Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

The Taming and Reclaiming of Prospect Park West

By Robin Urban Smith | Sep 9, 2010 | No Comments

Up until this summer, speeding was the norm on Brooklyn’s Prospect Park West. With three wide lanes inviting motorists to hit the accelerator, it was a street monopolized by car traffic. That changed in a big way in June, when NYC DOT converted one vehicle lane to a two-way bikeway separated from traffic by the […]

Park Smart Pilot Has Cut Traffic in Park Slope, DOT Finds

By Noah Kazis | Aug 25, 2010 | 30 Comments

Double parking on Fifth Avenue is one sign that the price of parking is too low. Photo: Ben Fried They call it No-Park Slope for a reason: At many times of day, motorists looking for a legit spot in this Brooklyn neighborhood wind up cruising the streets endlessly in frustration. Because on-street parking spaces are […]

Radar Survey Says: New PPW Has Reversed the Curse of Speeding Traffic

By Ben Fried | Aug 3, 2010 | 29 Comments

Vehicle speeds recorded on Prospect Park West at the intersection of Garfield Place before and after implementation of the road diet + bike lane. Graphic: Park Slope Neighbors [PDF] The Prospect Park West bike lane has bestowed order and virtually eliminated the raceway conditions on a street where speeding used to be the norm. In […]

Facebook Tally: PPW Bike Lane Support Outnumbers Opposition 4 to 1

By Ben Fried | Jul 15, 2010 | 52 Comments

A lot of neighborhood activists swear by the maxim that it’s easier to organize against something than to drum up support for something new. But apparently this rule of thumb doesn’t apply to the Prospect Park West bike lane. Based on the latest tallies from Facebook, the incipient skirmish over New York’s newest two-way protected […]

As PPW Intrigue Mounts, Brooklyn Paper Defends the Completed Street

By Ben Fried | Jul 1, 2010 | 51 Comments

The new Prospect Park West makes biking and walking safer for all ages. Photo: Jeff Prant Before I get to the "intrigue" part of this post (it’s juicy), first let me say that if you haven’t checked out the Prospect Park West re-design yet, you owe it to yourself to head on over and take […]

Eyes on the Street: Marcia Kramer’s Worst Nightmare

By Ben Fried | Jun 1, 2010 | 13 Comments

Photo: Joanna Oltman Smith Via Brownstoner, here’s the freshly-striped buffer for the Prospect Park West bike lane. The two-way protected path is finally arriving, more than a year after the local community board voted for it. In the meantime, the project has met with loud protestations from the borough president, at least two withering TV […]

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