PPW Bike Lanes Reducing Traffic Speed
Park Slope Neighbors conducted a radar gun study along Prospect Park West and found that average speeds on Prospect Park West have been reduced by nearly 25% by the addition of bike lanes. The group, which has been pro-bike lane from the beginning, also reported that the number of cars traveling more than 40 mph…
Park Slope Neighbors conducted a radar gun study along Prospect Park West and found that average speeds on Prospect Park West have been reduced by nearly 25% by the addition of bike lanes. The group, which has been pro-bike lane from the beginning, also reported that the number of cars traveling more than 40 mph has been cut by 95 percent. “Prospect Park West has been transformed from a noisy speedway on which nearly every vehicle was speeding to a calmer, quieter neighborhood street on which the great majority of drivers are now obeying the speed limit,” commented Park Slope Neighbors campaign coordinator Eric McClure. “What a difference a lane makes.” Brooklyn Borough President, who opposed the creation of the bike lanes, wasn’t buying it. “Double-parking is still commonplace and the result is more noise from car-honking, more pollution from traffic jams and more frustration to residents and visitors alike,” Markowitz told The Brooklyn Paper.
PPW Bike Lane Puts the Brakes on Speeders [Park Slope Neighbors]
There is, ditto. For both men and women.
What’s next Immigrant Barbecue Calming Measures?
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I thought PS parents had Range Rovers for cutting across the park and other bumpy obstacles.
lol they do. you see the occassional hybrid or smart car, but for the most part park slope streets are filled with ginourmous SUV’s, dont let their phoney granola crunchy green talk fool you… i have nothing against them. people have the right to giant cars if they want. the whole making a tiny carbon footprint propoganda is too smarmy for most people to care about anyway.
really, you arent doing jack shi+ choosing to ride a bike versus a car in the grand scheme of things. but if you choose to not use a car, that’s good too. just stop rubbing your holier than thou tude in peoples faces, that’s what they dont like.
*rob*
I thought there was a facial hair requirement
“bicycle nirvana”
:-/ oh just move to portland already
*rob*
“DIBS – whats the age cut-off for hipsters?”
Not sure. Oftentimes it’s just a state-of-mind or lack thereof or the fact that you’re dressed like a complete idiot.
DIBS – whats the age cut-off for hipsters?
I thought PS parents had Range Rovers for cutting across the park and other bumpy obstacles.
“a bicycle nirvana”
Sounds like something a hipster would say.