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July 31, 2009

The Kent Avenue Conundrum

kent-truck-0709.jpgWho woulda thought Kent Avenue could be so controversial? First it was the two-way bicycle lanes along Kent Avenue that caused some hubbub among the residents of Williamsburg, and now the Department of Transportation is proposing to make Kent Avenue one-way for vehicular traffic, a plan that would involve building a "floating" parking lane and diverting southbound traffic down North 14th and North 11th Streets, as per the graphic (click to expand). As with all changes to the Brooklyn landscape, the new proposal has met with both support and opposition. If you want to keep truck traffic on Kent Avenue, you can oppose the one-way-ification of this throughfare by signing a petition sponsored by a group of Williamsburg residents.




Posted by jscheff at 10:15 AM | Comments (15)
Categories: Streets, Williamsburg

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What if you want to support it?

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Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at July 31, 2009 10:29 AM

Kent ave is definitely the most suitable road in this part of the nabe for truck traffic. As it has been for decades.

BHO - most of the local groups support it - just sign up with one of them, try NAG or one of the Hasidic groups.

Posted by: dittoburg at July 31, 2009 10:34 AM

Don't waste your time petitioning. This plan is a done deal. Remember you heard it from me.

Posted by: Stroller_Mom at July 31, 2009 11:53 AM

Thanks stroller mom! We'll remember you said it. Actually Vito Lopez quoted ME at his last cb1 meeting when he said, " Like she said, it's a done deal" So you and I can fight over bragging rights. I hope it doesn't mess up your ugly wig.
FIGHT IT ANYWAY! So when the first child gets run over by a truck at N 11th and Union, we won't have blood on OUR hands. It will be on the DOT , Janette Sadik-Khan, Mayor Mike, NAG , Theresa Toro , and most of all cb1 for approving of it.

Posted by: sosnowski at July 31, 2009 12:18 PM

why aren't all parking lanes floating on streets w/ bike lanes?

Posted by: waker at July 31, 2009 12:55 PM

why aren't all parking lanes floating on streets w/ bike lanes?

Posted by: waker at July 31, 2009 12:55 PM

why aren't all parking lanes floating on streets w/ bike lanes?

Posted by: waker at July 31, 2009 12:55 PM

Stop talking on your iPhones when your walking along Union and maybe you can avoid getting hit.

Posted by: Stroller_Mom at July 31, 2009 3:36 PM

Stop talking on your iPhones when your walking along Union and maybe you can avoid getting hit.

Posted by: Stroller_Mom at July 31, 2009 3:41 PM

I see the petition has picked up 30 signatures since this morning.

Posted by: dittoburg at July 31, 2009 4:15 PM

Whatever, I could get 200 signatures on a petition supporting the project if I needed to.

Posted by: zinka at July 31, 2009 11:14 PM

Your point would be what? Of course you could get twice as many people "for" the plan. Some people clearly would be well served by it being one-way. duh. That doesn't diminish what those opposed to it are fearful of. To say that more people are for it than against it just points out that some people would support a bad idea if they had something personal to gain from it, and that is more important than dangers inflicted on people they don't know or care about.

Posted by: sosnowski at August 1, 2009 10:27 AM

It's hard to take your "dangers" seriously when they mostly boil down to "Won't someone pleeeeeaaasse think of the children?" All this because of trucks driving on streets that are already truck routes? Give me a break.

Posted by: zinka at August 2, 2009 3:31 PM

The lack of a neighborhoods ability to feel safe that their own community boards and interest groups are not MOSTLY looking out for really bad ideas being handed down to them by an administration determined to come out looking good in an election year, rather than being good, is really scary. These groups aren't doing their due diligence to look out for this shit. Instead, they condone it with letters that have a p.s.. be careful!
I think that if they really MUST have one-way Kent , then you have to do it ALL the way back to Greenpoint av. ; or not at all. A "booby trap" maze to dissuade truckers at N 14 Wythe, N 11th, to Union from doing it again is stupid. It is time to create a through truck route. ( double red lines on a truck map legend for designated through truck route) across the Pulaski Bridge, McGuinness, & part of Greenpoint ave. we need agencies to be expected to enforce it. It is total dysfunction to have at least 2/3 of the truck traffic in the neighborhood NOT to be local deliveries. They cut across btw the pulaski & Greenpoint towards the Navy yard. A detour by across 5 avenues and by a Park is a deadly way to discourage truckers from using a local route and finding a better one next time.
Truck map of brooklyn
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mouseybrowns/3783411695/

Posted by: sosnowski at August 3, 2009 1:35 AM

im on a street near kent and lots of trucks use it even though its not one of the blue lines so i'm for anything that reduces truck traffic on kent

I also use 2 parks on kent so i have to cross kent avenue and it can be pretty difficult to cross and they could open a 3rd park one day so anything that makes it easier to cross the street i'm for.

not sure if its better for me one or two way traffic though? There are already lots of trucks on kent are they saying they want to make kent one way so even bigger and badder trucks can use it? Then i'm against it.

Posted by: 11211 at August 4, 2009 5:31 PM

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