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February 9, 2011
Nets-nabe speed bump
NY Post
by Rich Calder
Talk about a fast brake!
With the opening of the new Nets arena in Brooklyn nearly two years away, the city is considering lowering the speed limit to 20 mph for drivers in the nearby brownstone neighborhood of Boerum Hill.
Cars and trucks routinely use Pacific and Dean streets and other local streets there as speedy short cuts to and from the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
Councilman Steven Levin said yesterday he believes reckless driving through the neighborhood “will only get worse” once the 18,000-seat, Prospect Heights arena opens in Fall 2012 -- unless “we take pre-emptive action now.”
The city’s Department of Transportation next year is set to kick off its pilot "slow-speed zone" program in select neighborhoods where 10 mph will be sliced off the city’s 30 mph standard limit.
Posted by eric at February 9, 2011 10:40 AM