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From YouTube: CB14 Transportation Committee Meeting (5-4-2022)
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DATE: Wednesday, May 4, 2022
LOCATION: Online meeting, 6:30 PM
*View here or email info@cb14brooklyn.com to request WebEx link.
AGENDA
1. Report on the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Open Streets program - Kyle Gorman, NYC DOT
2. Report on Church Avenue Bus Lane - Sarah Feller, Project Manager, Transit Development Group, NYC DOT; Warren Berry, Principal Transportation Planner, MTA Bus Service Planning
3. Report on DOT Urban Design project - Neil Gagliardi, NYC DOT
4. Other business
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A
A
I
think
it
may
be
the
only
committee
meeting
I've
not
seen
him
at
so
I
don't
think
we
should
think
any
less
of
him
for
it
and
wish
him
a
quick
recuperation
I'd
like
to
introduce
the
other
members
of
the
committee
who
are
here
just
so
that
guests
can
see
who
we
are
so
sean.
If
you
could
just
read
off
a
quick
roll
call,
that'd
be
great.
B
We
are
so
far
there.
Other
committee
members
will
be
joining
us,
I'm
sure,
but
we
are
joined
by
alvin
burke
and
glenn
woolen
from
the
committee,
as
well
as
nina
subgear
from
the
board
and
wayne
joseph
from
the
board.
We've
got
two
public
committee
members,
liz
denise
and
john
pulliat
here
and
if
I
miss
something
buddy
unmute
and
shout
yourself
out.
B
J
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N
N
Citywide
tonight,
I'm
going
to
go
through
a
very
quick
presentation
about
the
program
and
some
of
the
requirements
of
the
program
and
how
you
could
potentially
get
involved
with
participating
happy
to
take
any
questions
after
and
please
just
know
that
the
open
streets
application
is
still
open,
we're
accepting
them
on
a
applications
on
a
rolling
basis
throughout
the
rest
of
2022.
So
there's
still
plenty
of
time
to
apply
and
lots
of
resources
on
the
table
to
make
your
ocean
street
a
success.
N
So
I'm
going
to
start
sharing
my
screen
now
ring
mode
all
right,
so,
let's
jump
into
it.
2022
open
streets
season,
3
of
the
program,
building
on
a
lot
of
great
work
that
we've
been
doing
for
many
years.
As
I'm
sure,
a
lot
of
folks
know
related
to
transportation,
infrastructure
and
public
space,
but
through
the
pandemic,
there's
really
been
a
huge
paradigm
shift
and
the
sort
of
view
of
streets
as
public
space
and
reimagining
the
ways
that
our
streets
streetscape
can
be
used.
N
N
The
through
line
at
everything
that
we've
been
doing
is
really
making
sure
that
we're
adding
to
a
lot
of
the
broad
goals
that
we've
set
to
add
this
type
of
infrastructure
and
enhance
the
quality
of
life
in
new
york
city,
but
as
the
pandemic
has
gone
on,
we've
really
layered
on
different
types
of
evolution
and
support
and
activation
to
the
open
streets.
First
is
through
economic
recovery.
N
You
know
we
did
this
in
an
effort
to
help
these
really
struggling
businesses
in
a
really
dark
period
of
the
city's
history,
and
you
know
the
ability
to
operate
outdoors
really
has
been,
and
continues
to
be,
a
lifeline
for
these
businesses,
as
we
mitigate
economic
challenges
and
and
other
types
of
issues
that
we've
all
really
been
existing
in.
But
what
has
been
really
interesting
about
the
program
is
that
this
can
also
be
a
tool
for
economic
development.
N
We've
seen
a
lot
of
new
businesses
actually
even
open
on
open
streets
corridors
across
the
city
through
some
economic
studies
that
we've
done
so
it
goes
to
show
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
there
are
amazing
public
space
and
transportation
and
traffic
safety
gains
that
we
can
make
with
open
streets.
But
those
can
also
be
complemented
by
supporting
our
small
businesses
and
the
entire
economy
of
new
york
city.
N
N
A
really
amazing
activation
we've
been
working
on
with
is
the
vandal
family
circus,
bringing
the
circus
for
open
streets,
much
love
by
all
ages
and
backgrounds,
and
supporting
all
different
types
of
arts
and
cultural
organizations
across
the
city,
open
streets
and
on
the
other
public
spaces
that
dot
manage
are
really
amazing.
Venues
for
these
different
types
of
creative
programming
and
activation
opportunities,
something
new
to
a
lot
of
folks
that,
as
I've
been
giving
this
presentation
that
I've
been
telling
is
that
play
streets.
N
The
the
former
play
streets
program
which
has
existed
in
new
york
city
for
actually
over
a
hundred
years.
It's
now
actually
housed
within
dot's
open
streets
program,
so
we're
working
with
all
types
of
educational
institutions,
public
private
and
charter
schools.
We
give
them
more
space
for
safer
pickup
and
drop-off
operations,
outdoor
recreation
opportunities,
as
well
as
outdoor
learning.
N
So
in
terms
of
what
we're
looking
at
this
year,
sort
of
with
the
nuance
of
the
the
participation
and
details
and
sort
of
everything
you
need
to
know.
First
and
foremost,
equity
is
at
the
program's
core.
The
city
recently
released
the
new
york
streets
plan,
which
lays
out
a
whole
set
of
goals
and
and
different
types
of
outcomes
for
the
dot
to
achieve
related
to
just
making
our
streets
safer
and
more
equitable
for
all,
and
that's
definitely
consistent
with
how
we're
evolving
the
open
streets
program
just
actually
about
a
little.
N
Over
a
week
ago
now
the
mayor
announced
a
900
million
dollar
investment
and
a
lot
of
different
things
for
d.o.t
and
something
that
is
part
of
that
is
a
lot
of
money
to
help
us
maintain
and
manage
open
streets.
So
more
so
than
ever
before,
and
I've
been
doing
this
work
for
seven
years.
So
we
have
more
resources
to
really
make
our
public
spaces
thrive
and
really
equip
our
community
partners
with
the
tools
that
they
need
to
succeed.
N
One
other
goal
that
we're
working
towards
is
really
integrating
open
streets
into
the
sort
of
wider
operations
of
new
york
city
and
and
having
it
sort
of
just
a
regular
part
of
the
streetscape
that
people
you
know
know
about.
It
is
predictable,
there's
significant
outreach
and
all
the
different
things
that
it
takes
to
make
our
amazing
city
run.
So
that's
a
huge
goal
of
ours
is
like,
if
they're
just
integrating
that
into
the
wider
city
operations
and
working
with
our
partners
and
communities.
N
The
community
board
elected
officials
on
a
long-term
change
that,
like
I
said,
are
set
through
goals
that
we
have
via
the
street
plan,
and
we
also
recognize
that
every
community
and
every
corridor
across
the
city
is
unique
in
its
own
issues.
Opportunities
challenges,
ideas,
backgrounds,
experiences,
so
we
want
a
scalable
set
of
solutions
that
can
respond
to
these
unique
needs.
N
What's
great
about
dot
is
that
we
have
an
amazing
toolkit
of
items
and
open
streets
is
one
of
them
to
really
evolve.
Our
streetscape
to
you
know,
make
more
space
for
bikes,
pedestrians,
public
transit
users,
accessibility,
infrastructure,
while
balancing
the
needs
that
our
streetscapes
use
with
loading
deliveries,
the
need
for
people
to
drive
and
park
and
all
the
things
so
there's.
N
So
I've
touched
on
this
summer
already
so
I'll,
just
briefly
go
through
the
last
items,
and
that
will
conclude
the
presentation
and
we
can
go
to
question
but
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
funding
on
the
table.
All
partners
this
year
are
actually
receiving
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
funding.
I'll
say
that
again,
every
partner
who
participates
is
receiving
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
funding,
regardless
of
the
number
of
days
the
number
of
blocks
or
for.
However
long
you
want
to
do
it.
N
N
We
have
a
whole
list
of
different
programming
providers
that
you
can
use
this
funding
to
activate
your
open
streets
and
really
take
it
to
the
next
level.
