Comments on: Bruce’s Way

By: Car Free Nation

Car Free Nation — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:03:25 +0000

I don’t think the problem for most of the neighborhood (I live close by) is the subsidy. What I hear is that it’s “not to scale” with the rest of the neighborhood. That it’s going to bring traffic nightmares.

Again, I’d rather have the people living here than in deep Brooklyn, where they drive though the neighborhood for free to save a few dollars on the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

By: Eric McClure

Eric McClure — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:05:05 +0000

What Rhywun said.

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:58:24 +0000

CFN,

Fine. Let Ratner finance the thing himself without relying on the government to steal some of the land for him and fill his pockets with my tax dollars while they’re at it.

By: Car Free Nation

Car Free Nation — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:59:14 +0000

I’m not a big fan of the bait-and-switch Atlantic Yards, but doesn’t it meet some of the requirements for transit-smart development? It’s dense, on top of a major subway station, and within biking/walking distance of some great neighborhoods.
If we can get rid of the parking, it’d be nice to have the all the people there. Certainly better than building more sprawl outside the city.

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:46:42 +0000

Oscar, it’s not about Manhattan vs. the outer boroughs. The Bloomberg administration wanted to put tons of car parking in the Hudson Yards, and has succeeded in putting a whole bunch in that Harlem mall.

By: oscarfrye

oscarfrye — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:57:02 +0000

Copperfield,

Bloomberg may be for walkable/livable Manhattan
but he couldn’t care less about the other boroughs

By: Norman Oder

Norman Oder — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:53:35 +0000

I walked by there this morning around 9 and a pedestrian–walking west, approaching Sixth Avenue–was smack in the middle of the sidewalk-turned-road, at approximately the location of the black car in the second photo.

There was a uniformed traffic cop in the intersection helping steer traffic, but I didn’t see (or hear) him motioning for the pedestrian to get out of the way.

The pedestrian didn’t look confused, but she sure wasn’t aware of the change.

By: Kaja

Kaja — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:18:32 +0000

And why shouldn’t they? Nobody in power will suffer any repercussions for this.

So long as that’s the case, this will continue to happen. /That/ is the real story.

By: Copperfield

Copperfield — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:17:24 +0000

There is the Bloomberg administration which embraces walkable New York and seeks to make it better. Then there is the Bloomberg administration which builds big box car magnets and edge developments which foster car use and destroy the walking city. Somedays, it’s hard to tell which is winning.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:11:46 +0000

The abuses here sound like they’re right out of “The Power Broker” – the city gives them free land, tax abatements and lets the developer run amok, residents be damned.

By: ddartley

ddartley — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:06:25 +0000

One thing Atlantic Yards HAS accomplished so far, and got done right off the bat: closing down some local businesses. And it remains to be seen if there will ever be anything to show for it.