The Albany Business Review published an article yesterday about the sale of the Freshmarket Commons, a crowded strip mall squeezed into a corner of a busy intersection. Among other things, the article highlights the afluence of the surrounding neighborhoods.
But the article makes no mention of the fact that the intersection is a mess, and the process of getting in and out of the strip mall by car is a nightmare. The need for infrastructure for active transportation (bicycle, pedestrian, public transit—anything that’s not a privately operated car) is better illustrated here than anywhere else in Colonie (with the possible exception of Central Ave.).
It’s a little disappointing that the Business Review doesn’t raise any discussion of the traffic as a potential limiting factor for use of the strip mall and adjacent space. It shows the extent to which “motonormativity” is a problem, even in a publication that purports to provide its readers with information needed to make effective business decisions.
[Update] I’ll add that this ties in with the post I wrote last week regarding traffic on NY-155.