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February 15, 2008
Down the EIS rabbit hole: Why does Fairway get counted for traffic impact but not Whole Foods?
Atlantic Yards Report
The more Norman Oder stares at the Atlantic Yards Environmental Impact Study, the more discrepancies and glaring omissions he finds. Today's episode is curiouser:
Delving into the rabbit hole of traffic and transit projections for the Atlantic Yards project leads to a glaring discrepancy revealed only in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and not cited in the unsuccessful lawsuit challenging the AY environmental review.
The Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) belatedly added the new Fairway market in Red Hook to its list of sites that should be analyzed regarding future travel demand in the area around the Atlantic Yards site. However, the ESDC continued to exclude the coming Whole Foods Market in Gowanus because it was deemed "distant from study area."
That's absurd. As the graphic shows, Fairway is about twice as far as the Whole Foods site from the westernmost point of the Atlantic Yards footprint, the corner of Fourth, Flatbush, and Atlantic Avenues.
Posted by lumi at February 15, 2008 6:08 AM