Liz Padilla Memorial & Bike Improvements
On June 9, 2005, one year ago tomorrow, 28-year-old pro bono lawyer and Park Slope resident, Elizabeth Kasulis Padilla was hit by a truck and killed on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Prospect Place...
View ArticleBrooklyn to Mayor: Get a Transportation Policy
A 1997 traffic-calming protest in Brooklyn Heights (Photo: Transportation Alternatives). The neighborhoods of north Brooklyn have long been some of the most abused by regional traffic and...
View ArticleCB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project
The transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6, of which I'm a member, voted unanimously last night to approve DOT's traffic calming and bike lane plan for Park Slope's 9th Street. The...
View ArticlePark Slope Has Its Park(ing) Day
Evicted from their Park(ing) Day spot by the 78th Precinct last month, Park Slope Neighbors (with the PD's permission) observed the event over the weekend. StreetFilms' new producer Elizabeth Press...
View ArticlePetition: Tell DOT to Reverse the Curse on Brooklyn Speedways
How fast do cars travel on Prospect Park West? Criminally fast. All the time. Members of Park Slope Neighbors clocked cars routinely exceeding the 30 mph speed limit -- including one sociopath racing...
View ArticleTwo-Way Protected Bike Path Sails Through CB6 Committee
Image: NYCDOTEric McClure of Park Slope Neighbors files this report. Last night, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 unanimously endorsed a plan by the Department of...
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