29 Center Street Northampton Massachuset ts 01060 The truck traffic in and around the area of Day/Bates Ave has been an ongoing issue for some time. This memo is based on m y experience ofenforcement and patrol in the area, as well as my understanding of measures taken in the past lead me to believe that there are two issues which are present that contribute to th is problem. I believe that at least one of these issues can be addressed and would result in a reduction of truck traffic on Bates and Day Ave and also reduce many of the West bound bridge strikes to the railroad overpass at Main St and Market St. The first issue that is present that I do not believe can be changed, is the truck operator’s use of GPS direction devi ces. I have found that t ruck drivers delivering to the Coke plant do not draw this route with any consistency. Of all the drivers that I have stopped and talked with, this is the first time that they have drawn this route. This makes contacting the delivery source and having them warn the drivers ineffective. All of the truck operators that I stopped who were on Day Ave told me the same thing. They enter the address into their GPS devices at the beginning of their trip and follow the directions as instructed. I tested this theory. Entering Rt91 south of Northampton, I entered the address for the Coke plant in four separate GPS units made by three different GPS manufactures, a To m-Tom, Garmin and a Mag ellan. Three of the units were newer than one year old. One of the Gamin units is several years old. All three of these units directed me to exit Rt 91 northbound at exit 19. They then directed me to make a left hand turn at the bottom on the ramp onto Rt 9 west. All four directed me to make right hand turn onto Day Ave and travel to the stop sign located at the intersection of Bates St then to make a right hand turn into N ort hampt on Police Depar tment S ergeant’s Of fi c e
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The truck traffic in and around the area of Day/Bates Ave has been an
ongoing issue for some time. This memo is based on my experience of
enforcement and patrol in the area, as well as my understanding of measures
taken in the past lead me to believe that there are two issues which are present
that contribute to this problem. I believe that at least one of these issues can be
addressed and would result in a reduction of truck traffic on Bates and Day Ave
and also reduce many of the West bound bridge strikes to the railroad overpass
at Main St and Market St.
The first issue that is present that I do not believe can be changed, is the
truck operator’s use of GPS direction devices. I have found that truck drivers
delivering to the Coke plant do not draw this route with any consistency. Of all
the drivers that I have stopped and talked with, this is the first time that theyhave drawn this route. This makes contacting the delivery source and having
them warn the drivers ineffective All of the truck operators that I stopped who