DOT Explains New Traffic Solution. But What’s the Problem?
The Department of Transportation's press office sends along this response to the story we broke yesterday about the agency's plan to revamp Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Avenues running through Park Slope, Brooklyn:
March 1, 2007
DOT’s Plan for Park Slope Traffic “Improvements” Confirmed
We have more details and official confirmation of DOT's proposed changes for three Avenues running through Park Slope, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Community Board 6, which runs one of the better community board web sites out there, has posted its agenda for the next Transportation Committee meeting:
February 28, 2007
DOT to Propose Radical New Traffic Plan for Park Slope
Park Slope's Fifth Avenue: a pedestrian- and bike-friendly, two-way, neighborhood Main Street.
February 28, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Watch Out for Drivers (Gothamist) Bicyclist killed in Queens (Daily News) Cyclist Killed in Queens Collision (Sun) ConEd’s Green Power Option (Brooklyn Record) Illegal Parking: It’s What’s Bugging You (ABC) Climate Panel Recommends Global Temperature Ceiling, Carbon Tax (VOA) New Idea for the Turnpike: Let the Pension Fund Run It (NYT) State Trooper Is Charged … Continued
February 28, 2007
No Parking Slope
The B67 bus veers around a double-parked van blocking a car parked in front of a fire hydrant as a Bugaboo-pushing nanny strolls by Councilmember David Yassky and Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White calling for more sensible parking policy this afternoon in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
February 27, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Study: Park Slope Clogged by Parking Seekers (Sun) New Web Site Will Expose Gov’t Parking Cheats… (Post) …Let the Ranting Begin (NYPD Rant) Atlantic Yards Parking Lots: Does “Temporary” Mean 20 years? (BklynSpeaks) Whole Foods: Rethink the Vast Parking Lot Planned for Brooklyn (Courier) Parking as a Destination (NYT) Deconstructing David Brooks’ Latest Anti-Urban Screed … Continued
February 27, 2007
3 Peds Hit on 9th Ave. 2 Dead. Mayor Mike: Where Are You?
Like Third Avenue in Brooklyn, Manhattan's Ninth Avenue is emerging as one of New York City's new "Boulevards of Death." This afternoon, the Clinton / Hell's Kitchen Pedestrian Safety Coalition, the community group that has been organizing the Ninth Avenue Renaissance project, broadcast the following news and call to action:
February 26, 2007
Mass Movement on Two Wheels
Chris Carlsson, one of the original founders of the Critical Mass bicycling movement, writes, "a funny thing happened during the last decade of the 20th century. Paralleling events that transpired a century earlier, a social movement emerged based on the bicycle."
February 26, 2007
Introducing StreetFilms.org
Clarence Eckerson and the New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign are proud to introduce their newest project, Streetfilms.org, the video blog, or vlog, if you will:
February 26, 2007