Dear Editor: Mr. DeRuggiero feels strongly about 1600 Park Avenue. And he should. He and other Realtors stand to profit handsomely by this and other huge complexes in Hoboken. And that’s fair; if I earned my living as a Realtor in this town, I might feel the same way. But I’m not, and most residents of Hoboken are not. Most live here because they’re a short commute from their jobs in Manhattan. And for many of us, that means we can get home early enough to actually spend time with our kids, sit on our stoops, or talk with our neighbors. I don’t care what the suburbs offer, they can’t match that! It’s the reason why so many of us have stayed here and are raising our families here. The problem is, this commute is getting longer and longer with each passing day. Why? Because it doesn’t matter how many garages and extra streets a builder proposes uptown, all roads lead to the Lincoln Tunnel. And unfortunately, the Lincoln Tunnel isn’t getting any bigger. Yes there are plans for another ferry to and from Manhattan. It’s about time. But that will hardly make a dent when the price is expected to be around three times the price of a bus and not nearly as convenient (the ferry would leave you off near the West Side Hwy, with some shuttle service; the bus takes you right into the heart of Manhattan at 42nd Street.) And what happens, by the way, when residents of 1600 want to pick up bread at Marie’s? Or mozzarella at Vito’s? How are they going to get there? Walk? Please! It’ll take them 15 minutes just to reach the Malibu diner! Take a bus? Maybe some will. But you have to figure many will drive. And double park. And create congestion. And make it even harder for a kid or senior to just cross a street. “But,” you say, “what if the builder scales back his plans and makes it only 16 floors or a dozen floors?” Well, what does that mean? It’s still hundreds of people. What will the affects be? Until someone can do an independent traffic study that takes more than just their lot or property into account, why should anyone support this? Most residents are not knee-jerk oppositionists; we’re not afraid of change; we just want the truth on what the real consequences will be. Why is that unreasonable? Around a month ago, I attended the informal meeting the builder had in All Saints, and when I asked his Traffic Planner whether his study took Lincoln Tunnel traffic into account or how it would affect the average commute into Manhattan, he said they didn’t know; the Lincoln Tunnel wasn’t something they could control. True, and maybe this is part of a larger regional problem. But that doesn’t make it any less of an issue to those of us who have to go into and out of Manhattan five days a week. If we don’t have any control over the Lincoln Tunnel, than we will exercise our control of the things we do; like zoning. J. Tavlin