PPW Bike Lane Improvements Unanimously Approved by CB6

There is one place you’ll find no fighting over the controversial Prospect Park West bike lane – Brooklyn’s Community Board 6.

 Last night, the community board’s Transportation and Public Safety, Environmental Protection and Permits and Licenses Committees all voiced unanimous approval for improvements to the bike lane, which were recommended by the Department of Transportation.

 Among the improvements approved by CB6 were plans to raise pedestrian safety islands, install rumble strips near crosswalks, modify the loading zones at Ninth Street and narrow the buffer between the bike lane and parking near Grand Army Plaza.

The committees stipulated that the DOT should conduct a thorough survey of the accidents and injuries along the thoroughfare for a minimum of three years, presenting the results of the survey to the community annually. They also called for efforts to restore some of the parking spaces along the avenue that are now taken up by the pedestrian island and an aesthetic for the pedestrian islands that would better reflect the street’s historic character and efforts to restore some of the parking spaces along the avenue that are now taken up by the pedestrian islands.

The vote was taken after a public community board hearing on bike lanes, which drew both friends and foes of the lanes to voice their opinions on the now notorious Prospect Park West lanes.

The full board will vote on the resolution at the next general board meeting, on April 13.