Gowanus Lounge reports on the debate over DOT’s 9th Street redesign plan at last night’s Park Slope Civic Council meeting. The Civic Council voted overwhelmingly to “table” a plan that would provide the neighborhood with improved pedestrian safety on one of the most hazardous streets in the area, enhanced cyclist safety along a key access route to Prospect Park and Red Hook, and traffic-calming along an overly broad street with low vehicle counts and a serious speeding problem.
Note to Livable Streets advocates: If you don’t join civic groups and show up to community meetings, you lose.
Note to DOT: I am sure that you could have won over most of this 9th Street crowd if you had included them in the planning process.
Note to Mayor Bloomberg: You need to say that projects like these are critical to the future of New York City. We need a mandate.
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Why? Because the Civic Council has extraordinarily regressive tendencies and a number of lifetime-appointed members who are just completely out of touch with the neighborhood.
It’s really sad because 9th Street is the most dangerous street for pedestrians in the entire neighborhood (see CrashStat.org. It’ll blow your mind). This plan does a lot to improve ped safety on the street.