There's
opportunities
for
short-term
concessions.
People
have
been
using
this
to
do
green
markets
and
other
types
of
artisan
markets.
Sort
of
like
papa
type
style
markets,
as
well
as
cultural
concessions,
we've
been
really
amazing.
N
So
there's
a
lot
of
different
things
that
we've
worked
on
to
really
evolve
this
program
and
make
it
a
success.
So
the
last
couple
things
are
just
about
the
three
different
types
of
open
streets:
there's
the
limited
local
access,
which
is
a
like
industrial
priority
street,
that's
limited
to
just
local
traffic,
no
through
traffic.
But
if
you
are
driving
in
the
block,
you
must
adhere
to
a
five
mile
per
hour.
Speed
limit
as
well
as
you
know,
be
cautious
of
pedestrians
and
cyclists,
but
parking
and
those
local
access
trips
are
still
preserved.
N
Then
there's
the
full
closure
type
of
open
street,
which
is
you
know
a
street.
That's
temporarily
closed
to
vehicles
and
has
allowed
for
a
lot
of
different
types
of
vibrant
activities
to
take
place
as
well.
There's
lots
of
great
sort
of
restaurant,
oriented
style,
open
streets
that
you
might
have
visited
over
the
last
couple
of
months
and
then,
like
I
mentioned
at
the
end,
there's
now
a
specific
type
of
open
street
just
for
schools
and
that's
called
the
full
closure
for
schools,
public
private
charter
schools.
N
All
types
of
schools
are
eligible
to
apply
for
the
open
flash
play
street
in
in
the
city's
drc
open
streets
program,
there's
a
great
photo
of
or
one
of
our
more
popular
open
streets.
That's
evolving
to
a
really
the
next
evolution
of
how
we
want
to
evolve
this
program
with
the
permanently
designed,
plazas
and
shared
streets
and
other
bike
and
pedestrian
oriented
infrastructure.
N
Celebration
this
weekend
that
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
are
looking
forward
to
because
here's
a
photo
of
people
for
school.
This
is
with
the
brooklyn
school
for
brooklyn,
in
one
in
particular,
sort
of
being
used
for
the
recreation
areas
but
sometimes
like
I
said
people
use
it
for
pick
up
and
drop
off
before
learning
anything
to
really
support
food.
N
So
the
last
item
that
I'll
touch
on
is
what
it
is
required
to
apply.
There's
a
application
online
that
I'll
drop
in
the
chat.
Once
I
finish,
the
presentation
that
you
complete
with
just
relevant
contact
information,
location,
details
days
and
times
and
did
some
other
furnace
details,
but
there's
also
a
couple
of
documents,
so
you
need
to
create.
The
first
is
the
site
plan
if
you've
ever
done
a
staple
permit,
it's
very
similar
to
that.
J
N
And
reopen
and
just
a
general
operation
plan.
It's
always
a
implement
emergency
weather
plan
outreach,
so
you're
going
to
work
with
all
the
different
types
of
stakeholders
that
sort
of
might
be
in
the
industry
and
making
sure
that
you're
using
inclusive
strategies
to
do
this
outreach.
The
last
two
items
are
are
optional.
If
you
are
a
new
partner,
you
do
need
to
submit
letters
to
support.
They
can
come
early
three.
N
I
should
say
that
can
come
from
any
really
entity,
a
community
stakeholder
elected
officials,
community-based
organizations,
the
community
board
itself
any
sort
of
stakeholder
within
the
community
at
large.
As
soon
as
we
use
letters
and
then
the
final
document
is
a
bunch
of
proposals
in
fiscal
form.
These
are
required.
If
you
are
going
to
be
requesting
the
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
funding
from
the
cities,
you
do
need
to
be
a
non-profit
to
receive
the
funding.
N
If
you
are
not
a
non-profit,
you
can
work
with
a
fiscal
sponsor
that
you
might
have
some
sort
of
relationship
with
you.
Don't
have
a
physical
sponsor.
You
have
a
relationship
with
other
different
types
of
non-profits
that
could
potentially
work
with
you
as
a
fiscal
sponsor,
so
those
things
are
basically
completed,
but
we
can
definitely
get
into
more
details
if
you
have
any
questions.
N
K
N
N
A
G
A
J
B
B
I
I
have
a
question
for
you
kyle,
because
I
the
community
board,
I
don't
know
if
this
is
something
that
you're
newly
implementing,
that
the
community
board
is
going
to
have
an
opportunity
to
weigh
in
on
open
street
applications.
But
the
only
way
I
have
found
out
about
open
streets
in
this
district
are
one
from
a
council
member
one
from
the
applying
organization.
It
was
a
renewal
and,
and
one
from
the
precinct,
sharing
information
with
me.
B
So
if
we
could
have
a
better
heads
up
because
I've
without
knowing
about
the
open
streets,
I've
had
conflicts
with
film
crews
on
streets
that
are
supposed
to
be
open
streets
and
with
and
a
religious
container
that
was
approved,
but
that
also
ended
up
being
on
an
open
street.
So,
in
order
to
navigate
or
really
avoid
the
conflicts,
I
would
appreciate
notification
at
the
application
stage
and
certainly
at
the
approval
stage,
so
that
we
can
help
manage
this.
N
Thank
you
sean.
I
just
want
to
say.
I
really
do
appreciate
a
lot
of
the
sort
of
ideas
and
comments
that
you
really
have
given
us
to
improve
the
program
throughout
the
pandemic
and
totally
agree
with
you
on
a
lot
of
the
ideas
that
you
just
shared
about.
You
know
integrating
it
into
the
safe
out
system
and
then
sort
of
wider
city
coordination.
Like
I
said
in
the
presentation,
a
big
goal
of
ours
is
operationalizing
the
open
street
per
se.
So
point
well
taken
definitely
agree
with
you
on
that
front.
N
This
year
it's
been
a
little
bit
of
a
slow
rollout,
but
now
moving
forward
with
all
open
streets
applications
from
from
this
time
forward
is
there
will
be
a
30-day
notification
period
or
combat
period.
I
should
say
for
elected
officials,
community
boards
as
well
as
nypd,
but
we
did
watch
them
even
before
too.
C
O
Hi,
I
was
just
wondering
you
know:
you
talked
about
equity
and
you
know
this
is
cb14
has
like
very
little
access
to
parks
and
to
public
open
spaces
compared
to
other
community
boards,
and
I
was
just
wondering
how
many,
if
there,
if
you
knew
how
many
applications
were
applied
for
open
streets
in
rcb
and
then
I
think
only
one
got
approved
and
it's
a
new
open
street
going
forward.
But
I
don't
there's
not
currently
an
open
streets
map,
so
I
might
just
be
like
misreading
the
table
really
quickly.
N
N
O
O
Kind
of
like
organically
came
around
because,
like
the
space
was
allocated
and
made
available-
and
I
don't
know
if
those
same
streets
would
have
been
able
to
have
such
vibrant
programming
now
if
they
had
to
go
through
such
a
burdensome
process
compared
to
just
when
streets
were
kind
of
granted.
Initially-
and
you
know
I
remember
in
our
district-
you
know
parkside
was
kind
of
an
open
street,
but
it
didn't
have
you
know
it
still
had
a
lot
of
car
traffic
on
it.
So
that
made
it
very
hard
to
get.
N
Yeah
I
mean
arguably,
we
have
one
of
the
sort
of
easiest
to
complete
public
space
programs
within
new
york
city,
if
not
the
entire
country.
So
you
know
we.
We
definitely
want
to
balance
the
need
for
not
creating
too
many
hurdles
and
too
many
burdens,
but
we
also
do
need
to
have
some
sort
of
process
to
sort
of
work
towards
some
of
the
things
that
sean
was
just
talking
about
as
well
as
what
I
mentioned
about
operationalizing
these
open
streets.
N
You
know
there's
places
where
people
who
have
been
mentioning
there
are
no
open
streets
or
there
is
in
types
of
open
space
or
public
space
for
a
variety
of
different
reasons.
