Honk if You Want a Whole Foods!
Carroll Gardens Diary has parsed the study prepared for Whole Foods analyzing the traffic conditions anticipated after the grocer’s build in Gowanus (and uploaded the entire document here). The study concludes that the supermarket won’t have a huge effect on pedestrian traffic to the area, or put too much of an extra burden on public…
Carroll Gardens Diary has parsed the study prepared for Whole Foods analyzing the traffic conditions anticipated after the grocer’s build in Gowanus (and uploaded the entire document here). The study concludes that the supermarket won’t have a huge effect on pedestrian traffic to the area, or put too much of an extra burden on public transit. However, Carroll Gardens Diary takes note that traffic is expected to get gnarlier on 3rd Street. The blog observes that the proposed improvements for alleviating the extra traffic that will come to the area mainly involve implementing a bunch of changes at the 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue intersection, such as new striping on crosswalks and signal interval adjustments, and is not impressed: “They are not proposing any significant pedestrian, bicycle, transit or other improvements. Surely, the intersection could use some bus shelters, new bike lanes, pedestrian safety islands or other improvements that, oh, I don’t know, could cost money?” Next week Community Board 6 will have a public hearing about Whole Foods’ plans, which require a variance from the BSA to move forward.
Analyzing the Whole Foods Traffic Study [Carroll Gardens Diary]
I would use a shuttle to Walmart in East New York.
What people do these studies? The area down there, as i pass it everyday is desolate. There is not to many residents living around there to really put a cramp on living.
3rd and 3rd, isn’t that much traffic I hardly think that droves and droves of motorists are going to be flocking there and snarl up traffic …
really, just who are these analysists
if Whole Foods provided a moonface shuttle, like ikea provided the yuppie tugboat, then that would be good..
*rob*
pete’s correct. it’s like the whole Ikea thing.
*rob*
would you rather have an empty lot or a whole foods that provides a service to the area? be careful how much you nickel and dime something that will improve the area.
Yeah, this part of Brooklyn isn’t one of those places.
development where infrastructure is in place. want to do it where not existing or sufficient then pay for some of it yourself. many developers have to do this in many places.
you don’t know squat.
Uh, because basic transportation infrastructure is almost always the provision of government, except for in extraordinary circumstances? What a ridiculous statement.
if whole foods customers want a bus shelter let whole foods pay for it. if their traffic causes problems let them cough up some $$$ for changes.
why should we pay for it?