Monday PM Linkage

1.

someone at the MTA really needs to address the congestion at the bedford/N7th exit. A start would be to make one side of the street the entrance and the other side the exit from the subway instead of the mess we have now everytime a train discharges its load

2.

How does this Williamsburg plan to widen sidewalks help pedestrians on this congested corner?

Taking space reserved for 4-wheel vehicles and handing it over to 2-wheel vehicles, does not help overcrowding for pedestrians.

Transportation Alternatives complains about private 4-wheel vehicles taking up space on public streets. So what is their brilliant soluntion?

Spend tens of thousands of dollars to widen a congested sidewalk, create dust and noise and disruption, and hand the reclaimed public space to cyclists to park their private 2-wheel vehicles!

This plan makes no sense.

3.

^ The article says they are widening the sidewalk, didn't you read that? It's also on the blueprint.

4.

#3 - i can't tell exactly from the drawing, but it appears they are installing bike racks in the extension. see the dimensions? it's hard to tell, so i clicked through to the streetsblog post, and there are several comments explaining/speculating that the bike parking is in the extension (also many commenters lamenting they are spending the money on expanding the sidwewalk and curb instead of just plunking the racks into the street, thereby saving money and/or (intentionally or unintentionally) making a statement).

5.

Now that I am looking closer, it would appear as if what I thought were indents into the curb that would be reclaimed, are not what I thought, I stand corrected. I'm guessing that by organizing the bike racks and installing them on the extension, they won't clog up the pedestrian portion of the sidewalk?

6.

Encouraging people to ride bikes to the subway discourages use of cars, Johnny.