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Monday Night: Have Your Say on Parking Policy in Brooklyn
Hot on the heels of this week's neighborhood parking workshops, DOT and several members of Brooklyn's City Council delegation are hosting a forum about residential parking permits. An RPP program with teeth could go a long way towards curbing traffic in residential neighborhoods, and this event is a big opportunity for livable streets advocates to make their voices heard. The forum will take place Monday, 7 p.m. at the St. Francis College auditorium on Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights. Brownstoner has the details:
February 1, 2008
Disconnect Between Pols and People at Brooklyn Traffic Hearing
On balance, speakers at last night's traffic mitigation hearing in Brooklyn delivered a pro-pricing message -- a strong one if you discount the politicians who said their piece and left the auditorium before their constituents got to the mic.
January 25, 2008
Profiles in Discouragement: Pols Defend Traffic Status Quo
Council member Lew Fidler delivers his Tax & Tunnel plan to the Commission.
November 2, 2007
DOT Minds the GAP
With city workers pouring concrete in the background (and StreetFilms' cameras rolling), New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced pedestrian and cyclist improvements for Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza yesterday. The plan calls for 11,000 square feet of new, landscaped pedestrian islands, a separated bike path, new crosswalks and pedestrian signals.
October 2, 2007
Fort Greene Gets Action from Spitzer on Placards
The Fort Greene Association has scored another victory in the fight against abuse of placarded parking, this time with some help from very high places.
April 19, 2007