transportationers, such as myself, are punished for not being part of the "incrowd". No parking permit? Sorry you have to park blocks away in front of some unfortunate stranger's house, or walk the mile or so from your door. Like to walk? How about with heavy packages or books, or in the rain with dress clothes on? Even many earnest commuters coming home from the city five days a week, dangerously cross Sunrise Highway in Massapequa Park to get to hazardously parked cars along the road. Why isn't there on-site parking for them? We are in need of more permitted as well as metered spaces at our railroad stations, and in the case of Amityville multi-level parking is probably called for. Build it and they will come - it's that simple. It seems economically viable, considering demand; and it may be the most effective measure in the metropolitan area for taking cars off the roads and improving the environment. Let's face it. We love our cars. Can't we at least find a friendly place to drop them off when we have to leave them for the day? Andrew Tannenbaum
Amityville
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