You
know
d.o.t
can
then
step
in
and
sort
of
help
manage
those
spaces,
because
you
know,
whereas
we
want
to
straddle
the
line
of
organic
sort
of
coming
together
of
community
members.
A
N
A
A
P
G
P
Great
all
right!
Well,
thank
you!
So
much
for
your
time,
everybody.
We
really
really
appreciate
it.
My
name
is
sarah
feller.
I
am
a
project
manager
on
dot's
bus,
priority
team.
I
have
a
cold
right
now,
so,
if,
if
I
cough,
please
excuse
me,
I'm
joined
by
warren
berry
and
andy
inglesby
from
mta.
Now
this
was
a
joint
project
of
ours.
You
might
recall
that
on
church
avenue
we
put
in
a
bus
lane
late
in
2019
after
presenting
to
cb14
cb12
and
some
other
community
stakeholders.
P
Church
avenue
had
bus
speeds
of
about
four
and
a
quarter
miles
an
hour
during
the
peak
periods
of
the
day,
which
is
it's
about
a
that's
about
a
new
york
walking,
speed
and-
and
we
know
that
on
especially
on
a
busy
route
like
this,
this
being
one
of
the
busiest
routes
in
brooklyn
with
more
than
45
000
people
a
day
using
the
bus
routes
that
use
church
avenue
on
a
route,
so
busy
service
should
work
better.
It
should
be
reasonably
fast.
It
should
be
on
time.
P
Of
course,
the
most
important
route
is
the
b35.
This
goes
all
the
way
down
church
avenue
and
then
out
in
borough
park
sunset
park.
It
goes
into
39th
street.
So
it's
a
really
really
big
long
crosstown
route.
It
connects
about
a
dozen
different
subway
routes
and
it's
one
of
the
busiest
and
most
really
ultimately
most
important
bus
routes
in
brooklyn,
in
addition
to
three
other
bus
routes
that
use
certain
parts
of
church
avenue.
P
This
is
a
quick
aerial
map
showing
where
we
put
in
you
know
each
treatment
so
outlined
in
blue
here.
In
the
left
hand
side
of
the
screen
from
e7
street
to
marlborough
road.
This
is
where
we
added
the
curbside
bus
lanes
and
we
also
updated
some
of
the
curb
regulations
to
reduce
double
parking
and
to
ensure
that
parking
spaces
were
available
on
the
side
streets
as
well.
P
When
the
bus
lanes
were
in
effect
and
then
further
east
from
marlborough
road
to
flatbush,
we
updated
the
curb
regulations
only
and
so
for
that
area
in
yellow
we
did
not
put
in
and
we
did
not
pursue
a
curbside
bus
lane,
and
that
was
largely
because
it's
such
it's,
so
it's
so
busy
there
there's
so
much
curb
demand.
We
studied.
You
know
we,
we
studied
the
curb
demand.
P
We
studied
how
many
vehicles
are
using
the
curb
per
day
or
per
hour
by
block,
and
we
realized
that
if
we
put
in
a
curbside
bus
line
here,
does
the
bus
need
it?
Yes,
but
but
it
wouldn't
have
worked,
there
would
have
there.
There
was
just
too
much
demand
to
use
that
curve
for
deliveries
for
shoppers
for
residents
etc.
P
This
photograph
in
the
bottom
here
shows
what
the
bus
lane
looks
like
today
on
church
avenue.
This
is
at
church
in
argyll
road.
This
you
know
this
is
the
classic
tried
and
true
curbside
bus
lane.
We've
been
putting
these
in
new
york
city
for
more
than
15
years
and
they've
generally
been
quite
effective.
P
That
means,
of
course,
that
parking
is
permitted
overnight
as
well
as
on
sundays,
and
you
all
might
recall
that
before
this
project
was
put
in,
the
department
of
sanitation
was
sweeping
the
street
overnight
three
nights
a
week,
so
you
couldn't
park
there
overnight
three
nights
a
week,
we
were
able
to
work
at
the
department
of
sanitation,
so
that
way,
now
they
sweep
the
streets.
While
the
bus
lanes
are
in
effect
and
overnight,
parking
is
restored,
some
of
the
other
benefits
of
this
project
are,
of
course,
you
know.
P
P
And
finally,
you
know
this
kind
of
bustling
can
be
used
by
any
vehicle
at
any
time
to
make
a
right
turn
to
access
a
driveway
to
quickly
pick
somebody
up
or
drop
somebody
off
and
also
emergency
vehicles
can
use
it
at
all
times
and
school
buses
can
use
it
at
all
times.
So
it's
not
just
buses
and
bus
passengers
who
benefit.
It
really.
P
One
thing
that
we're
aware
of
with
this
project
that
we
talked
about
a
lot
with
cb14
and
in
other
meetings
was
that,
obviously,
when
the
bus
lane
is
in
effect,
you
know
you
can't
just
park
there,
and
so,
if
you
need
to
visit
a
business
or
visit
a
residence
during
the
bustling
hours,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
can
still
do
that,
and
so
what
we
did
is
we
added
whoops.
We
we
added
new
curbside.
Excuse
me:
we
added
new
metered
spaces
on
the
side
streets
right
around
the
corner
from
church.
P
P
Further
east,
closer
to
the
q
train.
From
east
16th
street
to
flockbush
avenue,
so
you
can
see
that
we
also
added
a
couple
of
loading
zones
between
16th
and
17th.
We
added
some
a
few
new
metered
spaces
on
east
18th
street.
That
was
just
an
opportunity
that
we
saw,
because
this
was
mta
property
right
around
the
corner
from
church
avenue.
We
could
meter
that
space.
P
Excuse
me.
Additionally,
what
we
also
did
is
again
to
help
prevent
double
parking
and
try
to
keep
traffic
flowing
better
for
the
buses
and
for
everyone
else,
who's
trying
to
move
on
church
avenue.
We
created
15-minute
unmetered
parking
spaces,
and
so
you
can
see
that
those
are
the
light
blue
rectangles.
You
see
here
between
east
18th,
street
east
19th,
street
st
paul's
place
ocean
avenue
and
21st
street,
and
these
are
just
for
short
sections
of
the
block.
P
P
All
the
time,
especially
if
folks
are
feeding
the
meter
and
therefore
when
someone
needs
to
you,
know,
pull
over
to
go
to
a
store,
they
block
traffic,
they
double
park
or
they
block
a
bus
stop
or
they
block
a
fire
hydrant
and
so
to
prevent
that
from
happening.
We
put
in
these
15
minute
spaces,
they're
unmetered,
you
don't
even
have
to
pay
the
meter
you
just
pull
over.
Q
Q
So
we
did
not
include
2020
as
representative
of
the
bus
lane
impact,
but
yeah
we've
been
really
happy
with
the
results
so
far
in
the
bus
lane
section
from
east
7th
to
marlborough,
and
we
can
take
a
look
here
at
the
next
slide,
which
is
the
next
section
where
we
did
the
new
card
regulations,
and
you
know
no
major
surprises
here.
It's
approaching
the
really
congested
area
at
flatbush.
Q
We
continue
to
see
speed
decreases
here
on
the
bus,
almost
all
time
periods,
except
for
that
outlier
westbound
am
rush
and
you're,
not
exactly
sure
why
we've
seen
such
a
such
a
speed
increase
there.
I
think
part
of
that
just
has
to
do
with
the
buses
heading
westbound,
getting
through
all
the
congestion
heading
into
flatbush
avenue
and
then
heading
west.
Q
Q
So
yeah
just
a
summary
here
from
the
mta
perspective,
the
you
know
7th
street
tomorrow
road
with
the
bus
lanes,
we've
seen
faster
and
more
reliable
service
than
2019,
even
taking
out
2020
due
to
the
pandemic,
and
you
know
we'll
hook
to
look
to
may
2022
this
month
for
some
new
results.
So
we
can
report
back
to
you
soon
marlborough
to
flatbush,
where
the
just
did
the
curb
regulations.
We
are
still.
You
know
on
the
b35,
seeing
slower
speed
and
heavy
delays
and
congestion.
Q
P
Great,
thank
you
warren.
