Brooklyn Community Board 6 to Vote on 9th Street Bike Lane
The full board is expected to make a final vote on the 9th Street bike lane issue at this meeting.
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Eyes on the Street: Bike Corrals Protect Ninth Avenue Bike Lane
By Stephen Miller |
Bike parking corrals adjacent to a protected bike lane — a first for New York City, and perhaps the nation — have been installed along Ninth Avenue in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. Check out these pics from Clarence, snapped on Thursday. First requested by Community Board 4 in fall 2011, and receiving a supportive 11-0 […]
DOT’s 9th Street Plan: Frequently Asked Questions
By Aaron Naparstek |
Print this DocumentNinth Street at Eighth Avenue in Park Slope, outside of Dizzy’s Diner. The Department of Transportation’s plan for pedestrian safety, traffic-calming and bike lane for Park Slope’s 9th Street is causing quite a bit of anxiety. Some of this angst, clearly, has been generated due to DOT’s failure to bring community stakeholders into […]
Double-Parking in a Bike Lane? There Isn’t Even a Check Box.
By Aaron Naparstek |
Those of you who are sick of reading about DOT’s plan for Park Slope’s 9th Street and the small but well-organized group of car-owning residents who are opposed to it, will be pleased to know that whole affair may soon be resolved. On Thursday, May 17, the transportation committee of Community Board 6 will take […]
CB6 Asks DOT to Find a Final Solution to the “Bicycle Problem”
By Aaron Naparstek |
Community Board 6 was grumpy about the idea of bike lanes on 9th Street. At last night’s Community Board 6 meeting in Brooklyn DOT Deputy Commissioner Michael Primeggia’s "One Way? No Way!" proposal was shot down decisively, the Grand Army Plaza bike and ped improvements passed unanimously, and the 9th Street pedestrian safety, traffic-calming and […]
Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why?
By Aaron Naparstek |
The scene in front of Dizzy’s Diner on 9th Street and Eighth Avenue. Park Slope’s 9th Street corridor, with Prospect Park on one end and the Battery Tunnel on the other, has long been known as one of the most dangerous streets in the neighborhood when it comes to car crashes. In March 2004 two […]
Brooklyn Community Board Supports DOT’s 9th Street Plan
By Aaron Naparstek |
Last night, Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 narrowly voted in favor of a resolution supporting the Department of Transportation’s plan to put Park Slope’s 9th Street on a "Road Diet." So, that’s that. After two months of fighting it’s all over but for the Thermoplast. We would enjoy saying that the group of 9th Street residents […]