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January 13, 2012
POLL: Should Prospect Heights Become a "Slow Zone"?
Designation could cut down on accidents and through traffic using speed bumps and 20 mph speed zones, but it would also mean the loss of some parking spots.
Prospect Heights Patch
by Amy Sara Clark
In the two days it's been live, more than 250 people have signed an online petition to turn Prospect Heights into a “Neighborhood Slow Zone.”
The designation would be granted by the Department of Transportation.
The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council is spearheading the effort, saying that drivers are speeding down the side streets, which they're using instead of Flatbush and Atlantic in order to avoid Atlantic Yards construction.
...But there is a downside: there would also bea loss of several dozen parking spaces where signs and striping would alert drivers to the zone.
NoLandGrab: God forbid we sacrifice a few parking spots when the only benefit will be saving lives.
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Block associations and Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council want to turn Prospect Heights into a “Neighborhood Slow Zone.” The speed limit will drop to 20 mph (down from 30 mph), new speed bumps would be installed, and “slow zone” signs and striping would be painted at neighborhood boundaries.
“Once the Barclays Center opens in September, the influx of “cut-through” traffic from cars avoiding major roads will only make the situation worse,” Danae Oratowski wrote regarding the potential slow zone for Prospect Heights.
Posted by eric at January 13, 2012 12:04 AM