So
now
I'll
speak
to
the
15-minute
unmetered
parking
zones
that
we
put
in
east
of
east
16th
street.
So
we
did.
We
did
a
study
of
four
of
the
block
face
for
the
six
block
faces
where
we
put
in
the
15
minute
zones.
Here's
an
example
of
them
in
this
photograph
here.
So
this
is
church
avenue
and
east
18th
street
just
across
the
street,
from
the
q
train
station
and
what
you
can
see
is
you
know,
closest
closer
to
this
intersection.
P
You
know
we
chose
the
busiest
parts
of
the
block
that
had
the
most
double
parking
and
we
put
in
those
15-minute
unmetered
zones.
So
overall
we
saw-
and
there
was
a
lot
of
text
on
this
slide,
but
number
one.
On
average,
the
double
parking
decreased
on
two
blocks.
We
almost
completely
eliminated
double
parking,
which
is
just
a
really
impressive
thing.
Just
given
how
narrow
this
street
is
and
how
much
it
gums
things
up
when
a
vehicle
is
double
parked,
especially
a
truck.
The
other
two
blocks
actually
had
slight
increases.
P
We're
not
sure
why
that
is
we're
still
studying
that,
but
on
average
we
saw
a
sharp
reduction
in
double
parking
additionally,
on
all
four
of
those
blocks:
illegal
parking
that
is
parking
in
a
bus
stop
which
blocks,
which
you
know,
also
blocks
the
the
wheelchair
ramp
or
parking
in
a
hydrant
zone
which
has
its
own
safety
concerns.
All
of
that
decreased
as
well
on
all
four
blocks.
P
F
Yeah
thanks
sarah
appreciate
it
yeah.
So
just
we
just
wanted
to
remind
everybody
that
the
with
the
brooklyn
bus
network
redesign
is
certainly
still
out
there.
As
people
remember
before
the
pandemic,
we
were
really
going
full
full
speed
ahead.
We
just
released
the
existing
conditions
report,
the
early
part
of
2020.,
so
we
just
want
to
remind
everybody
that
you
know
we
are
going
to
be
revisiting
brooklyn
bus
network
redesign
very
shortly.
F
P
Service
is
very
unreliable
and
it's
getting
slower
over
time,
and
so
you
know
again,
there's
no
plans
at
this
time,
but
we
did
want
to
to
to
kind
of
convey
that
that
you
know
this
or
the
2019
project
that
we
did
made
some
improvements.
But
but
there's
still
there's
still,
you
know
a
need
to
improve
bus
service
and
make
and
make
church
avenue
work
better.
P
A
E
Thanks
barton,
yeah
thanks
so
much
for
the
presentation,
I
appreciate
the
well.
We
all
we
all
appreciate
the
update,
remembering
when
you
came
here,
I
guess
two
years
ago
or
so
and
three
years
ago
and
telling
us
about
the
proposal.
I
guess
my
experience
with
church
avenue,
I'm
personally
there
on
saturdays,
and
I
guess
from
my
standpoint
what
I
witness
is
that
buses
aren't
really
using
the
lanes
the
bus
lanes
between
at
least
between
coney
island
avenue
and
marlborough
they're.
E
Basically,
traffic
is
moving
very
well
on
saturdays
from
what
I
can
see
in
both
directions.
So
I'm
wondering,
if
there's
been
any
consideration,
to
scaling
back
the
bus
lanes
on
on
saturdays,
maybe
allowing
for
for
parking
if
that,
if
that's
been
studied
or
considered
just
because,
at
least
from
from
a
layman's
perspective,
you
know
just
being
being
on
church
avenue
on
saturdays,
the
bus
lane
just
doesn't
seem
to
be.
P
Thanks
for
that
question
steve,
so
we
can.
We
can
look
into
that
the
saturday
buzzfeed
data
in
particular,
and
we
can
get
back
to
you
on
that.
Do
you
mta
folks,
you
have
any
thoughts
on
this,
particularly
around
buses,
not
using
the
bus
lanes
and
and
reasons
why
that
might
be,
or
if
that's,
if
that's
an
issue
or
how
you
know
that
sort
of
thing.
A
P
We
haven't
actively
done
that.
I
mean
it's
mean
that
we
that
we
we
do
have
the
ability
to
do
that.
So
you
let
us
do
that.
We
can.
We
can
study
that
and
get
back
to
you.
We
do
have
access
to
that
data.
I
mean
on
the
whole,
you
know
and
again
this
is
a
pretty
standard,
bustling
design
that
we've
implemented
around
the
city
and,
on
the
whole
it
does.
A
P
Yeah,
it
is,
and
you
know
it
obviously,
it
varies.
Every
street
is
different,
but
but
yeah
the
improvements,
we're
seeing
that's
in
line
with
what
we
generally
see,
and
it's-
and
one
thing
I
also
want
to
note-
is
that
that's
that's
an
average,
but
not
only
does
it
make
the
buses
faster
on
average,
but
it
also
helps
to
make
that
travel
time
more
reliable,
whereas
if
a
buses
is
in
mixed
traffic,
you
know,
maybe
one
bus
gets
lucky,
it
doesn't
hit.
P
A
lot
of
traffic
doesn't
hit
a
lot
of
red
lights,
but
then
the
bus
behind
it
catches,
more
traffic
catches,
more
red
lights
and
that
lead
and
therefore
one
bus
is
moving
faster
than
the
other,
and
that
leads
to
what
we
call
bus
bunching,
where
you
have
two
or
three
buses
arrive
at
one
time
and
then
a
long
gap
until
the
next
one
comes.
That's
a
famous
concept.
A
P
A
R
P
P
And,
ultimately
you
know,
enforcement
is
up
to
the
nypd.
There
are
different
means
through
which
they
can
enforce
it,
but
the
bottom
line,
and
the
bottom
line
is
that
folks
overall
have
been
following
these
rules,
and
one
of
the
big
benefits
is
that
there
is
an
active
enforcement
presence
on
church
avenue,
with
officers
enforcing
the
meters
and
other
traffic
infractions
on
that
street.
S
Hey
thanks,
thank
you
guys
so
much
for
your
presentation.
I'm
a
pretty
frequent
b-35
writer
and
I
like
was
so
excited
when
the
lanes
went
in
and
then
I
gotta
say
a
little
bummed
because
I
get
stuck
when
they
stop
pretty
consistently,
and
I
was
wondering
I
know,
there's
a
bus
network
redesign,
which
is
an
entirely
different
set
of
issues.
S
But
I
was
wondering
kind
of
I
appreciated
so
much
how
fast
it
made
my
my
trip
from
sunset
park
going
this
way,
at
least,
if
there's
any
kind
of
like
feelings
or
plans
for
extending
it
down
that
busiest
section,
because
we
I
wait
with
like
75
people,
sometimes
in
the
morning
for
a
rush
hour
bus
and
it's
like
people
start
going
in
dollar,
cabs
and
stuff
and
taking
ubers.
It
gets
pretty
hairy.
So
I'm
wondering
if
you
guys
have
thought
kind
of
about
extending
it
and
what
the
feeling
is
about
that
thanks.
P
Sure
sure
so
I
spoke
to
this
a
little
bit
at
the
end
of
the
presentation,
but
so
to
be
clear,
we
have
no
plans
at
this
time.
What
we're
doing
is
you
know
my
my
team's
work
for
the
past
few
years
in
the
next
few
years.
Going
forward
is
we're
coordinating
with
the
mta,
so
the
mta
is
doing
their
bus
network
redesign
and
as
part
of
the
redesign-
and
I
know
my
colleague
andy
mentioned
this,
but
you
know
they'll
be
that
they'll
be
reviewing
and
working
with
us
as
well.
P
Mta
ndot,
reviewing
the
most
important
streets
to
invest
in
bus
priority
bus
priority
could
mean
bus
lanes
traffic
signal
timing,
improvements,
transit
signal
priority,
which
is
our
smart
signals
that
turn
red
lights
green
when
the
bus
light
when
the
bus
approaches
or
or
make
a
green
light
stay
green
longer
when
the
bus
approaches.
