CitiBike: Community Board 6 Transportation Committee To Hold Public Hearing On Recent Expansion In District

 

Love them or hate them… Ever since the CitiBike bike sharing program has expanded into our area this past August, local residents have had lots to say about  the new docking stations which have been installed in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Gowanus and beyond.
Those who are thrilled that the blue bikes are finally available here seem glad to have an alternative to the subway and appreciate the easily access to other parts of the City.

However, many others have complained about the number and location of docking stations on neighborhood streets as well as loss of parking spots.

Those sentiments were freely and loudly expressed at a recent Community Board 6 general meeting by a group of angry residents. So much so, that police had to be called.

Community Board 6 has now organized a public hearing to expressly discuss the bike sharing expansion at its Transportation/ Public Safety sub-committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 20th, 2017, 6:30 pm, at the 78th Police Precinct, 65 6th Avenue, 4th floor (between Dean/Bergen Streets).

From Community Board 6:

IN THE MATTER OF the expansion of New York City’s bike share program, CitiBike, into the Brooklyn Community Board 6 district, the Community Board’s Transportation/Public Safety Committee will conduct a Public Hearing to gather public comment on the deployment of the bicycle docking stations, and any other aspect of the bike share program, for the primary purpose of reviewing and evaluating the density, location, placement, and size of the district’s docking stations with the Department of Transportation.
Members of the public will have the opportunity to testify up to 3 minutes. Speakers must sign-in at the meeting to testify. There is no pre-registration. Speakers may not transfer time to other speakers. Written comment may also be emailed to the district office at info@BrooklynCB6.org or mailed to the address below by 5:00pm on October 20th.
One can only hope that the conversation about the expansion of the bike share program will be a bit more productive (and less threatening) than at the CB6 September general meeting.

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Citibikes Are Coming To Our Neighborhood: Help Plan For The System

The New York City Department Of Transformation will be hosting a Community Board 6 Bike Share Public Planning Workshop on Thursday, June 11th at 7 pm at PS 58 in Carroll Gardens.
Come to find out about the program and help DoT plan for expansion of Citibike into CB6 for the system here in our neighborhood.

The meeting is co-sponsor by Council Members Brad Lander, Carlos Menchaca, Ydanis Rodriguez, Borough President Eric Adams, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, Brooklyn Community Board 6, Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association, Cobble Hill Association, Park Slope Civic Council, and Park Slope Neighbors.



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