The study team has been carefully evaluating where and when traffic congestion occurs.

Route 303 was found to have somewhat more congestion than Route 304, but most of the congested traffic movements are on side streets approaching Routes 303 or 304 rather than when driving travel on the corridors themselves.

Locations where congestion was identified include Route 303 at Lake Road in Valley Cottage, and Route 304 at Germonds Road.

Cyclists and pedestrians use both corridors, but conditions are suboptimal in some stretches of the roadways.

A detailed analysis of crashes involving cyclists or pedestrians found that the majority of these crashes occurred on Route 304.

Five pedestrians and one cyclist have died in crashes on the corridors in the past 10 years.

An evaluation of crash hotspots identified design features that present barriers to bicycle and pedestrian safety, including wide diagonal crossings, poor pavement conditions, and limited opportunities to cross the corridor safely.

Sidewalks are an important part of the transportation network. Both Routes 303 and 304 have sidewalks in some places, but most of the length of both corridors lacks sidewalks.

Various transit services operate in and around the Routes 303 and 304 corridors, and there are five park-and-ride locations that serve commuters to NYC.

Speeding has been identified as an issue on Routes 303 and 304.

Speed limits vary along the two corridors, especially on Route 304 which ranges from 35 to 55 mph.

The 35 mph section of Route 304 is in the vicinity of Bardonia Road and Germonds Road.

There are a total of four changes in speed limit along Route 304.

Pavement condition refers to how smooth or rough the pavement is.

Pavement on Route 304 in Clarkstown is generally in better condition than pavement on Route 303.

The study team has reviewed land uses along the Routes 303 and 304 corridors.

Land uses vary at different points along the corridors, including intense commercial uses, residential neighborhoods, and limited-access sections.

There are quarries near the north and south ends of Route 303. This contributes to heavy truck traffic on Route 303, which cause major degradation of the roadway surface, roadway bed, shoulders and bridges.

Heavily-loaded trucks are also a safety concern They can cause impatience in drivers on the two-lane sections of Route 303, leading to illegal and dangerous passing of these slow-moving trucks.