So
you
know
ultimately,
when
the
mta
does
you
know,
does
these
redesigned
studies,
they'll
be
identifying
corridors
and
then
in
turn
and
dot?
My
agency
will
start
working
with
the
community
to
develop
proposals.
P
I
Hello,
everyone.
Thank
you
very
much,
sarah
for
this
presentation
tonight
from
your
team.
I
was
wondering
it's
actually
just
a
request.
Would
you
mind
just
going
back
to
your
slide
about
the
the
performance?
Speed
result?
Performances,
yes,
especially
the
one
I
just
wanted
to
put
my
own
notes,
just
capture
the
increases
in
the
difference
in
and
increases
and
decreases
so
for
your.
Q
H
P
P
I
know
I
don't
know
community
board
if
you've
heard
things
from
business
owners,
but
I
will
say
overall,
if
I
get
back
to
back
to
these
maps.
You
know
again
when
we
put
these
when
we
were
first
planning
this
out
in
2019,
we
heard
a
number
of
times
about
concern
about
the
loss
of
those
part-time
parking
spaces,
which
is
why
we
added
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
spaces
were
still
available
right
around
the
corner
at
all
times,
but
but
yeah.
To
answer
your
question,
we
have
not
directly
studied
that.
B
J
A
B
Thank
you,
and
we
have
heard
from
those
merchants
and
they're,
and
they
they
continue
to
be.
A
lot
of
them,
continue
to
be
fairly
bitter
about
the
loss
of
opportunity
for
the
restaurants,
for
instance,
that
can
have
open
streets
for
restaurants
and
in
the
child
care
place
with
their
drop-offs.
So
I
would
just
encourage
direct
communication
with
the
church
avenue
bid,
which
is
run
by
lauren
collins.
I
think
you
all
know
her
in
order
to
get
a
feel
for
that,
to
you
know,
inform
future,
and
you
know
expansions
great.
Thank
you
very.
P
O
Hi,
so
you
know,
I
live
right
by
church
avenue
and
you
know
usually
when
I
I
don't
really
take
this
bus
much
anymore,
because
it's
still
very
slow
and
most
of
the
time
I
try
to
take
it
to
connect
the
subway,
and
so
you
know.
Unfortunately
it
was
a
10-minute
headway
and
you
know
10
minute
service
and
it
getting
clumped
kind
of
in
the
spots
without
the
bus
lane.
You
know
I
take
it
a
lot
less
than
I
would
really
like
to.
O
That
is
that
you
know
the
bus,
often
when
it
doesn't
take
the
bus
lane
it's
because
it
can
see
somewhere
a
few
blocks
ahead
that
there's
a
car
in
the
bus
lane
and
something
else
I've
observed
is
that
you
know
there
seems
you
know
there
are
these
lovely
like
loading
zones
and
metered
spaces,
and
you
know
a
lot
of
the
times.
I
see
cars
still
pull
up
in
front
of
a
business
really
quickly,
and
it's
just
very
confusing
to
me
because
you
know
these
blocks
are
really
short.
O
It's
not
too
far
to
walk
and
to
have
a
really
safe,
easy
spot
to
like
do,
drop
off
or
pick
up
unload,
any
sort
of
like
business
deliveries
or
so
on
and
so
forth.
But
I
guess
just
like
you
know.
From
that
perspective
I
guess
kind
of
like
what
can
we
do
to
like
make?
You
know
these
spaces
that
have
been
allocated
more
effective
so
that
the
bus
can
always
use
it
because
you
know
when
it
is
at
peak
rush
hour.
O
O
So
I
would
really
encourage
there
to
be
thought
into
expansion,
because
you
know
the
the
main
change
that
I've
really
observed
is
that
with
the
bus
lane,
when
someone
does
something,
you
know,
they're
not
double
parking
anymore,
they're,
just
illegally
kind
of
parking
in
the
bus
lane
and
if
they're
doing
a
quick
drop
off.
That's
great!
That's
fine,
as
you
mentioned,
but
sometimes
they're.
You
know
there
for
a
while,
and
you
know,
because
there's
just
not
too
many
buses,
the
the
camera.
The
current
camera
system
on
the
buses
don't
catch.
P
It's
like
when
you
have
a
curbside
bus
lane
per
state
law,
any
vehicle
can
pull
over
into
it
to
pick
somebody
up
or
drop
somebody
off
and
that
that's
that's
state
law
for
any
bus
lane
in
the
city
and-
and
you
know,
I
think
folks
often
argue
that
it's
important
from
an
accessibility
perspective,
if
you're
picking
up
or
dropping
off
a
senior
citizen,
for
example.
But
you
know
we
and
we
hear
you
a
lot
loud
and
clear.
P
O
P
For
sure
for
sure,
so
we
do,
we
do
have
some
on-street
cameras
that
are
currently
in
effect
on
this
corridor,
so
those
they're
not
on
every
block.
We
have
a
limited
number
that
we
can
deploy
city-wide
and
I
believe
that
that's
a
legislative
limit.
If
that
limit
changes
legislatively,
I
think
it
might
have
recently.
Actually
I
forgot,
but
but
you
know,
when
we're.
L
P
To
deploy
more
city-wide,
we
will
certainly
look
into
actually
putting
more
on
this
corridor
and
all
the
corridors
that
need
them
now,
the
the
on
bus
cameras,
that
is
an
mta
program,
mta
folks,
can
you
speak
to
that
at
all?
I
don't
know
if
that's
if
we
have
those
cameras
active
on
this
route
or
if
we
have
plans
to.
A
R
This
is,
this
is
just
another,
I
guess
a
response
to
the
question
that
was
raised
regarding
the
businesses
and-
and
that's
just
that.
I
think
that,
given
that
these
changes
were
implemented
right
about
the
same
time
that
you
know,
coven
struck
and
they've
just
been
so
many
other
changes.
That
may
be
a
little
bit
difficult
to
parse
out
what
you
know.
R
What,
specifically,
is
what
regarding
the
daycare
center
and
the
issue
of
drop-offs,
I
don't
know
whether
it's
possible
for
d.o.t
to
have
like
a
you
know,
a
brief.
You
know
period
of
time
where
there's
maybe
a
spot
or
two.
That's
like
voting
unloading
during
the
the
most
the
busiest
times
of
drop
off
and
pick
up
for
children.
L
P
Do
overlap
at
least
to
a
degree
with
the
rush
hours
for
traffic
and
for
the
and
for
bus
ridership,
and
so
you
know
it's
hard
to
it
becomes.
You
know
it's
kind
of
a
zero-sum
game
in
that
way
and
again,
that's
why
we
really
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
have
spaces
available
on
the
side
streets.
Additionally,
like
I
said
you
know,
any
vehicle
can
pull
over
in
into
and
use
the
bus
lane
and
stop
in
the
bus
lane
to
quickly
pick
up
or
drop
off
a
passenger.
P
I
A
A
A
T
Hello,
sorry,
I've
got
it
so
I
walk
by
this
bus
lane
pretty
frequently
and
I
feel,
like
I
often
see
delivery
vehicles,
especially
around
the
bq
station
right
at
east
18th,
and
it
often
feels
like
it's
many
of
the
same
vehicles.
So
I'm
wondering
if
you
are
working
with
the
delivery
companies
or
anything
like
that
to
try
to
like
blocking
the
bus
stops
themselves,
and
I
see
buses
unloading
in
the
streets.
T
I
wonder
if
you're
working
with
them
and
also
relatedly,
I
often
see
a
lot
of
double
parking
at
east
17th
like
that
wall
block
right
there.
I
understand
very
well
the
point
of
there's
not
a
lot
of
space,
it's
pretty
cramped,
but
it
it
feels
like
it's
ineffective.
It
feels
like
it
often
gets
practically
gridlocked
with
if
there's
buses
trying
to
move
to
those
directions-
and
I'm
wondering
if
you
have
thoughts
about
how
to
improve
those
specific
blocks.
P
Sure,
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
To
answer
your
first
question.
Working
with
delivery
companies,
so
we
do
dot,
has
a
whole
department
that
focuses
on
freight
mobility
and
and
they
do
coordinate
directly
with
the
industry
and
with
specific
trucking
companies.
