Coming from the perspective of a bike rider, I'm grateful for the gates. Depending on the direction you're coming from, the attendant building blocks your view from seeing if there's a car coming. If I can see the gate is down I know I can safely cross. I don't care either way about having attendants. If they got rid of the gates altogether they would have to get rid of the buildings for visibility reasons. I know people hate them but speed bumps would be another option. They'd have to be reasonably aggressive though, as another poster mentioned, to force people to slow down. Personally, I prefer speed bumps over a gate. Then you don't have to mess with finding your card and rolling down your window.
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