Closing Bell: Columbia Street Traffic Petition
There’s a petition movement afoot in the Columbia Street Waterfront District to get public officials to do something about the dangerous traffic along Columbia Street. The petition is available for signing at The Coffee Den at Union and Hicks and at Everyday Athlete Kids on Columbia between Carroll and Summit. In this day and age,…
There’s a petition movement afoot in the Columbia Street Waterfront District to get public officials to do something about the dangerous traffic along Columbia Street. The petition is available for signing at The Coffee Den at Union and Hicks and at Everyday Athlete Kids on Columbia between Carroll and Summit. In this day and age, we a little surprised they’re not making it available online.
Photo from Word on Columbia Street
Better yet, they should get the trucks off Columbia Street and Van Brunt Street. Have trucks enter the Marine Terminal at Atlantic Avenue and exit at Ferris and King Streets.
I think it’s great that the folks on Columbia Street are focusing on solutions rather than pointing figures. Due to the lack of traffic controls, it’s very difficult for people which live west of Columbia Street to cross the street safely. Ten years ago when DOT embarked on the street reconstruction project, residents asked and were denied traffic calming measures. They should not be denied this time around.
Word, the blog that this came from definitely mentioned speed bumps.
Don’t only pray for us haters Brooklyn Willy but also pray for your homeowners who because of their greed and speculation evicted families with children and seniors so they could pocket more rent money. Now while Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill are no longer affordable for middle class and seniors your homeowners have the gaul to ask the government for help paying the mortgage! So yes you do keep up with those prayers my child there are alot of sinners and sins to be prayed for.
No, most people who whine about traffic are wrong.
For instance, you think making it 1-way would be better??! That’s completely the *wrong* thing to do…do your research. One-way streets with more than one lane (which this would be) are an invitation to speed. Two way streets always have slower traffic…partly psychological, narrow streets slow traffic. And double parking actually helps.
If you doubt all this, compare 7th Av in PS with 8th (or PPEW). Compare 7th and 5th (2-way) with Smith and Court (one way) in CG/CH. Which would you rather cross as a ped? Which has more speeders?
I have to concur with the people driving this petition as someone who lives in this area and walks around (and drives) this street all the time. The reality is that the street is tight as hell and with the cars parked on both sides, you often can’t even drive because a bus or truck is crossed into your lane. This is routine and daily. Sure, we live with it, we’re New Yorkers. Cars and trucks fly across the neighborhood section of these blocks and there isn’t a stop sign other than the one at Summit St. Then the light at Union. All of the blocks in between have nothing. I don’t want stop signs, speed bumps or more lights, I want a the street converted to one way. This would solve everything. No, I don’t own a mcmansion. No, I don’t ask for much from anyone. I don’t want to tell people to drive better because that is an exercise in futility. I don’t want the buses gone either; just a rational reaction.
The haters on this site never cease to amaze. I always wonder what horribly empty lives you must lead to post the dark, ugly, ignorant things you do. Fire back if you must…me and the boys will pray for you.
First the buses made too much noise so you had the city move bus stops at your liking then the side wals were not wide enough so you had the city overtake a major project because of youe whinning. Now you want Colombia Street to be a car free zone. Look when you bought your McManshions you paid and in most cases overpaid. Now stop asking the city to spend our tax dollars to add value to your investment mistakes!
Who mentioned anything about speed bumps? That wouldn’t really make much sense, and that’s not what we are advocating.
I’d also like to point out that there are NO stop signs on Columbia St. itself for the several blocks in question, and that the side streets that do have stop signs (i.e. President) are so visually impaired by parked cars that drivers and pedestrians have to practically get in front of traffic to see if any is coming or not.
There have also been a number of accidents in recent memory, including the one pictured above in which a car went onto the sidewalk.
We would like the DOT to re-evaluate the street through an updated study and use any and all tools available in their toolbox, including such possibilities as daylighting (removing parking spaces from corners to create visibility), adding speed limit or other cautionary signs, or any other smart technique.
It is all those people from the midwest that don’t know what a STOP sign means. Now we have to accomidate people that don’t know how to drive too? Send them back to driving school!