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March 16, 2007
Board votes down one-way proposal
The Brooklyn Paper
Park Slope community leaders unanimously rejected a city proposal to turn Sixth and Seventh avenues into one-way streets at a packed meeting Thursday night.
After a presentation by the Department of Transportation, which says the one-way conversion would save lives, reduce accidents and improve traffic flow, local politicians and members of Community Board 6 spoke in one clear voice against the bombshell proposal.
“The community has come together like never before,” said Lydia Denworth, the president of the Park Slope Civic Council. “It is clear that everyone is completely united against this.”
Denworth was one of several speakers who complained that DOT proposal was an attempt to solve the massive traffic from the still-unbuilt Atlantic Yards mega-development by hurting Park Slope’s residential feel.
“We asked you to make it better and you’ve made it worse,” she said.
Posted by lumi at March 16, 2007 1:01 PM