Bicycling

New Bike Plan for Ft. Greene and Prospect Hts.

On Wednesday, June 14, 6pm, come to Brooklyn Community Board 2's Transportation Committee meeting to learn about, and comment on, the NYC Department of Transportation's new plan to install new bike lanes, paths and routes in Fort Greene and Prospect Heights.

By Aaron Naparstek

6:00 PM EDT on June 14, 2006

On Wednesday, June 14, 6pm, come to Brooklyn Community Board 2’s Transportation Committee meeting to learn about, and comment on, the NYC Department of Transportation’s new plan to install new bike lanes, paths and routes in Fort Greene and Prospect Heights.

The plan calls for a new:

Eastbound bike lane on Willoughby Street between Fort Greene Park and Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick
Northbound bike lane on Carlton Avenue between Flatbush and Flushing Avenues.
Southbound bike lane/route on Cumberland Street between Flushing Avenue and Atlantic Avenue.
Traffic calming on Carlton Avenue between Park and Myrtle Avenues.
Southbound “reverse-flow” protected bike lane on Carlton Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Streets

Details of the plan can be found in the DOT’s press release.

These DOT improvements are commonsense, and input from community members and people who regularly bike on these streets and in this neighborhood will help fine tune the plan.

Meeting details:
Brooklyn Community Board 2 Transportation Committee
Pratt Higgins Hall Auditorium
65 St. James Place (& Lafayette)
Wednesday, June 14, 6pm

If you cannot attend the meeting you can send comment to the DOT’s Brooklyn Office:

Borough Commissioner Joseph Palmieri
NYC DOT
16 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11241
Fax: (718) 222-7256

Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.

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