Comments on: Queens Community Board 2 Considers Creating One-Way Avenue and Installation of Speed Bumps http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/queens-community-board-2-considers-creating-one-way-avenue-and-installing-speed-bumps/ 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: Angus Grieve-Smith http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/queens-community-board-2-considers-creating-one-way-avenue-and-installing-speed-bumps/comment-page-1/#comment-47433 Angus Grieve-Smith Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:21:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/queens-community-board-2-considers-creating-one-way-avenue-and-installing-speed-bumps/#comment-47433 Just got back from the Community Board. There was one neighbor who got 80% of the homeowners on her block to sign a petition for speed humps; they voted unanimously to recommend humps on that block but did not recommend any others. There was strong opposition to the Barnett Avenue one-way proposal from people who were afraid that the traffic from Barnett would move to 39th Avenue. I mentioned the principle of induced demand, but didn't have time to go into it in detail. The proposal was tabled. Just got back from the Community Board. There was one neighbor who got 80% of the homeowners on her block to sign a petition for speed humps; they voted unanimously to recommend humps on that block but did not recommend any others.

There was strong opposition to the Barnett Avenue one-way proposal from people who were afraid that the traffic from Barnett would move to 39th Avenue. I mentioned the principle of induced demand, but didn’t have time to go into it in detail. The proposal was tabled.

]]> By: Angus Grieve-Smith http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/queens-community-board-2-considers-creating-one-way-avenue-and-installing-speed-bumps/comment-page-1/#comment-47168 Angus Grieve-Smith Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:38:15 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/queens-community-board-2-considers-creating-one-way-avenue-and-installing-speed-bumps/#comment-47168 I would like to add that this isn't like the <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/03/22/transportation-planner-one-ways-hurt-more-kids/" rel="nofollow">one-way fights</a> from last year. The plan would make Barnett Avenue one-way by removing a lane of traffic and using the road space for sidewalks. More information here: http://saferskillman.org/?p=40 I would like to add that this isn’t like the one-way fights from last year. The plan would make Barnett Avenue one-way by removing a lane of traffic and using the road space for sidewalks. More information here:

http://saferskillman.org/?p=40

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