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May 28, 2010
Traffic on Dean Street: Documentation of three intersections, by Tracy Collins, shows congestion and challenges
Atlantic Yards Report
I've been using a camera as a rather wobbly tool to document traffic and street conditions in and around the Atlantic Yards footprint. Below, Tracy Collins, who's a far more able photographer, has produced some videos with far more clarity.
Dean Street will be the main (only?) route to the massive interim surface parking lot on the southeast block of the project footprint. It's already backed up, both in the morning (as I showed), and in the afternoon (as Collins shows below in the first video).
Some of that is related to the closure of the Carlton Avenue Bridge, which should reopen in two years, but some is related to the permanent closure of parts of Pacific Street.
And the presence of double-parked vehicles could compound congestion; a vehicular accident would make it worse. There's not a lot of leeway.
So perhaps the workers counting traffic for the city (Department of Transportation, presumably) will recommend some fixes.
Click thru for more, including several videos, including the one above.
NoLandGrab: Any "fixes" are likely to be nothing more than lipstick on a hockey mom — Bruce Ratner's superblocks and thousands of parking spaces will surely make an already congested area well nigh unbearable.
Posted by eric at May 28, 2010 9:38 AM