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CB2 Committee Approves “Additional” Prince/Bleecker Routes
The CB2 Traffic & Transportation Committee met at the LGBT Center on Tuesday.
April 12, 2007
Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why?
Park Slope's 9th Street corridor, with Prospect Park on one end and the Battery Tunnel on the other, has long been known as one of the most dangerous streets in the neighborhood when it comes to car crashes.
April 11, 2007
The Plan: Making Brooklyn’s 9th Street Safer for Everyone
Below is a sketch of DOT's plan for 9th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We think it's a great plan deserving of support. The new configuration narrows a notoriously dangerous four lane road down to two travel lanes and adds a median with left-turn bays and a pair of bike lanes with three-foot buffers.
April 10, 2007
Take a Minute to Fax in Your Support for DOT’s 9th Street Plan
Crash counts show that 9th Street is one of the most dangerous streets in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
April 10, 2007
Pedestrian Safety: London Shows How NYC Can Do Better
Saturday afternoon traffic congestion on a London street near Covent Garden with dimensions and land use almost identical to Prince Street in Manhattan.
April 9, 2007
City Pitches in for Yankee Stadium Parking
What could be worse than replacing neighborhood parks with private parking decks, built with the specific intent of increasing car trips by the tens of thousands through a community already suffering from so much disease-causing pollution that its nickname is "Asthma Alley"?
April 9, 2007
Take Action: Support the Prince/Bleecker Bike Route Plan
Ian Dutton and community leaders speak out at an August 30, 2006 rally for bike safety on Houston Street.
April 9, 2007
Primeggia’s One-Way Safety Claims Are Based on 1970s Studies
DOT Deputy Commissioner Michael Primeggia on March 15: "I know that two-way streets are less safe."
April 6, 2007
Auto Worship Still a Sign of the Times
When the Supreme Court held this week that the Environmental Protection Agency does, in fact, possess the latitude to protect the environment, the New York Times called it "a victory for a world whose environment seems increasingly threatened by climate change."
April 4, 2007