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Designing Cities Conference: New York City 2012 Schedule Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park West

Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park West

Conference
Oct 25, 2012
10/25/12 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
New York, NY
Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park West

Grand Army Plaza, the gateway to Prospect Park and home to the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, was once a glorified traffic circle.  Over the past two years, NYC DOT has completely overhauled the space, adding over 35,000 square feet of plaza space, a two-way bike lane around Plaza Street, and changing traffic signalization to make driving much safer. The redesigned public space now flows seamlessly into Eastern Parkway, one of the first bicycle paths in the country, and into Prospect Park West, home to the “bike lane heard ‘round the world.” Once a three-lane thoroughfare where drivers would speed through Park Slope on their way to the Prospect Expressway, the street is now calmer and safer, with one lane converted into a two-way parking protected bike path. Traffic volumes and travel times have remained the same, yet the number of cyclists has tripled on weekends, and the proportion of speeding has fallen by more than 50 percent.

Led by:
Ryan Russo, New York City Department of Transportation
Terra Ishee, New York City Department of Transportation

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