Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

PPW Bike Lane Opponents Have PR Firm Spinning For Them

By Ben Fried | Apr 1, 2011 | 9 Comments

Wondering how the members of bike lane opposition group Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes manage to get quoted so much in the papers? It helps when you have a public relations firm working the press for you. Linda Gross of LCG Communications confirmed to Streetsblog that the plaintiffs suing the city, the groups known as […]

Jim Brennan Poll Finds 3-2 Margin of Support for PPW Redesign

By Ben Fried | Apr 1, 2011 | 22 Comments

Assembly Member Jim Brennan’s office released the results of a telephone survey on the Prospect Park West redesign this afternoon [PDF], and the topline numbers echo the results of the web survey conducted last year by Council Members Brad Lander and Steve Levin and Community Board 6. By an overall margin of 48 percent to […]

Chuck Schumer: America Needs More Streets Like Prospect Park West

By Ben Fried | Apr 1, 2011 | 44 Comments

Senator Chuck Schumer broke his long public silence on the redesigned Prospect Park West in dramatic fashion this morning, leading members of Congress on a two-wheeled tour of the physically separated bike lane that runs past his Brooklyn home. Schumer used the occasion to announce that he’ll be introducing new legislation to promote investment in […]

Someone’s Paying for a Phone Survey About the Prospect Park West Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Mar 28, 2011 | 31 Comments

Streetsblog has received multiple reports from people who were called yesterday for an opinion survey about the Prospect Park West bike lane. Notably, the question set focused specifically on the redesign of this one street, not broader issues of cycling or bike infrastructure. We can’t say whether the poll was commissioned by one of the […]

Prospect Park West Lawsuit Hearing Postponed Until May

By Noah Kazis | Mar 28, 2011 | 15 Comments

The first court date for the Prospect Park West lawsuit has been pushed back two months. Though Brooklyn Civil Supreme Court Justice Bert Bunyan was originally scheduled to begin hearing the case tomorrow, the case is now scheduled for May 18, according to the court system’s online information. The city Law Department, which will represent […]

Jim Walden Tries to Distance Bike Lane Lawsuit From Weinshall and Schumer

By Ben Fried | Mar 23, 2011 | 31 Comments

This morning, Gibson Dunn attorney Jim Walden continued his media tour calling attention to the lawsuit he filed earlier this month to remove the Prospect Park West bike lane. Appearing on the Brian Lehrer show, Walden tried to distance the group he represents from former DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall and her husband, Senator Chuck Schumer. […]

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