Get Brooklynian.com by Email! 
Grab the Feed (RSS)
Join Us for a Community Meeting:
Neighborhood Slow Zones and
Safer Local Streets
Saturday, January 21, 2012, 11:45 a.m.
Congregation Beth Elohim | 274 Garfield Place (at Eighth Avenue)
Want to know more about Neighborhood Slow Zones?
The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council recently announced it is working with other community groups in Prospect Heights to apply for a Neighborhood Slow Zone a NYC Department of Transportation program that reduces speed limits from 30 mph to 20 mph within a select area and adds safety measures in order to change driver behavior. Many residents have already signed our petition in support of the effort.
Slow Zones are new to New York City, but not to other parts of the world, where their implementation has successfully reduced traffic deaths and serious accidents. How do Slow Zones work? What have we learned from other slow zones in Hoboken and NYC's first slow zone in the Bronx? Why does a Slow Zone make sense for Prospect Heights? Take part in this important and informative discussion with elected officials and neighborhood leaders.
Read about NYC's first Slow Zone in the Bronx here.
Sponsors:
Councilmember Letitia James * Councilmember Brad Lander
Councilmember Stephen Levin * Park Slope Civic Council* P.S. 10 * Park Slope Neighbors
Park Slope Parents * Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council