The results of a two-month-long survey of North Brooklyn by the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) points to widespread support for the city’s Open Streets program, despite some resident pushback.
Out of the 1,642 submissions, more than three out of four respondents said they would like to use the Open Streets for “strolling” in the future, said Kyle Gorman, a representative of the DOT who presented the survey results during a community feedback session…
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“The most thorough and engaged process….” What a joke. How is 1600 out of 115,000 thorough and considered “widespread support”. Most people still don’t know they’re about to be Columbused by a bunch of bros under the guise of building a “safer community”. Call it what it is, whiny entitled privileged dudes who want their own personal bicycle highways. Wanna build safer communities go to Brownsville or East NY.