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Steven Kopstein

Subject: Re: Major Issues to be Brought to The Transportation Committee of Community Board 9
2009-08-13 02:10
PS - The city is looking for comments on BRT - Bus Rapid Transit Phase II - Public Input NYCT and 
PS - The city is looking for comments on BRT - Bus Rapid Transit Phase II -
Public Input
NYCT and DOT invite your feedback on where new BRT routes should be
established and how they should operate. Seven public workshops were held in
May and June in all five boroughs. Now you can click here to give your
feedback electronically.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/ferrybus/selectbusservice.shtml

On 2009-08-13 02:08, Steven Kopstein wrote:

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> Awesome ideas!  I had heard that the city was considering an East/West bike
> lane for 145th as well - this would help connect the Heights with Central
> Harlem and the Bronx.  Double-parking is a huge issue in the neighborhood. 
> Little enforcement.  The bike lanes at St. Nicholas/145th (uptown side) are
> blocked more times than not (fish anyone?) often by the police themselves.
> 
> See http://nyc.mybikelane.com/ for pics or to post one of your own.
> 
> We can attend the monthly community police meetings to advocate for change. 
> The next one is 8/27 at 7:30 at the 30th Precinct on 151st St - between
> Convent-Amsterdam. (451 W 151st).
> 
> Thanks-
> 
> Steven
> 
> On 2009-08-07 16:19, mason.jacob@... wrote:
> > It's a really good idea to start planning in advance. Here are my thoughts
> > in terms of priority:
> > 
> > 1) Getting the AC Powell Lane installed (maybe push for protected lanes)
> > 2) Address sidewalk parking, particularly around police precincts.
> > 3) "Fixing" the St. Nicholas Ave bike lane. It has high speeds and cars
> > often use the bike lane as a passing lane, which is very very dangerous.
> > 4) Traffic calming on St. Nicholas Place (It's very wide, no signals or
> > stop signs, no crosswalks, little traffic, and very high speeds.
> > 5) Improve connections between heights and harlem valley neighborhoods.
> > 6) BRT on 125th Street?
> > 
> > On 2009-07-30 23:03, Steven wrote:
> > > The transportation committee is meeting on Sept 3 at 6:30 PM.  What are
> > > your concerns?  Priorities for making the area streets more livable - ie
> > > - less car focused and more pedestrian and bike friendly.
>
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