Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Prospect Park

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 […]

Tonight: Voices of Reason Needed to Counter PPW Bike Lane Hysteria

By Brad Aaron | Jun 21, 2010 | 45 Comments

Its fresh green paint is already bringing relief to car-free commuters, but that hasn’t stopped anonymous opponents of a safer Prospect Park West from continuing to spread anti-cyclist tripe of the kind pictured above. Though no names or contact information have to our knowledge accompanied any of these fliers, local media can’t resist piling on, […]

DOT’s Grand Army Plaza Plan: Bold, Exciting, Crowd-Pleasing

By Ben Fried | Apr 30, 2010 | 22 Comments

At last night’s presentation to a joint meeting of three Brooklyn community boards, DOT assistant commissioner Ryan Russo unveiled what he called "a pretty dramatic and bold, exciting plan" for Grand Army Plaza. The proposal lived up to the billing. Lots of asphalt will be reclaimed for walking and biking. Getting to the central plaza […]

Anonymous Bike Lane Opponent Scores Media Coup on NY1

By Ben Fried | Apr 21, 2010 | 14 Comments

Will we ever see the headline "Bike Lane Opponent Resorts to Misinformation and Lies"? Image: NY1 This report on the proposed Prospect Park West bike lane from NY1’s Jeanine Ramirez doesn’t quite stoop to Marcia Kramer levels of fabrication, but that might make it even more insidious. Slap together a few shots of ill-informed people […]

Shocking Video: See What People Are Saying About PPW Bike Path

By Ben Fried | Apr 13, 2010 | 6 Comments

Last night, Streetfilms’ Robin Urban Smith and I got to catch the second half of NYCDOT’s info session about the Prospect Park West traffic calming/two-way bike path project. The first half of the evening is when the fuss happened — apparently a few people made it known in no uncertain terms that they think it’s […]

Memo to Marty: Let’s Go Ahead and “Balance Out” Prospect Park West

By Ben Fried | Apr 12, 2010 | 32 Comments

Today’s Andrea Bernstein interview with Marty Markowitz (transcript here) is a must-read if you want to get inside the head of the Brooklyn Beep and see the borough through the tint of his windshield. Markowitz says he doesn’t want to "stigmatize" motorists. How about just slowing them down? The specific issue at hand is the […]

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