The Greening of Carlton Avenue
As Myrtle Minutes noted earlier this week, Carlton Avenue between Park and Myrtle—an unusually wide street—is in the process of getting a planted median that will also incorporate a bike path. A collaboration between the DOT and Parks Department, this segment is part of a larger plan to create a bike lane on Carlton that…
As Myrtle Minutes noted earlier this week, Carlton Avenue between Park and Myrtle—an unusually wide street—is in the process of getting a planted median that will also incorporate a bike path. A collaboration between the DOT and Parks Department, this segment is part of a larger plan to create a bike lane on Carlton that extends from Flushing all the way to Flatbush; a similar effort is being made on Cumberland between Flushing and Pacific. The initiative also wins points for a great name: The Fort Greene Bike Lane and Traffic Calming Project.
Fort Greene Bike Lane Project [DOT] GMAP
Yo, 9:33 (you big poser):
1. When the permanent improvements are completed, as opposed to the interim, painted baloney, there will the same number of parking spaces as before anything was done. Don’t let facts get in the way of your righteous anger.
2. The president of the Whitman Tenants Association has known about this project for almost a year and a half. The outreach on this project was the same as if it was in Brooklyn Heights. If people were disenfranchised, then it is more about lack of local organization then race or class. What do you want? A personal phone call?
And 11:03, I do not believe that the travel lanes are wide enough to permit double parking.
I gotta say this is BULLSHIT. We awoke to the DOT painting our street to make it a two way, costing residents close to 30% of the available parking on the block and then, hey, its tear up the pavement and put a bike path in… apparently, when they finish the “renovations” on the projects across the street, there’ll be even less spots once the “relocated” residents return.
The DOT RAN OVER the the residents of this entire block–not one word was said, not one flyer was posted. I think it is totally fucked. Of course, poor black/hispanic projects…its the same old story and I’m over it–its probably all Ratner’s fault anyways.
All I can say is you better bike fast through here at night cause Crackie don’t play.
The again, I could use a decent “second hand” bike 😉
11:03
Double parking only interferes with bike lanes when bike lanes have nothing separating them from traffic other than paint. This sounds like a truly separated bike path, since its part of the median, thus cars won’t be able to park on it.
Hey, man — that’s part of the point: make car traffic such a hassle that more people will walk, bike, or take public transportation. A great idea.
It will actually be worse for traffic and bikers once all the cars start double parking on the it making the road narrow due to the median.
Oh my god, the Velib’ bikes in Paris are amazing! We had so much fun using them when we were there over the summer.
The main difficulty I see with implementing a program like that in the U.S. is the lack of helmets. I just don’t think a U.S. city could get away with doing something like that without offering helmets–and who wants communal helmets?
fewer cars. more bikes. when can we get the bikes they have in Paris that you can ride-and-drop everywhere? And before the Europhile comments fly in – in downtown Miami you can attach your bike to the front of public buses. that’s a great idea too. and it’s done all over the States.
wow. that’s so awesome that new york city is actually building bike paths.
And cue the angry comments about how cyclists in this city don’t deserve bike lanes…