I
mean.
Ultimately,
it's
really
challenging.
You
know
if
I'm
a
delivery
driver,
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna,
do
what
I
need
to
do
and
risk
a
ticket
to
get
my
job
done
quickly,
and
I
think
that's
that's.
P
The
the
unfortunate
reality
is
like
when
you're
working
on
narrow
streets
that
that's
kind
of
how
it
how
it
pans
out
and
again,
that's
why
we
try
to
you
know
as
an
agency
dot,
we
try
to
create
opportunities
for
vehicles
to
park
legally
at
the
curb
and
try
to
discourage
double
parking
using
both
carrots
and
sticks
and
we're
gonna
keep
trying
to
do
that
on
church
avenue
and
on
other
streets
as
well
for
east
17th
street.
That
block
that's
definitely
a
really
busy
block.
I
we
can.
Let's
we'll
look
deeper
into
that.
P
I
mean
it's
really
challenging
because
you
have
the
subway
station.
Obviously
there's
a
ton
of
drop-off
activity,
ubers
dollar
cabs!
You
know
people
jumping
off
their
relatives
in
their
own
cars.
You
name
it,
but
thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you
for
it
for
the
intel
on
that,
though,
we'll
look
into
the
gridlock
there
and
see
if
we
can
do
anything.
R
U
To
flatbush
still
seems
like
quite
a
bottleneck,
and
I
feel
like
every
time
I
walk
through
there.
I
see
several
double
parked
cars
and
kind
of,
especially
that
section
of
the
it's
kind
of
like
17th
street
to
east,
the
17th
east
19
seems
especially
bad
pretty
often
and
like.
I
understand
that
making
larger
changes
here
will
take
a
while
and
probably
needs
to
wait
on
the
the
network
redesign,
but
it
seems.
L
U
The
the
that
dot
could
still
have
a
lot
of
leeway
here
to
continue
experimenting
with
the
parking
regulations
on
these
blocks,
especially
given
the
success
of
the
15
minute
zones.
It
sounds
like
they
have
made
it
better
than
it
was
before,
and
I
I'm
guessing
that
it's
the
kind
of
the
blocks
of
the
edges
of
this
area,
where
they
actually
decrease
double
parkings.
I
feel
like
west
of
kind
of
that,
the
the
the
edges
of
here
it's
not
quite
as
bad
as
it
used
to
be.
So
I
wonder.
V
U
U
K
U
P
Sure,
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
You
know,
and
I
appreciate
again,
I'm
writing
all
this
down,
and
I
appreciate
all
of
this
all
of
your
comments
tonight
and-
and
yes
certainly,
you
will,
I
think
I
think,
for
we.
Certainly
there
certainly
is
room
for
improvement
both
both
in
terms
of
like
this
incremental
stuff,
with
curb
regulations,
as
well
as
potentially
bigger
things
in
the
longer
term
and
we'll
see
what
we
can
do
in
that
regard.
We
definitely
as
soon
as
our
team
is
able
to
get
to
it.
P
We
want
to
do
it
again.
We
know
that
church
avenue
is
a
really
important
street
and
we
know
that
the
bus-
and
I
I
spent
enough
time
myself
just
out
on
this
corridor
for
this
project,
riding
this
bus
back
and
forth,
watching
traffic
walking
it
back
and
forth
different
times
a
day
different
days
of
the
week.
It's
it's
still.
It's
still
pretty
bad
here,
east
of
16th
street
for
sure,
and
so
we
definitely
want
to
do
something
as
soon
as
we
can
in
terms
of
the
the
adding
more
muted
parking
on
side
streets.
P
We'll
definitely
look
into
that.
My
recollection
from
a
couple
years
ago
is,
I
thought
that
for
the
most
part
there
is
metered
parking
on
the
side
streets.
The
bigger
question
is:
how
deep
do
we
want
to
go
onto
the
side
streets
you
know
like.
Traditionally,
we
have
largely
kept
the
metered
parking
only
on
the
side
of
the
corner
building,
but
you
know
there
there
might
be
there
might
be.
You
know,
room
to
expand
that
that
might
make
that
might
make
sense.
So
look
into
that,
we
appreciate
it.
A
L
It
is
not
uncommon
to
find
that
driveways
get
blocked
as
they
try
to
in
anticipation
capture,
not
just
the
loading
zone
but
above
and
forces
the
the
more
transient
parking
further
down,
and
also
there
was
a
note
about.
I
arrived
late,
so
many
apologies,
it's
very
intere,
interesting
and
I'm
so
happy.
I
was
able
to
to
attend
this,
but
that
said,
there's
there
was
a
note
in
the
comments
on
one
of
these
slides
that
said
con.
It's
the
one!
L
There's
no
parking
on
the
other
side
for
her
to
board
the
lirr
go
into
atlantic
and
back
up
into
the
mta
system
and
then
walk
two
blocks
or
whatever
it
is.
So
I'm
not
sure
that
the
15
minute,
I
think
there
would
be
a
lot
of
pushback
from
some
neighbors.
The
hour
seems
to
be
more
reasonable,
but
you
know,
as
far
as
congestion
goes,
it
is
congested.
L
I
originally
wanted
to
mention
one
thing
and
then
get
off,
because
I
know
that
there
is
agenda
other
agenda
items
and-
and
I
don't
want
to
run
this
too
long-
the
some
of
the
larger
companies
do
do
their
deliveries
by
advance
time,
so
they'll
give
a
birth
for
like
walmart.
Does
this
other
large
chains
do
this
at
their
distribution
centers
as
well?
As
god
bless
you
other
places.
L
A
P
P
You
know,
as
I
think,
as
we
discussed
earlier,
there
is
certainly
some
demand
to
increase
the
availability
of
metered
parking
in
general,
we're
not
particularly
enthusiastic
about
putting
it
in
front
of
residences
for
obvious
reasons,
which
is
why
we
generally
don't
do
that.
But
you
know,
certainly
if
you
know.
P
A
W
W
Hi,
so
I
I
I
wanted
to
just
mention.
You
know
that
urban
design
is
really
a
kind
of
compact
group
of
of
designers
within
a
larger
group
and
certainly
a
large
agency,
and
although
our
tentacles
kind
of
move
out
very
widely
among
different
units-
and
I
I
always
like
to
start
off
with
the
the
statistic
that
you
know
our
real
estate-
that
we
work
with
at
dot
is
26,
almost
26
or
7
of
the
city's
land
mass,
which
is
pretty
significant.
W
Our
urban
design
is,
as
I
mentioned,
is
part
of
a
larger
unit
called
cityscape
and
franchises,
which
really
handles
the
the
city's
coordinated
street
furnishings
like
the
bus
shelters
as
well
as
city
bike,
and
also
remote,
revocable
consents,
which
is
consent
for
for
private
structures
on
public
right-of-way.
But
our
mission
at
urban
design
really
is
to
align.
You
know
the
the
state-of-the-art
kind
of
design
principles
with
the
agency
and
city's
policies
and
to
really
advance
context
of
neighborhood
and
pedestrian
friendly
and
dynamic
streetscapes.
W
We're
also
focused
on
really
developing
area-wide
plans
for
communities
and
coordinating
with
multiple
agencies
and
really
more
and
more
so.
Our
focus
is
to
really
foster
environmental,
stewardship
and
social
equity
and
economic
viability
in
in
all
the
projects
that
we
work
on
and
the
agency
is
involved
in.
We
essentially
at
urban
design
have
two
main
functions.
W
One
it's
is
kind
of.
We
are
the
liaison
for
the
public
design,
commission,
landmarks,
preservation,
commission,
and
we
we
interact
very
closely
with
other
our
sister
agencies
on
a
number
of
projects
and
we're
basically
also
stewards
of
the
street
design
manual,
which
we
publish
periodically,
and
we
also
do
get
our
are
involved
in
design
services
and
project
management,
in-house
design
and
managing
a
lot
of
our
larger
scale,
capital
projects
and
intermittently.
W
We
we
do
initiate
programs
as
as
they
arise
as
and
as
needs
arise,
so
I'll
go
through
some
of
that.
