Key-Recognition-7190 t1_j3492w2 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 11:01 PM

Reply to comment by kolt54321 in Traffic study by former head of NYC DOT reveals what he says is ultimate cause of congestion by HEIMDVLLR

That's absolutely cute if you think that a major highway going directly through the Neighborhood of gods chosen people is going to happen.

I agree it should happen but we all know it isn't. There's a reason its 25 mph.

kolt54321 t1_j34ad0q wrote on January 5, 2023 at 11:09 PM

I don't like what you're suggesting. The Jewish people there would love to have an actual highway instead of a 25mph crawl.

It's not even Jewish until like Ave J.

Key-Recognition-7190 t1_j34bq7g wrote on January 5, 2023 at 11:18 PM

Ocean Parkway is like the Queensblvd of Brooklyn in terms of road fatalities, that is what alluding to regarding the 25 speed limit.

As for the Jewish slant a major throughfair would decimate land value on top of literally slicing the neighborhood in half.

If Ocean parkway becomes Ocean expressway you CANNOT have pedestrian crossings.

kolt54321 t1_j34eu3s wrote on January 5, 2023 at 11:38 PM

You can definitely have pedestrian crossings. Just have them go over the highway like every other highway out there.

"30 minutes drive into the city" is a powerful attractor. Every single building on Ocean Parkway is an apartment building, not a house.

Key-Recognition-7190 t1_j34fv0t wrote on January 5, 2023 at 11:44 PM

For bridge crossings to support trucks they would have to be at certain height and to preserve the current street there would need to be many thats expensive but doable ill admit.

However that 30 minutes to Manhattan pitch doesn't hold up to the reality that is the Hellish Fort Hamilton Gowan merge. Also immediate behind the apartments are mostly houses.

kolt54321 t1_j34gu1h wrote on January 5, 2023 at 11:50 PM

Agreed on both points. I'm just thinking that the bike lanes they have between the main lanes and service roads already solve half the battle.

It could also be spun as avoiding fatalities altogether. It would definitely need investment for the bridges (and restructuring the service road into a ramp) but honestly not much compared to other highways out there.