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9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight
Konrad Kaletsch's street safety petition to DOT, July 2005.
May 17, 2007
Aug. ’05 Flashback: 1,200 Slopers Demand a Safer 9th Street
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and 9th St. resident Konrad Kaletsch at Dizzy's Diner, Eighth Ave. and 9th St., August 2, 2005. That's DOT Borough Commissioner Lori Ardito in the background wearing shades and looking none too happy to be harangued by Park Slopers demanding safer streets.
May 16, 2007
Double-Parking in a Bike Lane? There Isn’t Even a Check Box.
Those of you who are sick of reading about DOT's plan for Park Slope's 9th Street and the small but well-organized group of car-owning residents who are opposed to it, will be pleased to know that whole affair may soon be resolved.
May 11, 2007
Ninth Street Update: Robert’s Rules of Order
First off, please accept my apologies for continuing to torture you with the intensely parochial drama taking place on Park Slope's 9th Street. I justify all of this coverage by imagining that this story may be useful for advocates working towards Livable Streets goals in other neighborhoods.
May 8, 2007
DOT: One-Way Park Slope Proposal is Dead
No Land Grab is reporting that the DOT has decided to kill the one way proposal for 6th and 7th Avenues in Park Slope. In a letter to Community Board 6 (PDF), the DOT writes:
May 4, 2007
Tell Marty Markowitz You Support DOT’s 9th Street Plan
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.
April 27, 2007
Roosevelt Island Residents Want Pedestrian Access to QBB
Roosevelt Island's old connection to the Queensboro Bridge -- elevator building, 1916-1956
April 20, 2007
CB2 Signs Off On Prince-Bleecker Bike Lanes
After over an hour of public comment, and another hour of deliberation,
Community Board 2 last night voted to recommend the DOT proceed with bike lanes
parallel to Houston Street, to be located primarily on Prince and Bleecker.
April 20, 2007