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DOT's plans for Empire Blvd — Brooklynian

DOT's plans for Empire Blvd

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  • mike dunlap
    mike dunlap
    Very cool. The more of this the better. Lots of places in this city where these can be made.
  • mugofmead111
    mugofmead111
    edited September 2015
    I saw someone  had left feedback during the open Vision Zero commentary period that the Franklin Avenue slip lane between Washington and Empire should be stricken from the map. This is a modicum of progress. 

    (Now if they can stop SB traffic on Franklin from making that right turn onto Empire...)
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited September 2015
    I suspect Franklin south of Union will get traffic lights once the Sea Crest properties and the BBG property are completed and occupied.

    2018?

  • mike dunlap
    mike dunlap
    I saw someone  had left feedback during the open Vision Zero commentary period that the Franklin Avenue slip lane between Washington and Empire should be stricken from the map. This is a modicum of progress. 

    (Now if they can stop SB traffic on Franklin from making that right turn onto Empire...)
    What Franklin Ave also needs is an extension of the bike lane to Empire. The bike lane b/w Atlantic and EP has been great, increasing bike traffic while ending the 2-lane drag race the old design encouraged drivers to get into. The stretch is noticeably more orderly and safer for cyclists now.

    Unfortunately once south of the parkway drivers regularly floor it... because the current design encourages them to.
  • morralkan
    morralkan
    The proposed plan for the Utica/Remsen/ENY Ave intersection is an absolute horror. It's as if the DOT never even bothered to look at all the city buses, school buses, trucks, and cars that utilize this route. Granted that cars attempting to turn from Utica onto Remsen create quite a backlog, this new plan will make things much less. With the idiotic intersection bum-outs, it will be even harder to large vehicles to make the turns, slow things down, increase driver frustration (never a good thing), and increase air pollution in the area. It will also push traffic onto smaller, residential blocks as the vehicles attempt to avoid this horror show. 

    I doubt whether anyone who actually lives here has requested more greenspace "islands," much less anything as large as what Polly-wants-a-cracker Trottenberg and her merry team are proposing. I really look forward to the next election when Billie B and Polly will be out on their asses.
  • mugofmead111
    mugofmead111
    edited September 2015
    I suspect Franklin south of Union will get traffic lights once the Sea Crest properties and the BBG property are completed and occupied.

    2018?



    I guess this would come in handy due to increased traffic in the area due to the new residents? 

    BTW, there is a traffic light at President Street. It's useful as there are schools down the block. 

    Carroll Street backs up to a dead end by the shuttle tracks; it doesn't really need a light.

    Now, if Medgar Evers had gotten its way and had that piece of Crown Street closed off to serve as a campus walkway, I doubt Crown Street would need a light.

    Mongtomery doesn't really need a light. 

    @mike dunlap - The best bike lane would be one with some physical barrier separating bikes from the rest of the vehicles. Can it be done here?

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I often see drivers go thru the stop signs, and people seem to believe stop lights are more adhered to.

    The people that refill Tivoli, and that fill the new developments may get to try out their beliefs.
  • mugofmead111
    mugofmead111
    I often see drivers go thru the stop signs, and people seem to believe stop lights are more adhered to.  
    Unless you get drivers who believe that yellow lights mean "speed up!" even as it's about to turn red.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I merely enjoy watching people excercise their beliefs.
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