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Image via Google Maps.Local street safety advocates and politicians are not wasting any time in keeping up the pressure on the city Department of Transportation (DOT) to keep safety in mind when designing a revamped public plaza at the highly-trafficked intersection of Flatbush, Atlantic, and Fourth Avenues. Just two
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The debate around traffic, pedestrian, and street safety is a constant in Brooklyn, with changes large and small happening almost daily: new bike lanes and pedestrian islands added, left turns banned, and extended crossing times for pedestrians are just a few examples. But there’s
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Photo by jordie_starbaby [http://instagram.com/p/yU7FxOIsEe/?modal=true]The frigid cold snap will at least bring some relief to Q train riders who’ve had their weekend commutes disrupted by shuttle bus service [/q-train-out-of-commission-four-weekends-in-a-row/] between Kings Highway and Atlantic Avenue. The MTA reports they have cancelled planned
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3-U0szuYw The Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) responded to requests from Assemblyman William Colton and Councilman Mark Treyger for signage under the D line. Following a series of traffic jams [/after-truck-skims-overpass-treyger-colton-call-on-dot-to-assess-height-clearance-on-86th-street/] involving oversized trucks squeezing
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Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.Add sidewalk closures to the list of ways we’re being impacted [/blog/2015/09/14/water-service-will-be-cut-on-and-off-again-this-week-on-myrtle-avenue/] by construction and new development along Myrtle Avenue. The sidewalk between 490 and 504 Myrtle Avenue will be closed **for the next FOUR months** due to construction
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Photo via lottaluggage_grace [https://www.instagram.com/p/6usYOGR-b8/?tagged=brooklynbike]A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with
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Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.Elected officials slammed the mayor’s plan to build a fancy streetcar [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/politics/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-2-5-billion-proposal/] along the East River waterfront as further proof the city is willfully neglecting the transportation needs of southern Brooklyn residents. Following Mayor Bil de Blasio’
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A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with the pedestrian light — instead of with the vehicle traffic lights, which they
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A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with the pedestrian light — instead of with the vehicle traffic lights, which they
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Image via Google Maps.Soon, we’ll be welcoming Carey Gabay Way to the neighborhood — a reminder that the slain lawyer and former assistant counsel for Governor Andrew Cuomo will always be a part of the Clinton Hill neighborhood that he called home. The stretch of Clinton Avenue between Willoughby
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Photo by globegallivanter [https://instagram.com/p/zePqDAIn97/?modal=true] Attention straphangers: The MTA is reporting that southbound B & Q service has been suspended after of Kings Highway due to a fallen tree. A spokesperson for the MTA said the tree fell across the tracks south of the Sheepshead
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Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.After stating last month [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/01/07/a-streetcar-thats-desired-as-brooklyn-queens-connector-is-proposed/] that Mayor Bill de Blasio was taking the idea of a potential trolley streetcar between Brooklyn and Queens “under consideration,” representatives from his office and other city agencies are now confirming