One
of
the
main
elements-
and
it's
it's
really.
The
the
compendium
of
street
design
in
new
york
city
for
dot,
is
the
street
design
manual
and
it's
it's
online.
The
first
edition
was
in
2009
it's
now
since
2013
mandated
by
city
council
legislation
for
updates,
and
we
now
have
it
online.
As
I
said
since
2019.
W
We're
also
very
much
involved,
as
I
mentioned,
with
interagency
and
intra-agency
reviews
and
and
the
approvals
process
with
the
public
design,
commission
and
the
landmarks
preservation
commission.
Some
of
the
typical
projects
are
our
major
capital
projects,
streetscapes
and
plazas
bridges,
pedestrian
bridges
and
and
bridges
are
over
rivers.
We
also
manage
a
lot
of
the
private
applications
that
come
to
the
agency
that
are
in
on
a
dot
right-of-way.
A
lot
of
this.
W
We
also
manage
projects
like
the
furnishings,
our
wayfinding,
distinctive
sidewalks
and
other
kind
of
guidelines,
and
very
significantly
distinctive
lighting.
I
know
there's
mm
poles
on
church
avenue
and
flatbush,
just
as
there
are
bishops
crook
on
new
kirk
street.
So
we
manage
that
and
work
very
closely
with
the
with
our
street
lighting
division
and
working
on
the
plans
and
and
securing
reviews
and
approvals
by
the
public
design
commission.
W
Just
following
some
of
the
principles
I
mean
queens
boulevard
is
one
of
our
great
streets
that
is
being
redesigned
with
the
the
foremost
goal
to
to
create
safety
along
a
rather
treacherous
stretch
of
this.
The
boulevard-
and
you
know
we
really
look
to
the
coordination
among
consultants
and
our
other
colleagues
about
the
design
and
how
the
look
and
feel
of
that
for
pedestrians
and
cyclists,
as
well
as
motorists
and
residents.
W
W
Also
I
mentioned
sustainability
and
resiliency.
I
mean
we
really
have
been
working
for
the
past
decade,
on
on
best
practices
of
of
tree
plantings
and
shared
tree
beds
and
bio
swells
and
working
with
our
sister
agencies
on
on
these
efforts.
City-Wide
as
well
vibrancy
is
really
important.
This
is
really
a
sea
change
in
the
past,
a
decade
or
so
in
in
how
we
use
our
streets
and
create
pedestrian
and
public
plazas,
employing
not
only
seeding
and
vegetation,
but
also
art
in
it.
W
A
neighborhood
context,
as
I
said,
is,
is
key
to
some
of
the
designs
and
so
and
what
drives
a
lot
of
our
units
review
of
of
the
projects,
especially
with
regard
to
the
approvals
process
with
the
public
design.
Commission
landmarks
preservation.
Commission:
this
is
that
astor
place.
I
mentioned
cost
effectiveness
and
maintainability.
W
W
W
One
of
them
is
in
downtown
rockaway,
which
really
is
a
major
reconstruction
of
the
the
streets
system
in
the
the
downtown
which
spurred
you
know,
a
whole
rezoning
and
a
number
of
four
affordable
housing
units-
and
I
I
I
will
just
mention
I
was
out
there
this
yesterday-
it
we're
we're
in
the
process
of
construction,
it's
it's
a
whole
construction
site
and
I've
never
seen
downtown
transform
right
in
front
of
our
eyes.
This
was
a
a
parking
lot.
W
W
We've
also
really
concentrated
in
a
number
of
locations
around
the
city
on
streetscape
design,
plans
that
are
comprehensive.
This
one
is
in
jamaica,
downtown,
jamaica
and
really
I
identified
through
a
very
extensive
outreach
process,
five
or
six
focus
areas
for
redesign
and
reconstruction
and
we're
working
on
that
right
now.
W
I
don't
think
cb14
has
has
this
there's
certainly
infrastructure,
but
we're
looking
at
it
from
a
very
comprehensive
standpoint.
Citywide,
if
I
can,
and
and
looking
at
some
ways
of
developing
a
new
standards
and
design
components
that
could
be
inserted
incrementally
to
improve
the
spaces,
including
lighting,
which
is
a
key
element
of
these
spaces.
Some
green
infrastructure,
a
fencing
and
some
new
on
the
right
hand,
side
called
cdl
a
transit
furnishing.
W
A
Thanks
so
much,
I
appreciate
it
as
a
former
chair
of
the
community
environment
committee,
your
world
sort
of
bridges,
those
two
halves
of
my
involvement
in
the
community
board,
so
I'm
just
particularly
keen
on
it.
So
sean,
I
believe
you
have
a
hand
up
and
then
florencia
is
your
hand
up
from
previous
question
or
for
a
new
question.
B
Okay,
thank
you
barton,
and
I
really
thank
you
neil
for
that
presentation.
It's
it's
really
interesting
and
I
first
of
all
you
said
plaza
so
that's
music
to
my
ears,
and
you
know
hope
that
you
could
think
about
newkirk
plaza
as
much
as
I
do,
and
then
you,
you
also
mentioned
median
maintenance
that
you
have
median
maintenance,
and
this
is
sort
of
an
issue.
B
I've
gone
back
and
forth
with
d.o.t
on
that
there's
some
belief
that
parks
is
maintaining
the
pedestrian
islands
in
our
district
and
parks
is,
is
pretty
adamant
that
they
are
not
doing
so
and
then
we
talk
about
dsny
and
they
pull
out
the
leventhal
agreement,
and
so
we're
really
stuck.
We
even
have
people
on
this
call
right
now
that
volunteered
to
go
out
and
maintain
them.
But
you
know,
residents
with
weed
whackers
in
the
middle
of
traffic
makes
me
worry
in
a
few
different
ways.
B
B
W
W
Which
has
spent
most
of
my
career
at
you
know
in
the
city,
and
I
think
that
really
is
that
the
genesis
of
the
you
know
the
median
maintenance
program
and
and
why?
Because,
as
we
were
doing,
you
know
much
more
varied
and
green
streets,
you
know
over
the
past
decade,
you
know
we.
We
we
all
collectively
internally,
acknowledge
that
we
really
have
have
to
up
our
game
in
how
we
do
it
and
we
can't
leave
it
all
to
to
parks
for
every
living
thing.
And
I
I
me
nick.
V
Yeah
sure
hi
this
is
nick
fednati
hope
you
can
all
hear
me.
Okay
on
my
headphones,
but
yeah.
So
we
started
the
landscape
maintenance
program
at
got
really
in
concert
with
our
vision,
zero,
great
streets,
investments
to
take
care
of
of
long
corridors
and
really
make
it.
So
there
was
an
opportunity
to
even
include
green
space
in
the
first
place.
You
know
it's
that
constant
battle
is
like.
If
there's
no
one
to
take
care
of
it,
should
we
even
do
it
in
the
first
place,
if
we
all
felt.
L
V
Was
really
important
to
make
sure
these
were
truly
great
streets?
We
do
have
now
in
place
two
borough-wide
contracts,
one
for
brooklyn
and
one
for
the
bronx
we're
working
on
a
third
for
queens
as
we
we
continue
to
roll
out
some
capital
investments
there,
and
so
those
contracts
are
in
place.
We
have
a
landscape
contractor
that
visits
our
our
division,
zero,
great
street
slice
regularly,
and
we
do
constantly
work
with
our
borough
commissioner's
office
to
address
issues
that
come
up
at
various
locations
through
throughout
the
borough.
K
L
V
At
the
same
time,
you
know
the
the
spaces
that
are
the
most
successful
are
the
ones
that
around
them
really
care
about.
So
we
want
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
make
that
work
so
yeah
in
the
short
term,
please
let
us
know
those
locations
more
specifically
we're
happy
to
take
a
closer
look
and,
and
we're
happy
to
continue
to
work
on
the
long-term,
solid
maintenance
solution.
A
J
W
I
I
I
can
mention
that
we
at
urban
design
had
launched
a
called
a
healthy
corridor
study
to
try
to
really
look
at
the
multiple
factors
that
contribute
to
the
health
or
unhealthiness
of
corridor
citywide,
and
really
try
to
prioritize
and
systematize
that.
