Dear Supervisor Feiner,
I am writing on behalf of the Edgemont Community Council (“ECC”) Board of Directors, and concerned Edgemont residents, to formally express our objections to the recent installation of speed humps on Pipeline Road, specifically between Edgemont Place and East Hartsdale Avenue. While we share the Town’s goal of improving public safety, the implementation of these specific devices has raised significant community upset and concern.
Our primary objections are as follows:
- Lack of Public Engagement: This project appeared suddenly without a formal public announcement or community engagement effort. Edgemont residents were not given the opportunity to provide feedback on the necessity or design of these humps before they were installed. This is in direct contradiction to the procedural guidelines outlined in NY State Department of Transportation Highway Design Manual, section 25.7.1.
- Absence of a Traffic Study: To our knowledge, no recent traffic study was shared with the community to justify these installations. While the Greenburgh Police Department may have done an informal speeding evaluation, those results were not shared with the Edgemont community, and, in any case, are not a substitute for a formal traffic study.
- Emergency Response Interference: We are deeply concerned that there was no consultation with the Greenville Fire District (GFD). Vertical deflectors can significantly delay emergency response times, potentially endangering lives in the very neighborhood they are intended to protect. If response times are negatively affected, the Town may incur liability. Additionally, these speed humps may present a risk of costly damage to the GFD’s apparatus.
- Inconsistent Traffic Logic and Placement: In its eagerness to appease the pedestrian safety concerns of a few residents on Aqueduct Rd, the Town hastily installed three large speed humps in an adjacent section of Pipeline Rd that has minimal, if any, pedestrian traffic. If the Town suspected an ancillary speeding problem on this adjacent section of Pipeline Rd, it could and should have conducted a thorough study of the situation, shared findings with the ECC, and worked with the ECC and the community to develop a thoughtful and strategic solution. Instead, the Town installed these large safety humps with no notice and seemingly overnight.
- Negative Impact on running and cycling recreation: Pipeline Road is a vital route for local athletes and non-car commuters.
- The installation of these humps will disrupt the Greenburgh One Mile Run, a community tradition that depends on this specific road stretch.
- According to Strava data, nearly 1,000 different cyclists have used Pipeline Road more than 5,000 times over the past ten years, as a safe and effective alternative to the hazardous conditions of Central Park Avenue. The new humps make this route more dangerous and less viable for cyclists.
The speedy decision to install these unstudied speed humps is especially frustrating given the ECC’s years-long and still-fruitless efforts advocating for a raised crosswalk at Crane’s Pond for the benefit of our community’s children walking to and from school. Despite widespread community support for the raised crosswalk, a formal traffic study, and strong support for the crosswalk from the Town’s own professional staff and engineers, the crosswalk project has nevertheless been delayed and obstructed because of your insistence that all impacted residents be consulted.
We request that the Town immediately suspend any further contemplated speed hump installations on Pipeline Road and provide the ECC with the engineering data and emergency services impact assessments used to justify this project. We urge you to reconsider the placement and necessity of these humps in favor of measures that are better-tailored to address any formal safety findings.
At our Monday, January 5, 2026 monthly meeting, the ECC Board of Directors, by unanimous vote, authorized me to transmit this letter on its behalf. We look forward to your prompt response and a scheduled opportunity for discussion in the very near future.
Sincerely,
Matthew Jaffe
Chair, ECC Governmental Affairs Committee
Paul Wooten
First Vice President
Chair, ECC Public Safety Committee
cc:
Greenburgh Town Council
Kobie Powell, Chief of the Town of Greenburgh Police Department
Richard Fon, Commissioner of the Town of Greenburgh Public Works Department
Costanzo (Gus) Spedaliere, Chief of Greenville Fire District
Greenville Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners
Dylan Pyne, President of the Edgemont Community Council