So says Eric McClure who runs Park Slope Neighbors

The plan for the bike lane includes a four-foot buffer, and there will be an eight-foot wide parking lane between the travel lane nearest the park and the buffer.  So a pedestrian crossing Prospect Park West, with or without his or her dog, will only have to cross two lanes of traffic rather than three, and will have the 12 feet of pedestrian refuge between the travel lanes and the bike lane.  Shorter crossings are safer.

I emailed Jeanine Ramirez, the NY1 reporter, last night, to provide her with some facts to counter the false and misleading information being put forth in the anonymous anti-bike lane flyer.  I never heard back from her.

The claim that a growing number of residents are protesting the Prospect Park West traffic-calming plan is bunk.  Park Slope Neighbors has more than 1300 signatures on a petition supporting traffic calming on PPW, including a two-way protected bike lane.  The project is supported by Council Members Lander and Levin, Community Board Six, and the Park Slope Civic Council.  It was announced more than a year ago.

Traffic calming on Prospect Park West, where cars routinely reach dangerous speeds well above the 30 mph limit, is long overdue.