Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about 9th Street Road Diet

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 […]

Vanderbilt Avenue: The Model for DOT’s 9th Street Proposal?

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 12 Comments

As noted elsewhere, tonight the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 will consider a plan by DOT to redesign 9th Street from Third Avenue to Prospect Park West in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Ninth Street is a very wide street for the number of vehicles that actually use it. Overly wide streets may tend to […]

A Tale of Two DOT Plans

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 2 Comments

Looking down Park Slope’s 9th Street at Prospect Park West. They call this "excess capacity." A lot of different things are happening on 9th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It’s got some gorgeous residential blocks, a bus route, a busy bustling commercial district including a post office, grocery store, car service storefront and lots of […]

Opposition Brewing to DOT’s Proposal for 9th Street Bike Lanes

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 15 Comments

Tonight, 6:30 pm at Old First Church on 7th Avenue and Carroll Street, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 hosts a blockbuster follow-up meeting to the "One-Way? No Way!" extravaganza of March 15. While I haven’t managed to get a look at DOT’s proposal, we know a few things about it: It will […]