[PSN] Take Action for 9th Street Traffic Calming

[Emily Brown]

In This Issue:

1) Take Action: Fax Your Support of DOT's 9th Street Traffic-Calming Plan Today

2) Reminder: UNITY 2007 Workshop this Saturday

3) Sunday Cookout and Photo for "Atlantic Yards" EIS Lawsuit Plaintiffs

Dear Park Slope Neighbor,

1) Take Action: Fax Your Support of DOT's 9th Street Traffic-Calming Plan Today

 

A couple weeks back, many of you responded to our call to send a quick and easy eFax to Community Board 6 expressing support for the Department of Transportation's sensible plan for traffic calming on 9th Street.  Today, we're asking you to do the same with a fax to Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.

As you know, Park Slope Neighbors supports DOT's 9th Street plan.  We wholeheartedly believe that the planned changes will make traffic-flow more orderly, improve pedestrian safety and provide much-needed facilities for bicycling, and will benefit all users of 9th Street, including motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, bus riders, residents and businesses.  You can see details of DOT's plan here:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/03/29/dots-9th-street-plan/

 

Of course, change often creates anxiety, and a group of 9th Street residents have lobbied elected officials like the Borough President to reject the plan, under the mistaken belief that the roadway changes would eliminate their ability to double-park, overwhelm the street with cyclists, and lead to traffic jams.  It is critical, therefore, that those of us who support a safer 9th Street make sure that we speak out.  Click the link below to send an efax to Marty Markowitz expressing your support for the plan.  It takes just a minute to take this important action:

 

http://www.transalt.org/streetbeat/2007/Apr/0419_efax.html#efax

Thank you for helping to make a difference!

2) Reminder: UNITY 2007 Workshop this Saturday

 

Please join other Brooklyn residents, elected officials, members of neighborhood organizations and churches, architects and planners this Saturday, April 28th, for a one-day community workshop and design charrette to create the UNITY 2007 Community Development Plan for the Vanderbilt Railyards.

Participants in the day-long planning meeting will discuss housing, jobs, design issues, open space and transportation.  We will talk about options for the neighborhood if some, all or none of the proposed "Atlantic Yards" project is completed.  The workshop will produce an updated set of plans for the future of the 8.5-acre railyards.

The UNITY 2007 effort is sponsored by the Hunter College Center for Community Planning and Development, and the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods.  PSN urges you to attend the workshop, and to encourage your friends and neighbors to take part, as well.  No special expertise is required.  You can pre-register for the workshop today by sending an email to cc...@hunter.cuny.edu or calling 212-650-3328, but walk-up registrants will be welcome tomorrow.

UNITY 2007

Saturday, April 28

10 am - 4 pm
Registration opens at 9:30

Hanson Place United Methodist Church

144 Saint Felix Street (at Hanson Place)

Brooklyn, NY

Trains 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, R, Q to Atlantic/Pacific

Free and open to the public.  Please bring your own brown-bag lunch.

Click here for more info: http://www.dddb.net/php/reading/UNITY2007.php

3) Sunday Cookout and Photo for "Atlantic Yards" EIS Lawsuit Plaintiffs

Get your buns to the Bear's Garden for the "Atlantic Yards" Environmental Lawsuit Plaintiffs' Weenie Roast and Photo Op!!!

Sunday, April 29 at 1:30 p.m.

Brooklyn Bear's Garden

Corner of Flatbush Avenue and Pacific Street

The 26 community and advocacy organizations (including Park Slope Neighbors) suing the Empire State Development Corporation seeking nullification of the "Atlantic Yards" Environmental Impact Statement are holding a barbecue and photo op this Sunday.  The weenie roast is a chance for co-plaintiffs and their supporters (that means you!) to mingle, enjoy what promises to be a sunny, 70-degree day in a lovely community garden, and have a group photo taken that will dramatize the broad community support for the lawsuit.

Please bring something to grill and beverages to share. The folks at the Bear's Garden will provide cups, plates, condiments and the grills.

The group photo will be taken at 2 p.m. sharp.  If you have any questions about this event, please send an email to jon...@earthlink.net.

Sincerely,

Eric McClure

Campaign Coordinator

Park Slope Neighbors