DOT Reveals Two-Phase Plan for Flushing
At the monthly meeting of the Community Board 2 Transportation Committee last night, the Department of Transportation unveiled its revised plan for the portion of Flushing Avenue that runs along the Brooklyn Navy Yard; the agency’s original plan, which had included converting Flushing to a one-way street, was met by resistance from many business owners…
At the monthly meeting of the Community Board 2 Transportation Committee last night, the Department of Transportation unveiled its revised plan for the portion of Flushing Avenue that runs along the Brooklyn Navy Yard; the agency’s original plan, which had included converting Flushing to a one-way street, was met by resistance from many business owners within the Navy Yard. The revised plan maintains two-way vehicular traffic while adding in two-way bicycle lanes. Because the ultimate plan is more complicated and expensive than originally contemplated, though, it will be implemented in two phases. Here’s the set-up for Phase 1: East of Washington Avenue, there will be a single two-way bike lane running along the north side of the avenue; west of Washington, there will be two separate bike lanes running on either side of the avenue. Council Member Letitia James’ office and the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. both spoke in favor of the new plan. As part of the presentation, DOT also discussed plans for extending the bike lanes that already exist on the Prospect Heights side of Vanderbilt Avenue across Atlantic and all the way down to Flushing.
Flushing Will Run Two-Ways For Cars and Bikes [NY Times]
CB2 Committee Approves Plan for Flushing Bikeway [Streets Blog]
I <3 Minard Lafever.
*rob*
Minard, we’re not riding penny farthings like back in your childhood
The police actually *enforce* traffic in the harbor… just sayin’
“what next? kayak lanes to and from Staten Island?”
great idea, you’re starting to get it!!
what next? kayak lanes to and from Staten Island?
To me, and I suspect to the vast majority of grown-up New Yorkers, a kayak is about as reasonable an alternative form of transportation as a bicycle.
“31 DOT Reveals Two-Phase Plan for Flushing” –
phase 1: depress lever
phase 2: release lever
I’ve been doing it for years.
not = now
“I wish that the City would stop wasting my money. First they screw up Kent with all of the ugly lines and crazy parking pattern. Kent used to be a pleasure and mostly empty.”
Can’t blame Kent Ave on the city. Kent Ave was fine the way it was – they had to change it to the way it is not because the hasidic community threw a fit about losing parking.
Kent is still mostly empty – Wythe is a bitch now tho.
Encouraging bicycling as a viable form of transportation is simply encouraging an alternative that has much less negative externalities and actually some positive ones.
Economics 101.
Less – pollution, congestion, foreign policy problems, accidents involving two-tons of steel & glass moving at high speeds, infrastructure. More – exercise, better health.