Changing Lanes
If you walk, run, bike, or even drive in Prospect Park, you’ll notice some changes over the next few weeks to the configuration on Park Drive, thanks to a task force set up to improve safety for all users of this precious green space.
Livable Streets
Share and Share a Bike
Set to launch this July, New York City’s new bike-share program is possibly the biggest new transportation development in the city since the subway.
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Check Out the New J.J. Byrne Playground: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Join the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation for the ribbon cutting of the redesigned and reinvigorated J.J. Byrne Playground at the Old Stone House and Washington Park.
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Help solve the many transportation issues around Atlantic Yards
New York City Council Member Letitia James and the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council are sponsoring the BK Gateway Transportation Workshop, which will lay the groundwork for developing community driven solutions to the transportation issues facing the Atlantic Yards area.
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A Step Toward Slow Zones
After a spirited discussion of the pros and cons of the initiative — at our Jan. 21 community meeting and Feb. 2 Trustees Meeting — the Civic Council’s trustees voted in favor of an application for slow zones that would encompass Park Slope.
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A Debate on Whether ’20 Is Plenty’ for Park Slope
The proposal for a neighborhood slow zone in Park Slope inspired a healthy debate at the Civic Council’s February Board Meeting, and took up a significant part of the evening’s agenda.
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Learn More about Traveling at 20 mph in Park Slope
We’ve posted some key documents from our Jan. 21 meeting, including the responses to the survey taken of the attendees and the presentation on an existing New York City slow zone.
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Taking It Slow at Community Meeting
In the midst of the year’s first winter storm, residents of Park Slope and nearby communities got together not to complain about falling snow, but to explore how to take it slow.
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A City Record for Safety
At a press conference held in the waning days of last year, Mayor Bloomberg came to Grand Army Plaza to proclaim 2011 “the city’s safest traffic year in the more than 100 years since records were kept.”
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A More Livable (Streets) New Year
The Civic Council’s Livable Streets Committee is gearing up for a very exciting — and productive — 2012. Our focus has been what happens on our community’s streets and sidewalks for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers alike.
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