![[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screenshot_20161124-093607_0-2.png)
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue
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[L-R] Jeff Peel, project manager at the Department of Transportation and Adam Giambrone, Economic Development Corporation. (Photo by Amy Holiday / BKLYNER) Community members made their feelings known Thursday night over the prospect of theBrooklyn Queens Connecter [/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-2-5-billion-proposal-parkslopestoop/] (BQX), a proposed 16-mile light rail system that would run from Sunset Park
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(Photo by Shannon Geis / Ditmas Park Corner)In January, we asked [/blog/transportation/does-the-intersection-of-beverley-and-westminster-roads-need-a-traffic-signal/] if a traffic signal would ease the number of crashes at the notoriously dangerous intersection of Westminster and Beverley Roads. Now, it looks like the DOT plans to install a signal at the intersection within the
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Stryker Court before the parking was removed. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. The Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] struck a chord with Stryker Court residents when they removed parking from one side of the Gravesend street. It happened three weeks ago
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Screenshot from a diagram from DOT.Avenue P will see a 25 percent increase in parking spaces in the next few weeks, according to City Councilmember Chaim Deutsch. The Department of Transportation (DOT) just finished milling and paving the road, and the next step will be to add the markings
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Photo by Bob De ThomasYou may have noticed the light brown gravel that was laid down on East 15 Street between Avenue Z and Sheepshead Bay Road as well as the Jerome Avenue slip from East 17 Street to Sheepshead Bay Road. This is the latest change to that area
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Crosswalk signal, blocked. Photo by Sheepshead Bites.On July 14, ConEd installed a utility pole inches away from the face of a crosswalk signal on the northwest side of Avenue S and East 36 Street, rendering the sign that tells pedestrians when it is safe to cross the road completely
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Source: MTA.infoTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Renovation of the Ocean Parkway Station is nearing completion. The MTA contracted Railworks Transit (subcontractor- Oliviera Contracting) to perform the work including structural concrete repairs, repairs to the subway platforms, platform edge removal and reinstallation including rubbing board and ADA Warning Tiles at a
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Shore Boulevard, site of a proposed bike lane. Photo by George BurshteynBike lanes are a hot-button issue in southern Brooklyn these days, and we just don’t seem to be getting them right. We wrote about how the city reversed its decision on exactly where the bike lane should be
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Newkirk Avenue, from road re-surfacing in August. (Photo by Alex K. / Midwood Productions [http://midwood-productions.com])Throughout the summer, the Department of Transportation has deployed fleets of massive trucks to Ditmas streets for road resurfacing projects. Regular road resurfacing, which is a smaller, cheaper project than entire road reconstruction, replaces
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Scene where 17-year-old Sean Ryan was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208751487841784&set=pcb.10154407208674038&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Neighbors are demanding the city improve traffic safety on Gerritsen Beach’s
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Traffic cones closed traffic on East 15th Street between Sheepshead Bay Road and Avenue Z. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The outcry over the Department of Transportation’s new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road has been well documented on this site. Community leaders and civic groups have been nearly
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) completed several changes last week on Sheepshead Bay Road to make the area more orderly and address some of the safety concerns raised by neighbors about the controversial new traffic plan [/commute-proof-nyc-dots-mission-increase-traffic-congestion/]. Residents will notice LED lights added under the train trestle on East 15th
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New street signs were installed on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Here’s another one for the wastebin! Despite receiving letters from community leaders protesting the new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Department of Transportation (DOT) says they will not abandon
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photo by Anney FreshIt all started with Kensington neighbors speaking up and demanding more open space in the neighborhood, said the office of local City Councilmember Brad Lander. And now, this weekend, neighbors and city officials are unveiling a vibrant public plaza on the formerly barren concrete triangle at Avenue
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Photo by Park Slope StoopNow that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing [/blog/politics/nypd-made-millions-ticketing-legally-parked-cars/] thousands of legally parked vehicles, raking in millions of dollars in fines, how can drivers get their money back? Here is a step-by-step guide: * The Department of Finance has said that they