Hi Everyone
I was away all weekend but I wanted to address certain topics as best I can, piece by piece. I will try to cite as much as I can!
This is to address the possibility of public transportation to the area.
In my opinion, public transportation was not taken.
Someone was discussing busing vs. taking cars to the beach area. Buses do not serve Oak/Gilgo beach. During the summer, the MTA/LIRR services
Jones Beach from one bus line running from the Railroads. At the Jones Beach "needle"/"pencil", the buses turn around and cannot run on the Ocean Parkway.
On the Suffolk side, Suffolk County buses run to
Robert Moses beaches only from a rail station (Babylon, mainland) and go across the causeway to the ocean beaches and back. A complicated system- set up purposely by the land developer, Robert Moses. In addition, since buses are serving a state parks system (which closes by 8pm) buses do not run after sundown.
"In the period from 1920 to 1970 the architect Robert Moses built overpasses across the parkways on Long Island by New York. Moses designed the overpasses to be so low that only cars could reach the recreational area of Jones Beach. That prevented African Americans and other low-income groups, who relied on buses for transportation, from going to Jones Beach"
http://www.dcdr.dk/uk/Menu/Update/Webzine/Articles/Designing+Means+Executing+Power