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Updated Version of DOT’s 9th Street Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 10, 2007 | 9 Comments

Above is the latest version of DOT’s plan to improve pedestrian safety, install traffic-calming and stripe bike lanes on 9th Street in Park Slope. If you like this plan and live or work within the boundaries of Community Board 6 or Park Slope, or if you just use 9th Street as a pedestrian, motorist, cyclist […]

Take a Minute to Fax in Your Support for DOT’s 9th Street Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 10, 2007 | No Comments

Crash counts show that 9th Street is one of the most dangerous streets in Park Slope, Brooklyn. On March 29, DOT came before the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 and put forward a plan to improve pedestrian safety, smooth out traffic flow and create bike lanes along Park Slope’s 9th Street. From a […]

Pedestrian Safety: London Shows How NYC Can Do Better

By John Kaehny | Apr 9, 2007 | 8 Comments

Saturday afternoon traffic congestion on a London street near Covent Garden with dimensions and land use almost identical to Prince Street in Manhattan. In the days before Wednesday’s hearing on pedestrian safety, the City Council should consider how badly New York City pedestrians fare compare to those in London. While pedestrian safety has been improving […]

City Pitches in for Yankee Stadium Parking

By Brad Aaron | Apr 9, 2007 | 16 Comments

What could be worse than replacing neighborhood parks with private parking decks, built with the specific intent of increasing car trips by the tens of thousands through a community already suffering from so much disease-causing pollution that its nickname is "Asthma Alley"? How about forcing afflicted residents to help foot the bill? That’s what could […]

Take Action: Support the Prince/Bleecker Bike Route Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 9, 2007 | 27 Comments

Ian Dutton and community leaders speak out at an August 30, 2006 rally for bike safety on Houston Street. This comes from Ian Dutton, a member of Manhattan’s Community Board 2 who has been fighting to improve bicyclist safety on Houston Street: Those of you who have been following the saga know that last year, […]

Primeggia’s One-Way Safety Claims Are Based on 1970s Studies

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 6, 2007 | 3 Comments

DOT Deputy Commissioner Michael Primeggia on March 15: "I know that two-way streets are less safe." A couple of weeks ago, following the epic, 650-person "One Way? No Way!" public meeting in Park Slope, Brooklyn Papers columnist Gersh Kuntzman accused his fellow Park Slopers of being "closed-minded, anti-intellectual whiners" for rejecting DOT Deputy Commissioner Michael […]

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