Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

This is How State Senator Eric Adams Celebrates Bike Month?

By Aaron Naparstek | May 2, 2007 | 31 Comments

Sources say that first-term Brooklyn State Senator Eric Adams has delivered a lengthy letter to Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Judith Bergtraum expressing opposition to DOT’s 9th Street traffic safety and bike lane plan. Though the Senator, a former cop, has no urban planning or traffic engineering background, he questions DOT’s assertion that its plan […]

Tell Marty Markowitz You Support DOT’s 9th Street Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 27, 2007 | 6 Comments

If you live in or around Park Slope, Brooklyn, then please take just a minute to click this link and send a fax to Borough President Marty Markowitz expressing your support for DOT’s traffic safety plan for 9th Street. As we’ve reported here on Streetsblog, the Department of Transportation has put forward a thoughtful and […]

The Plan: Making Brooklyn’s 9th Street Safer for Everyone

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 10, 2007 | No Comments

Below is a sketch of DOT’s plan for 9th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We think it’s a great plan deserving of support. The new configuration narrows a notoriously dangerous four lane road down to two travel lanes and adds a median with left-turn bays and a pair of bike lanes with three-foot buffers. The […]

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 […]

Sneak Peek at DOT’s Plan for Park Slope’s 9th Street

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 18 Comments

Note: Below is the most recent update of DOT’s 9th Street plan. DOT’s press office just called to say that there is no consipracy to hide the plan for 9th Street. They sent it to me a few days ago but it got stuck in their e-mail inbox. Doh! Download the presentation as a PDF […]

Should DOT Install Separated Bike Lanes on 9th Street?

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 12 Comments

I will not be able to attend tonight’s big meeting in Brooklyn so I really hope that someone will ask DOT about this and report back on what they say: At the big Houston Street bike lane meeting a couple of weeks ago, DOT’s Ryan Russo and Josh Benson told Manhattan’s Community Board 2 that […]

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