Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

Brooklyn CB 6 Committees Vote Unanimously for DOT’s Next Steps on PPW

By Ben Fried | Mar 18, 2011 | 12 Comments

The transportation and public safety committees of Brooklyn Community Board 6 unanimously approved a motion last night supporting DOT’s proposals to, among other things, add raised concrete pedestrian islands and bike “rumble strips” to the redesigned Prospect Park West. The full resolution is quite lengthy and includes a few of the committee’s own recommendations, like […]

At CB 6 Hearing, Supporters of PPW Redesign Outnumber Detractors 8 to 1

By Ben Fried | Mar 11, 2011 | 23 Comments

I’ll have a longer post later today, but for now, here is the numerical recap from last night’s public hearing on the Prospect Park West redesign. The overall headcount was somewhere around 400 people. Transportation Alternatives handed out pro-bike lane stickers to 330 people before they exhausted their supply. Among the 100+ people who signed […]

Don’t Let Fear of Public Speaking Keep You From Tonight’s PPW Hearing

By Ben Fried | Mar 10, 2011 | 25 Comments

Okay, if you’re a little hesitant about speaking in front of a packed community board hearing tonight, don’t worry. You can still register your opinion about the Prospect Park West redesign — if you show up. We’re hearing that Park Slope Neighbors will be on hand with a sign-in sheet for supporters of the redesign, […]

Don’t Let a Few Raindrops Keep You Away From Tonight’s CB 6 Hearing

By Ben Fried | Mar 10, 2011 | 2 Comments

Opportunities to make your voice heard on the city’s transportation policy don’t get much bigger than tonight’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 hearing about the Prospect Park West re-design. Your presence and testimony can help make this pivotal project permanent and show the press that local support for traffic calming and safer cycling runs deep. The […]

DOT to Daylight All Left Turns on Lexington Avenue in Midtown

By Noah Kazis | Mar 8, 2011 | 26 Comments

In last year’s landmark pedestrian safety study, the Department of Transportation found that three times as many crashes that kill or seriously injure pedestrians involve left turns as right turns. To respond to the heightened danger of left-turning vehicles, DOT promised in its action plan to “daylight” all left turns on a major Manhattan avenue, […]

Thursday, March 10 Is CB6’s Prospect Park West Bike Lane Finale

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2011 | 7 Comments

I make no guarantees about the ultimate accuracy of this headline, but you’ve got to admit that next week’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 forum on the Prospect Park West redesign is shaping up to be a showstopper [PDF]. After all the rallies, surveys, Marcia Kramer segments, senatorial intrigue, threats of lawsuits, and mountains of data […]

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