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August 15, 2006
Having it Both Ways in the “Atlantic Yards” DEIS
StreetsBlog highlights one of a few soliloquies from the Draft Environmental Impact Statement — noted by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign (TSTC) — which seems to contradict itself.
"During this period, it is anticipated that the DOT will implement traffic calming measures developed as part of the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project (DBTCP). Under this project, which was initiated by DOT in 1997, a comprehensive area-wide strategy of physical and operational traffic calming measures was developed for Downtown Brooklyn on a corridor-by-corridor basis.... With the exception of the conversion of Smith Street from two-way to one-way northbound operation from Atlantic Avenue to Schermerhorn Street in November 2003, no specific measures in the DBTCP have been identified for implementation within the study area at this time. However, all measures remain candidates for implementation. DOT is working with the Community Boards on prioritizing these measures. DOT intends to implement measures based upon further detailed review, analysis of impacts, and community review. As no measures have been identified for implementation, the analysis of future pedestrian conditions therefore assumes that no additional improvements are implemented at analyzed pedestrian facilities in the 2010 future without the proposed project. (13-40)
StreetsBlog's teases out a syllogism that goes something like this: * There's a plan for Downtown Brooklyn that will be implemented. * Nothing in the plan applies to the Atlantic Yards study area. * Therefore, nothing will be implemented.
Despite the bureaucratic psychobabble, TSTC head John Orcutt practically makes sense of it in the comments section.
This is the project team’s way of saying “that’s the city’s job and there’s no way of knowing if they will ever really do it.”
Posted by lumi at August 15, 2006 9:48 AM