Your Input is Needed for CB6 Bike Survey!

The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway is Coming!

Your Input is Needed for CB6 Bike Survey! The article below is from the April 2010 issue of The Sixth Sense, the monthly newsletter of Brooklyn Community Board 6, serving the neighborhoods of Carroll Gardens/South Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Columbia Street Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope and Red Hook. Making Bicycling Safer, Easier and More Pleasant In June 2009, the Department of Transportation completed the City's ambitious goal of building 200 bike-lane miles in all 5 boroughs in just three years, nearly doubling the city-wide on-street bike network while reshaping the city's streets to make them safer for everyone who uses them. The same period also saw unprecedented expansion and innovation of the overall network, including the installation of 4.9 miles of bike paths physically separated from car traffic lanes, 20 sheltered bike parking structures and 3,100 bike racks, accompanied by a more than 45% growth in commuter cycling in that time. What didn't make headlines at least not until now is that Brooklyn CB6 is leading the way with roughly 12 of those new bike-lane miles toward the City's 200 miles added right here in our district. Just recently, the department announced a plan to add yet another 1.7 bike-lane miles on Smith and Hoyt Streets, and dozens of new bicycle rack installations coming to the district. And we can do even better! We have set up a short, online survey that will help us continue to plan and advocate for safer, easier and more pleasant bicycling within and through our district. Results will be reported back to the CB6 Transportation committee, and in a future newsletter issue. Won't you please take 5 minutes to share your opinions with us?