DOT Vs. Park Slope Over One-Way Streets Tonight!

Tonight is the big meeting where the Department of Transportation will present its plan to turn Sixth and Seventh Avenues one-way. The DOT thinks that one-way-ing the big streets will improve safety with less cars making sharper turns and cars traveling the speed limit (how, we don't know).

Some residents believe the DOT is actually easing the way for more Atlantic Yards -related traffic. Streetsblog checked out the traffic on one-way Eighth Avenue, and it's so true - the cars FLY on Eighth.

We wonder if the DOT had any other ideas to improve safety on two big avenues in very residential areas. The Community Board meeting is at Methodist Hospital's auditorium - 509 Sixth Street, between 7th & 8th Avenues.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 15, 2007 2:34 PM

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Lklainberg

Hundred of people showed up for the meeting and many were turned away. They could/should have had the hearings in a learger venue.

Hope this gets bumped up onthe local news. Community activism is really needed here.

Anya

The video at that streetsblog link is excellent

mags

Prospect Park West and 8th Ave are already one ways. Doing the same to 6th and 7th would SUCK!

smitty

Yeah, it seems to me this would make the traffic go much faster. What a terrible idea for a residential neighborhood.

r

many thanks to ratner's atlantic yards project for this fine mess.

bob

EVERY TRAFFIC PLANNER in the entire USA and the rest of the world knows that one way streets mean FASTER CARS.

a major part of the international traffic calming movement is to rid cities of one-way streets

DOT is feeding Park Slope old dried up horse hockeys!