Community Board 7's Transportation Committee met on Monday to discuss the Department of Transportation's proposed plan for 60-degree angle back-in parking on 11th Avenue between 19th Street and Prospect Park Southwest.
District Manager Jeremy Laufer reports that
Many residents came out to voice their displeasure with the plan for a multitude of reasons. The DOT representative let us know that DOT will not move forward with the changes if the community was against it and, at the end of the meeting, she symbolically tore up with plan.
Our Committee shared the community's concerns about public safety, but also agreed this this parking plan was not the right way to approach the problem.
Our Committee voted on two motions regarding 11th Avenue last night:
The first was a motion to deny the parking plan which was presented to us.
The second was to request DOT to re-examine 11th Avenue to determine if there are other ways to improve vehicular/pedestrian safety without changing the parking to angle parking.
Both motions passed committee and will be sent to the full board to vote on the evening of May 18.
Once again, I think you for your interest and input. Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional comments or questions.
Mr. Laufer can be reached by phone at (718) 854-0003, by fax at (718) 436-1142, or by e-mail at communityboard7 [at] yahoo.com.
