Bay Ridge
A diagram of how the lanes will be divided on 4th Avenue under the DOT’s new protected bike lane project (NYC DOT)NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) will start implementing its plan to bring eight miles of protected bike lanes to 4th Avenue in the Spring of 2018, according
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Avenue U traffic calming project in progress. (Photo Liena Zagare / BKLYNER)New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has painted a stretch of Avenue U from McDonald to Ocean Avenue with a pair of double yellow lines, confusing residents [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/brooklyn-double-double-yellow-lines/]. The mystery will
fort greene
Courtesy of DOTA New York City Department of Transportation comprehensive plan for the Flatbush Avenue/Atlantic Avenue area, presented at a public meeting Wednesday, included several proposals for changes around Times Plaza [/blog/politics/local-politicians-remind-dot-safety-design-must-co-exist-times-plaza/] , the triangle created by the intersections of Flatbush, Atlantic and Fourth Avenue. Noting that there
North Western Brooklyn
Courtesy of DOTA New York City Department of Transportation comprehensive plan for the Flatbush Avenue/Atlantic Avenue area, presented at a public meeting Wednesday, included several proposals for changes around Times Plaza [/blog/politics/local-politicians-remind-dot-safety-design-must-co-exist-times-plaza/] , the triangle created by the intersections of Flatbush, Atlantic and Fourth Avenue. Noting that there
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Flatbush Avenue, looking north toward Grand Army Plaza, with Prospect Park on the left. (Photo: Google Maps)The effort to enhance public access to Prospect Park along its Flatbush Avenue side got a huge boost yesterday. The Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] has won a $5 million grant
North Western Brooklyn
Saumya Pandya Thakkar (left) and Shakuntala Pandya. (Photo via Imgur [http://imgur.com/BQpogwG])If you fancy a gentle cruise down a Park Slope thoroughfare, 4th Avenue is simply not your best bet. Construction has made a mess of 4th Avenue — a.k.a. the “canyon of mediocrity [http://www.
fort greene
Image via NYCDOT.We are one step closer to getting a buffered bike lane along Lafayette Avenue between Fulton Street and Classon Avenue. The proposed five-foot wide lane [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/lafayette-buffered-bike-lane-cb2-jan2016.pdf] received a unanimous recommendation of support from our local Community Board 2’
community board 7
Neighbors discuss speed hump locations at CB7 Transportation meeting. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Kensington BK)Tempers were still high at a second Community Board 7 Transportation Committee meeting discussing the possible installation of up to 15 speed humps throughout Windsor Terrace in order to slow traffic through the neighborhood on
traffic calming
Windsor Terrace resident Mary Jane Monahan speaking at CB7 Transportation Committee Meeting (Photo by Shannon Geis / South Slope News)Residents of Windsor Terrace had mixed emotions at the Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/] Transportation Committee meeting Monday night regarding a proposal to put speed humps throughout the neighborhood
4th Avenue
DOT’s proposed changes to 4th Avenue.The Department of Transportation announced their plan to make the traffic plan and wider medians on 4th Avenue, implemented in Park Slope in 2013, [/blog/news/4th-avenue-safety-improvements-begin-august-19] permanent, at the Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/] Transportation Committee meeting Tuesday night and
20th Street truck route area study
“We don’t have any agenda except to make our street safer,” said 20th Street resident Miriam at a meeting on Tuesday night with the Department of Transportation, Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/calendar/], and Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/] — and it was a sentiment echoed
Atlantic Avenue
The city Department of Transportation (DOT) has a plan [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/pedestrian-projects.shtml] to improve pedestrian safety at the Atlantic Avenue-Washington Avenue-Underhill Avenue intersection and many local residents say the changes “cannot come fast enough.” “[Changes would mean] I cannot go from Washington to
speed limits
The New York City Department of Transportation on Friday announced 14 new “arterial slow zones,” major corridors that will see speed limits slashed by five miles per hour as part of the Vision Zero initiative [/?s=%22vision+zero%22], and Flatbush Avenue is on the list, with implementation to begin
Albemarle Road
To address traffic safety issues [/news/report-albemarle-traffic-problems-online] raised by over 100 Kensington neighbors in a survey conducted by Councilmember Brad Lander [http://bradlander.com/], the Department of Transportation now proposes a multi-part safety plan for a five-block stretch of Albemarle Road, from McDonald to Ocean. It will present its plan
Albemarle Road
Albemarle Road from McDonald to Ocean Avenue, a stretch that’s panicked neighbors [/news/report-albemarle-traffic-problems-online] (or worse, if they’ve been involved in accidents [/crime/overturned-ambulette-on-albemarle-sends-three-to-hospital]) for years, is finally getting some safety improvements thanks to the Albemarle Neighborhood Association, Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org], Councilmember Brad Lander
Church Avenue
Following the tragic death [/crime/pedestrian-struck-on-ocean-parkway-at-church-ave] of neighbor Ngozi Agbim [/neighbors/remembering-patricia-ngozi-agbim] in June, demonstrations [/transportation/residents-join-lander-to-demand-actions-to-improve-prospect-expresswaychurch-ave-intersection] , and a petition hand-delivered to Governor Cuomo’s office [/transportation/lander-delivers-ocean-parkway-safety-petition-to-governor-state-dot-says-its-working-on-it] by Councilmember Brad Lander [http://bra