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January 9, 2006
Reaction to "A Traffic Knot, Pulling Tighter"
Reaction to yesterday's Times piece about traffic at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues:
Forest City Ratner: Gridlock of the Mouth
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn says it's "difficult to keep a straight face" when Forest City Ratner claims:
| on one hand... | ...on the other |
"[Community Consulting Services's traffic predictions] overstated the vehicle trip increase by 40 percent to 50 percent, in part by failing to subtract trips generated by homes and businesses that would be replaced by the project." — NY Times |
When it comes to displacement and eminent domain Bruce Ratner says: "about 100 people". When it comes to the proposed footprint Bruce Ratner says: "It's primarily train tracks" and Frank Gehry says, "First of all it's an empty site" — DDDb |
Hmm... DDDb does have a point.
Should "not that much" displacement, be figured into the net increase of traffic, by subtracting a whopping 16,000-20,000 car drivers per weekday from Community Consulting's figure of 40,000?
The Times on traffic: a "nightmare" intersection or "not that bad when it's functioning"?
TimesRatnerReport analyses each point in the article, concluding that the Times "sketched the issue, ventilated some conflicting views, but still--partly a function of space--missed some important aspects of the issue, including the costs, the responsibilities of public agencies, and some innovative strategies."
Posted by lumi at January 9, 2006 7:13 AM