atlantic-ave-traffic-3-2011.jpgNY1 reports on how the Boerum Hill Association and Councilman Levin have created a task force to examine possible traffic-calming measures on Atlantic Avenue west of 4th Avenue. From the story: “‘If there’s few enough obstacles for traffic, cars will go 50 miles per hour, easy, here on Atlantic,’ said Brooklyn City Councilman Stephen Levin. ‘So I think that we’re looking at measures that would have a broad effect of reducing the average speed.’ ‘The re-timing of the lights and red light cameras posted would be another dramatic move for Atlantic Avenue,’ said Howard Kolins, president of the Boerum Hill Association. It’s not just Atlantic Avenue that the task force is taking a look at, it’s also the streets in the neighborhood surrounding it. One concern is that motorists looking to avoid Atlantic Avenue wind up speeding on side streets.” According to city and state stats, there were five fatalities on Atlantic from 4th Avenue to Hicks Street from 2005 through 2010; the DOT says it will meet with the task force this month.
Boerum Hill Residents Take On Traffic Issues [NY1]


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  1. It seems a little odd, but one real way to improve my driving on Atlantic would be to fix the goddamn potholes. That street is like driving across the front lines of WWI – huge trenches every fifteen yards. Cars are swerving around them, losing some control recovering from hitting them, etc. etc. Slows shit down and makes it unpredictable.

    (And, imho, Atlantic seems like an insane place to put a bike lane. Don’t do it. And I say that as an ardent, holier-than-thou biker.)