Safer Streets on Vanderbilt Avenue

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To:  Councilmember Letitia James, Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries, State Senator Eric Adams, Community Board 8 Chairperson Robert Matthew, Councilmember David Yassky, Councilmember Bill deBlasio, Councilmember John Liu, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowit

On Monday April 28th, NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan officially launched the City's Sustainable Streets plan. It kicked off with Safety, and as the plan articulates: "Safety is the first priority for any transportation system." In her presentation, she also discussed Manhattan's Ninth Avenue Class I protected bike lane, and called it "the gold standard." That protected bike lane is safer for bicyclists, motorists, and pedestrians alike.

Simultaneously, Brooklyn's Vanderbilt Avenue is undergoing a complete renovation from Atlantic Avenue to Grand Army Plaza. The design has been approved by the City and by CB8 and the renovations are underway. We are gracious that bike lanes were included in the design. However, these are on-street, unprotected bike lanes. In other words, these are dangerous and thus NOT the gold standard.

We, the undersigned, therefore demand a redesign to include protected bike lanes (either on opposite sides of the Avenue, or immediately adjacent to each other, on one side of the street.)

We realize that a redesign to include protected bike lanes would delay the project. However, considering the painfully slow rate for infrastructure repair and upgrade, we believe it is worth the wait.

We respectfully ask you to do all that you can to ensure that Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn has the safest bicycle lanes possible. We deserve no less.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Safer Streets on Vanderbilt Avenue Petition to Councilmember Letitia James, Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries, State Senator Eric Adams, Community Board 8 Chairperson Robert Matthew, Councilmember David Yassky, Councilmember Bill deBlasio, Councilmember John Liu, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowit was created by and written by Michael Kodransky (vanderbiltavenue@gmail.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.