fresh creek basin bridge
Source: DOTWho would have ever imaged that the Department of Transportation’s ambitious Seven Bridges project [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/beltpkwybrgs_eng.pdf] would be ahead of schedule? Way back when the project began in 2009, our readers and community leaders expressed concern that the seven-year
bay 36th st
86th Street and Bay 36th Street (Source: Google Maps)Citing a recent hit-and-run accident, City Council candidate John Lisyanskiy is calling on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to install more traffic signals at busy thoroughfares in the community. Last week, we received a message from a local resident [/community-urged-to-help-track-down-hit-and-run-driver/] hoping
Belt Parkway
Source: satyadasa via flickrProgress continues on the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) seven-year renovation plan [/dot-finishes-1st-phase-of-belt-parkway-bridges-project/] of the Belt Parkway’s seven bridges and overpasses, as the Fresh Creek Basin Bridge opened to westbound traffic, according to a press release [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2013/pr13_13.
banner ave
Last week we reported on how each day scores of drivers [/video-drivers-ignoring-new-no-turn-sign-at-banner-ave/] ignore the new No Left / No U-Turn sign on southbound Coney Island Avenue at Banner Avenue. Well, the Department of Transportation quickly followed up, adding approximately half a dozen new signs all along the Coney Island Avenue overpass
eric ulrich
Photo by Robert FernandezAnd the story behind this compelling image [http://stardogstudio.com/curbside_haiku.html], shot on the fence of the municipal parking lot on Avenue Z, is: The New York City Department of Transportation invested $25,000 into haikus and stick-figure illustrations, such as the one you see
coney island/gravesend sustainable development transportation study
Coney Island Avenue and Guider Avenue [/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/CIAve_changes.jpg]The plan is a slew of confusing, complicated changes (click to enlarge)Congressman Anthony Weiner joined the fray in our latest David v. Goliath battle, criticizing the Department of Transportation for moving forward with a plan detested