Dean & Bergen Streets
Comments (1079)
Comments (1079)
There already is a safe bike lane on this block. Eliminating the B65 bus route would harm seniors, the disabled, and the working residents who depend on this route.
I do NOT want the B65 moved to Atlantic Avenue, because waiting around on Atlantic Avenue-- especially at night-- can be really creepy, and dangerous due to the heavy traffic and very low visibility for pedestrians. My child and I rely on this bus. We live in Bergen Street, and support the Bike Boulevard generally-- but PLEASE consider a way to keep the bus stops in pedestrian- and family- friendly areas! We really rely on this bus; we are halfway between two semi-distant subway stops, so when I'm with a small child, it makes a huge difference to have an accessible bus.
Is it possible to make these street permit parking only so that people who live here and drive and be ensured parking while still advocating for safer bike lanes and more efficient bus routes? As a parent who bikes, drives and takes the bus, I really love having all three options available to me and it's part of the reason we live in this neighborhood.
Bergen is not good for dedicated bike line
the bus b65 bus route that runs up and down bergen street and dean street is a vital travel corridor for so many elderly and underserved peoples. Bergen and dean street at essentially narrow 1 drive lane streets, adding a "bike boulevard" along a residential street that already has a bus route is ridiculous. yes we should ahve a bike lanes, but asking bikes, cars and buses to all share one street is not smart, keep bergen and dean and bus and car routes and then make st marks and prospect place car and bike routes. there is no reason to over burden 1 street, especially when the neighborhood so recently underscored the value of the bus routes and stopped the buses from being moved!!!!
I support road changes that will improve the safety of bikers and pedestrians. I think changes should work to reduce traffic speed as much as possible and not simply remove the presence of cars. Raised crosswalks will improve safety for pedestrians from cars and bikers. Mid block speed humps have greater speed reduction than chicanes. I support losing spots to daylighting but would support efforts to maintain as many parking spots as possible.
I regularly take the bus. The majority of people I take the bus with are not walkers. If they were, they would be walking to the subway. Please do not take the B65 bus stops away this far East. These people NEED to not walk so far to take a cross town bus.
As a pedestrian and long-term resident of the neighborhood, I wholeheartedly endorse the idea of heavily prioritizing bike traffic in the area. If a sufficiently extensive and safe bike network existed, I might even become a cyclist myself!
All the crosswalks to get across Flatbush would be far shorter and safer for pedestrians if they were perpendicular to Flatbush rather than parallel to the cross streets.
The crosswalk for pedestrians to cross Bergen on the south side of Flatbush is extremely awkward due to a bit of a jink in the street, and it feels dangerous and exposed. The crossing is bizarrely wide. Extending the raised curbs to better funnel vehicles crossing Flatbush on Bergen would go a long way toward fixing this, especially if right turns from Flatbush onto Bergen were disallowed here.
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