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October 20, 2010
Marty Hypocritz Calls for City Council Approval for Bike Lanes, Atlantic Yards Not So Much
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is upset with the new bike lanes on Prospect Park West and real hot under the collar about them (when isn't he hot under the collar?).
What does he think the solution is? According to the Brooklyn Paper:
“This issue of where to place bike lanes, it’s worthy of review by the City Council,” said Markowitz. “What is our objective in this city? To stigmatize the use of cars? To make it difficult to park? Do we want Brooklyn to replicate Amsterdam? These are legitimate policy issues.”
(Emphasis added.)Right, Markowitz, a few bike lanes to calm traffic on PPW should go under City Council review, but the largest development project in Brooklyn's history shouldn't. Surely there must have been some "legitimate policy issues" raised by Ratner's land grab, no?
(Btw, Brooklyn could learn a lot from Amsterdam.)
NoLandGrab: People who disagree with the Borough President might be interested in this.
Photo: Ben Muessig/Brooklyn Paper, via Gothamist
Posted by eric at October 20, 2010 4:53 PM