“Part of it is, people don’t like anything new,” she said. “New is bad. It’s like Atlantic Yards. And dogs off leash. Like there’s nothing else wrong with the world.”Except a bike lane, aimed in part at traffic calming, is not so much like a project that would increase traffic.
And a good number of those supporting the bike lane, such as the organization Park Slope Neighbors, don't support Atlantic Yards.
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Here's a difference:
ReplyDeleteAtlantic Yards: The government takes away its citizens' private property, throwing them out of their owned homes, to give the properties to someone else, a very rich man who will use the sites as a parking lot for many years until he decides to build something else.
PPW bike lane: The government changes the parking configuration on a public street.