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July 19, 2007
It came from the Blogosphere...
Zoned-In, Economic Development: The Stronger Transportation Solution
One blogger repackages Atlantic Yards as a regional business center:
Rather than developing strategies to facilitate long-distance travel routes, be they from Canarsie on the subway or from Suffolk County on the LIRR, why not develop job centers throughout the region, creating job opportunities closer to the homes of the region’s 18 million? Perhaps once Downtown Brooklyn, Jamaica, the Bronx Hub, the Nassau Hub, and other secondary central business districts have emerged as competitive, diverse job centers, it will become more practical for the region’s residents to walk or bicycle – or at least drive shorter distances – on their daily commutes, relieving the region’s traffic congestion. The Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn, for instance, would benefit from making office and retail space the emphasis of the project.
NoLandGrab: It sounds like a good idea — the only problem is that the track record for creating a regional business center in Downtown Brooklyn has been fairly poor:
Bruce Ratner's MetroTech was supposed to be exactly that. However, after the tenants failed to materialize, the City moved administrative offices into the complex, becoming its largest tenant.
After only three years, the Downtown Brooklyn Plan has already run off its tracks. Instead of yeilding millions of square feet of office space, developers have flocked to the luxury condo market.
Streets Blog, Critical Transportation Reforms Sink With Pricing
The sinking of the congestion pricing ship took other victims with it. Lost with congestion pricing was legislation approving bus lane enforcement cameras, residential parking permits, and reclassifying "block the box" as an easier to enforce parking violation.
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Permits might make sense as a mitigation for reducing the "edge effect" of a congestion pricing zone and to prevent driving to major trip-generators like the proposed Atlantic Yards arena in Brooklyn.
NoLandGrab: The conventional wisdom among transpo nerds is that congestion pricing and residential parking permits are necessary to mitigate some of the effects of placing an arena and 16 high-rise towers on one of the busiest intersections in Brooklyn.
Pardon me for asking, Hey, We Are All Invited To Bill De Blasio's Place
After being elected to two City Council terms, Bill de Blasio is starting to hold meet-and-greets. "Pardonez-moi" blogger Katia Kelly shares one reader's email:
Bill de Blasio, everybody's favorite beamish boy, needs to sort out his loyalties about the Atlantic Yards before he starts hustling cash around here. He does not need a town hall meeting for that, just a published statement.
Of course, if you'd like to share your views on Atlantic Yards, you can drop by De Blasio's district office (2907 Ft. Hamilton Parkway) next Tuesday, July 24, 3PM-7PM.
Posted by lumi at July 19, 2007 7:22 AM