What we need is a road warning track, like what can be found near toll booths, so that tires shake on approach and drivers wake up. Also, the crossing lights are too short.

Matt

I'm not 100% sure of the legality.... However, the sign says "Ocean Parkway" not "Prospect Expressway" which always made me think I could pretend to be confused if law enforcement took issue with the short cut. And there aren't any of those "Pedestrians and Bicycles Prohibited" signs like you see at the on ramps to highways.

Whose bright idea was it to put a drive-through bank on a formal circle next to a park?!

oscarfrye, the PDF is somewhat more legible than the image here.

anyone know where to get a more legible copy of the plan?

I'm usually a right-hand ramper to go home, only occasionally taking the left-hander to Church Avenue when I want the express route to a slice of pizza or a bagel.

I would say riding a bike on the left-hander is unconventional but not necessarily unsafe or illegal -- the descent is gradual and controlled, and you have excellent sightlines to judge traffic. You're never merging into the expressway itself -- the lane becomes an exit to the Ocean Parkway service road. You're technically never riding on the Expressway itself.

Ironically, this route is the most direct, turn-free way to get on the Ocean Parkway bike path.

I didn't see any mention of changing the bank entrance/exit. A quick-curb on ppsw to prevent a left turn into the bank would be a big improvement. They should then modify the bank exit to allow both entrance and exits.

looking forward to the day when that is further lowered to zero

What I do is take the right ramp, which becomes Fort Hamilton, then make either the first or second left onto East 4th or East 5th, then get over to Church.

I ride this ramp every day -- yelled at once a week that "it's a highway!" I get the weirdest looks when I bear left and zoom down to the Prospect Expressway service road -- fastest way to Church Avenue.

I'm most interested to see the bike path connection finally made to Ocean Parkway -- personally, I've never taken the broken-down east side sidewalk that passes for a bike lane from the intersection of Caton Avenue, preferring to ride the one way street northbound and the Fort Hamilton Pkwy ramp southbound. If they smooth the pavement there, that makes for very smooth route to the park.

Whoda thunk it? Nicely done...

I don't understand the bit about the "Class 1 bike path on Ft. Hamilton Parkway," though. From this diagram, that bike lane on the Ft. Hamilton overpass just looks like a green Class 2 buffered lane to me.