So
I
think
there
are
a
lot
of.
There
are
a
lot
of
studies.
You
know
germinating
and
and
coalescing
that
really
are
trying
to
grapple
at
that
question.
W
W
You
know
and
citywide
it's
going
to
have
to
be
answered
much
more
comprehensively
and
I
think
there
are
a
number
of
studies
and
activities
and
and
and
approaches
that
that
are
really
grappling
at
that,
and
I
think
it's
also
important
for
neighborhoods
and
community
boards,
in
particular
to
really
contribute
to
that.
You
know
that
vision.
B
A
Great
thanks
sean
I
see
and
good
at
as
your
hand
up
before
I
call
on
you,
though,
sean
has
drawn
attention
to
me.
The
fact
that
commissioner
claudette
workman,
who
is
dot's
deputy
borough
commissioner
for
brooklyn,
has,
I
think,
been
with
us
for
the
entire
meeting,
and
I
want
to
say
I'm
really
appreciative
of
that
and
extend
the
offer
to
you
now.
If
you'd
care,
to
make
a
comment
or
two.
G
L
Speaking
for
myself,
I
can
say
it
was
well
received.
I'd
like
to
just
bring
up
some
shared
spaces,
perhaps-
and
I'm
curious,
if
there's
any
way
that
you
could
perhaps
include
consideration
of
partnering
with
other
agencies
to
address
some
issues
which
have
d.o.t
certainly
involved
as
well
as
parks
and
other
things.
So
we
you
mentioned
in
your
presentation,
bios,
wells
and
so
forth,
which
you
know
certainly
help.
And
yes,
your
point
about
maintenance
was
dually
noted,
so
I'm
happy
you've
got
some
contracts
on
them,
but
going
back
to
flooding.
J
W
I
I
may
ask
nick
to
talk
a
little
more
specifically,
and,
but
I
think,
without
what
I
pulled
up,
is
something
that
we
have
been
working
on
as
as
far
as
a
design
element
that
actually
it
it.
It
emanated
out
of
the
dep
bioswell
standard
that
was
developed,
but
hudson
square
bid
in
manhattan
really
kind
of
further
developed
this.
This
share
tree
bed
with
per
with
structural
soil
underneath
and
permeable
pavers.
So
there
are
are
things
that
we
are
pushing
forward.
W
We
it's
it's
actually
writ
large
in
the
downtown,
far
rockaway
plan
as
well
and
in
the
construction,
and
we're
we're
trying
to
move
this
as
as
forward
as
as
a
kind
of
new
standard
for
situations
like
that.
One
of
the
things,
as
you
mentioned,
is
maintenance
right
now
we're
at
the
at
the
point.
Where
parks,
you
know,
certainly
has
stewardship
over
the
tree
beds,
but
not
these
permeable,
pavers
and
structural
soil.
W
You
know
city
wide,
so
I
think
we're
you
know.
I
think
I
think
it's
fair
to
say
we
need
to
all
work
together
just
to
to
kind
of
raise
the
bar
of
these
kind
of
treatments
in
appropriate
areas
that
that
might
benefit
you
know,
communities
and
locations
that
you're
talking
about.
I
don't
know
nick
v,
if
you
wanted
to
add
any
anything
to
that.
Actually.
A
W
A
A
Let
us
know
what
you
had
decided,
not
so
much
asking
for
our
input
before
you
made
the
decision.
So
in
future,
anything
you
all
can
do
to
kindly
get
the
neighborhood's
input
before
anything
is
cast
in
stone
or
tarmac
or
asphalt.
It
would
be
very
much
appreciated.
So
with
that
again,
I
really
do.
Thank
you
all.
For
your
time
the
presentation
has
been
great
and
thanks
again.
A
D
A
J
J
J
A
A
presentation
that
I
think
the
neighborhood
would
enjoy
having
more
of
an
opportunity
to
get
into,
and
I
don't
know
what
your
schedule
would
be,
but
maybe
if
you
just
gave
a
quick
blurb
on
it
now,
and
maybe
we
actually
put
you
on
the
agenda
for
next
month,
so
you
can
actually
have
the
time
to
get
feedback
and
you
know
fill
in
blanks
which
which
works
for
you
and
sean.
Do
you
have
a
thought.
M
Right
through
them
I'll
give
the
high
level
updates
for
working
with
an
organization
called
dollar
ride,
which
is
founded
in
2018
they're,
really
trying
to
start
to
formalize.
This
informal
mode
of
transportation
and
they've
have
gone
through
a
couple
of
pilot
programs
right
now
they
are
in
the
process.
They've
been
named
as
a
finalist
for
the
nyserda
clean
neighborhood
challenge,
so
that
would
enable
dollar
ride
to
put
electric
vehicles
and
parts
of
the
outer
boroughs,
particularly
along
routes
on
in
routes
along
flatbush
and
utica
avenue.
M
M
D
A
You
just
totally
spooked
me
when
I
saw
this
really
fancy
well
put
together,
presentation
pop
up
on
the
screen
and
all
of
a
sudden.
I
know
all
my
committee
members
are
just
already
headed
for
the
door,
so
I
really
appreciate
your
indulgence
on
that
and
especially
if
you're
looking
for
a
vote
of
support,
I
would
like
to
indeed
put
you
on
as
a
separate
agenda
item
so
that
people
have
the
time
to
ask
questions
and
we
can
formulate
a
motion.
So
that's
great
and
thanks
thank.
A
Not
a
problem,
my
last
bit
of
new
business
was
a
quick
report
on
the
interborough
express
we,
we
being
quite
a
good
force
from
cb14
sean
joanne,
myself
and
steve
all
attended
this
briefing
from
the
mta
and
I'll,
probably
just
repeat
this
anyway,
at
the
full
board
meeting.
So
I'm
just
going
to
give
some
very
brief
highlights
the
most
important
one
is.
They
themselves
admitted
that
the
planning
for
the
inner
borough
express,
which
you
probably
know,
is
going
to
run
from
bay
ridge
to
jackson
heights.
A
It's
years
off
briefly
right
now,
they're
at
the
stage
where
they're
trying
to
decide
between
three
choices,
which
would
be
normal
rail
light
rail
or
an
express
bus
service
to
run
along
the
freight
lines
which
currently
cut
this
arc
between
brooklyn
and
queens
it.
This
to
me
was
the
most
interesting.
It
has
a
potential
for
connecting
17
different
subway
lines,
whether
or
not
that
actually
comes
to
fruition
is
still
as
if
you
haven't
determined,
but
that's
kind
of
intriguing,
and
they
predict
that
80
thousand
riders
would
use
it
every
weekday.
A
E
E
M
Sure
that's
a
great
question.
Unfortunately,
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
specifics
right
now.
This
proposal
is
going
into
nyserda
we're
a
finalist
right
now
and
they're
going
to
be
choosing
three
out
of
six
proposals
to
move
forward
with
funding.
So
I
think
that
the
timeline
will
be
more
clear
once
the
funding
gets
awarded.
E
Don't
maybe
a
dumb
ques
follow-up
question,
but
are
there
electric
car
companies
that
you
know
have
unveiled
electric
van
models?
I'm
I'm
an
electric
car
owner,
but
I'm
not
so
familiar
with
the
with
the
with
the
van
with
with
vans.
So
I
just
don't
know
the
timing
in
terms
of
when
those
when
those
vehicles
will
be
on
the
market,
how
much
they'd
cost
and
what
what
the
range
might
be.
M
K
A
If
there
are
any
other
questions,
feel
free
to
raise
your
hand
now
sean
anybody,
if
not
then
I'll
put
us
all
out
of
our
misery
and
say
that
the
meeting
is
concluded
that,
according
to
my
machine
here,
822-
and
thank
you
all
for
having
stuck
it
out
to
the
very
end
here
and
I
think
we
gather
a
lot
of
important
information
and
a
lot
of
good
input
from
the
community
and
the
board.
So
thanks
very
much
and
see
you
next
time.