Fingers crossed that this city drags its feet, the #BQE becomes "irreparably damaged", and then they close it down forever with no replacement planned.
Mayor Adams is running out of time to repair the crumbling triple-cantilevered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway under tony Brooklyn Heights, setting up the potential for “catastrophic” dam…
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) unveiled its first draft of design possibilities for the reconstruction of the “Central” portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) at a standing-room-only meeting held in Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday night. BQE Central is the decrepit section of the highway running from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street, […]
I'm still thinking about this. Last year, this stretch of highway was 3 lanes. The traffic flowed through quickly and smoothly. Then, DOT decreased it to two lanes and a shoulder. Now, traffic comes to a standstill approaching and in this stretch of road, leading to increased idling and exhaust, wasted fuel and vehicle wear.
There's some idiocy involved in the idea that tearing down the highway will make the traffic disappear. All of those cars will wind up on local roads, take longer to travel the same distance, creating more air pollution, to get from one stretch of highway to the next.
#nyc #brooklyn #bqe #highways #transit
City stalls BQE plans to conduct traffic study on number of lanes | amNewYork
https://www.amny.com/transit/city-stalls-bqe-plans-to-conduct-traffic-study-on-number-of-lanes/
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