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June 1, 2012

The Day: The New Signs of the Times

The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]

More like a sign of the apocalypse.

Our eagle-eyed scribe Erin Horan spotted new signs in the Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street station, alerting riders to what has long been promised, but slow to roll out: The station is now officially “Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center.” The name change will take some getting used to, but Barclays Center supporters say that having the name of the arena in the station itself will encourage more mass transit use.

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NoLandGrab: No, disincentivizing car travel will encourage more mass transit use.

Photo: Erin Horan

Posted by eric at June 1, 2012 9:35 AM