Comments on: “Officials Deny” That Flatbush and Glenwood is Dangerous http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/09/officials-deny-that-flatbush-and-glenwood-is-dangerous/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bugg http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/09/officials-deny-that-flatbush-and-glenwood-is-dangerous/comment-page-1/#comment-11216 Bugg Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:22:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/09/officials-deny-that-flatbush-and-glenwood-is-dangerous/#comment-11216 As you travel southbound on Flatbush, there's a left turn eastbound onto Glenwood that backs up traffic there; and at the same time there's always trucks parked and dollar vans and vehicles stopped and double parked in the right lane.You basically have 2 southbound lanes of traffic which are often totally blocked. Plus the light at Nostrand and Flatbush backs up traffic, spilling back into the southbound lanes. There should be more enforcement. But DOT doesn't really do much around there except write parking tickets. There should be a tow truck looking to clear the whole intesection, and then the dollar vans, trucks, and idiots would stop blocking the right lane at least. Some traffic agents directing traffic there as they have at Flatush and Atlantic and Schemerhorm would help. Sadly the dollar van thing as above is true. Cops are discouraged from stopping vans due to Yvette Clarke and other pols making life hell for any cop or traffic agent that does enforcement. I suspect that if you did tow violators, the cops or traffic agents would soon get the same dose of crap. And the chaos gets worse as Christmas approaches and the Kings Plaza shopping mall brings out more dollar vans, many unlicensed, unregistered and uninsured and practically unregulated. As you travel southbound on Flatbush, there’s a left turn eastbound onto Glenwood that backs up traffic there; and at the same time there’s always trucks parked and dollar vans and vehicles stopped and double parked in the right lane.You basically have 2 southbound lanes of traffic which are often totally blocked. Plus the light at Nostrand and Flatbush backs up traffic, spilling back into the southbound lanes. There should be more enforcement. But DOT doesn’t really do much around there except write parking tickets. There should be a tow truck looking to clear the whole intesection, and then the dollar vans, trucks, and idiots would stop blocking the right lane at least. Some traffic agents directing traffic there as they have at Flatush and Atlantic and Schemerhorm would help.

Sadly the dollar van thing as above is true. Cops are discouraged from stopping vans due to Yvette Clarke and other pols making life hell for any cop or traffic agent that does enforcement. I suspect that if you did tow violators, the cops or traffic agents would soon get the same dose of crap. And the chaos gets worse as Christmas approaches and the Kings Plaza shopping mall brings out more dollar vans, many unlicensed, unregistered and uninsured and practically unregulated.

]]> By: JK http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/09/officials-deny-that-flatbush-and-glenwood-is-dangerous/comment-page-1/#comment-10895 JK Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:52:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/09/officials-deny-that-flatbush-and-glenwood-is-dangerous/#comment-10895 "Transalt" sounds at best like a government mega-agency, at worst like a defense contractor or something controlled by a friend of Dick Cheney. How about sticking to "Transportation Alternatives" or "T.A" in this forum? “Transalt” sounds at best like a government mega-agency, at worst like a defense contractor or something controlled by a friend of Dick Cheney. How about sticking to “Transportation Alternatives” or “T.A” in this forum?

]]> By: Nicolo Macchiavelli http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/09/officials-deny-that-flatbush-and-glenwood-is-dangerous/comment-page-1/#comment-10872 Nicolo Macchiavelli Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:08:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/09/officials-deny-that-flatbush-and-glenwood-is-dangerous/#comment-10872 There are many factors favoring Flatbush Ave. becoming the next Boulevard of Death. It is an on ramp to the BQE on one end and the Belt on the other. This particular location is a very heavy pedestrian area, part of the "Junction" neighborhood that houses Brooklyn College, Nostrand Ave. Flatbush Ave and the subway lines. Also, this is the heart of "dollar van" territory. The dollar vans, many with out of state plates, started as total outlaws. But even after they acheived a degree of legality thanks to the effective lobbying of several dollar van owners they operate in a chaotic and illegal manner. There is a driver chaos on Flatbush Ave. that would never be permitted in any of the whiter, less immigrant dense, jurisdictions. The new Congresswoman Yvette Clark"s mother Una carried the water for those dollar van owners and bears a high level of responsiblity for the traffic chaos along this street. The dollar vans are a plague on mass transit, they drive down MTA bus productivity, clog up the streets for everyone else, bikes, motorcycles, cars and pedestrians. Avoid payroll taxes and provide illicit cash-business income to many wild operators and out of state auto predators. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) cannot exist in an economy that tolerates their presence. There are many factors favoring Flatbush Ave. becoming the next Boulevard of Death. It is an on ramp to the BQE on one end and the Belt on the other. This particular location is a very heavy pedestrian area, part of the “Junction” neighborhood that houses Brooklyn College, Nostrand Ave. Flatbush Ave and the subway lines.

Also, this is the heart of “dollar van” territory. The dollar vans, many with out of state plates, started as total outlaws. But even after they acheived a degree of legality thanks to the effective lobbying of several dollar van owners they operate in a chaotic and illegal manner.

There is a driver chaos on Flatbush Ave. that would never be permitted in any of the whiter, less immigrant dense, jurisdictions. The new Congresswoman Yvette Clark”s mother Una carried the water for those dollar van owners and bears a high level of responsiblity for the traffic chaos along this street.

The dollar vans are a plague on mass transit, they drive down MTA bus productivity, clog up the streets for everyone else, bikes, motorcycles, cars and pedestrians. Avoid payroll taxes and provide illicit cash-business income to many wild operators and out of state auto predators. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) cannot exist in an economy that tolerates their presence.

]]> By: Lane Wyden http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/09/officials-deny-that-flatbush-and-glenwood-is-dangerous/comment-page-1/#comment-10751 Lane Wyden Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:55:09 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/09/officials-deny-that-flatbush-and-glenwood-is-dangerous/#comment-10751 The DOT is still like the NYPD used to be in terms of their response to tragedy. Not too smart. The DOT is still like the NYPD used to be in terms of their response to tragedy. Not too smart.

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