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]
Who is making money on these deals?!?!?
So, will that be a total of 4 times flushing avenue has been ripped up and repaved in a single decade??!!
A couple of weeks ago when they were planting new trees on the north side of flushing avenue, I knew a plan would come out soon to rip them out!!!
Good scams going on in construction in this city.
“marshmellows?”
hipsters – they’re soft and white.
marshmellows?
tyburg, my reasoning is that i feel this city only caters to three groups of people: the marshmellows, the project dwellers, and the uber wealthy. that does not a city make, in my mind anyway. plus urban blight is sexy.
*rob*
you forget there are trucks and buses too. Fire engines, police cars. It is not all about regular cars.
Cities are for more than just driving through. The large majority of local residents don’t have cars — so why should we devote 80% of our street space to cars? Projects like these are a small step in the right direction of balanced transportation.
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.
Flushing is the same. There is barely ANY traffic or bicycles on it. They are wasting money on a solution with no problem. Flushing is just fine the way it is.
I have been driving these streets for years. The City Uglification Program should be ended. Leave the streets alone.
Personally, I think that the AG should look into who’s uncle got the line painting contract. Bloomberg and Sadik Khan love lines, esthetics be damned, reality be damned.
This is part of the new Greenway for Brooklyn.
quote:
what does painted concrete have to do with gay sex?
oh you’d be surprised..
*rob*