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A compromise may be in sight between those who would rid Prospect Park of cars and community groups who say such a change would clog their streets. The Brooklyn Paper reports that at a Community Board 7 meeting in Brooklyn last night, Transportation Alternatives revised its call for an immediate ban, instead proposing narrowing the park to one car lane. About 600 motorists pass through every hour, and the thought of a full ban had board member Cynthia Gonzalez asking, "They want us to redirect 1,200 cars [each morning and evening] onto our streets, for how many bike riders?" Wiley Norvell at Transportation Alternatives tells us, "Our single-biggest issue with cars in Prospect Park is the danger they pose to park users. Speeding and reckless driving are rampant, and a 'road diet' would go a long way to improving the situation, without bumping up against the traffic concerns that have been raised south of the park."
Compromise Sought on Reducing Cars in Prospect Park
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as a prospect park biker i must say 'sweet!'
This is great news!
Now I only wonder how they're going to enforce that. People already drive around the barricades like it's no big deal.
This isn't just about the bikes. As a runner and walker and future dad I can say that the drivers are not respectful of anyone not in a car. It's a freaking park, not a thoroughfare, why do we need cars. On top of the reckless driving, the air quality is severely compromised with all of the exhuast fumes. Keep cars on the streets. I can't see it making that big of a difference. It's a shortcut, not an artery for cars.
Even on the weekends, the drivers ignore the barriers and drive in an unsafe manner.
This plan would be a big improvement. I hope this plan goes through.
I just got back in from riding my mountain bike around the woodsy paths in Prospect Park, I didn't see any cars in the trees, but yeah, cars don't really belong in a park. Maybe use part of the street for a skatepark? In my wildest dreams!
And get them out of Central Park too. Nothing worse than those fumes in the morning.
>>"the thought of a full ban had board member Cynthia Gonzalez asking, "They want us to redirect 1,200 cars [each morning and evening] onto our streets, for how many bike riders?""
They may want to reconsider that line of argument. I would bet that if the park drives were opened up to park users (not just bikers, but runners, bladers, boarders, walkers, etc), their number would exceed 1,200 by several multiples.
Parks are for people, not cars.
Central Park too!
#3. Mr "runner and walker and future dad" Huh? What real guy says this? Please turn in your manhood card right now. All your sexual priveleges with human females have been revoked.
1200 cars is for what, 4 hours? So 300 cars an hour or 50 cars a minute? No way. At most there's a couple dozen a minute exiting at GAP.
But let's pretend it's 50 cars a minute. Are we really supposed to believe that all of the roads surrounding the park can't support another 50 cars a minute?
Actually, 300 cars an hour is five a minute.
It only seems like fifty.
Oh yeah, duh.
Well, then, 5 cars a minute is nothing, right?
Which, to clarify, means that their impact would be felt much less outside the park then currently inside the park.