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December 19, 2006
It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Gridlock
Dope on the Slope runs into "Merry Gridlock" this weekend:
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Unlike the first installment, there were no Atlantic Terminal security guards harassing the picketers. However, I'm sure this was small consolation given that the traffic itself was harassing enough. Despite the fact that I had the "walk" signal, I couldn't get a clearly focused picture of one of the sign carriers because of straggling cars in the intersection fighting to get through after the light had changed. I observed pedestrians routinely having to squeeze between cars as their drivers mostly ignored the walkers - it was definitely walk at your own risk. A couple of the drivers seemed very sympathetic to the activists' message, but the pedestrians were very receptive - not surprising given that most of them probably felt they were taking their lives (and their children's) into their own hands just to cross the street.
Regardless of one's position on whether the Atlantic Yards project as currently designed will be a net gain for the residents of Brooklyn, the inevitable traffic problems loom like an iceberg in the fog.
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Honk if you're concerned.
Posted by lumi at December 19, 2006 10:17 PM