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Bus lanes to launch on Fresh Pond Road
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
The city Department of
Transportation said it would
move forward with the
implementation of bus lanes along
the seven-block corridor of Fresh
Pond Road between Metropolitan and
Myrtle Avenues in Ridgewood.
In a statement from the agency,
a spokesman said although they
completed a up to 15 meetings with
the public, they believed what was
needed to get the average speed of
Fresh Pond above 3 miles per hour
was not itemized changes, but a
sweeping improvement.
According to DOT, the southbound
bus lane will not only offer faster
bus speeds to meet Mayor Bill de
Blasio’s 25 percent goal, but it will
mean a net gain in parking.
DOT said at Community Board 5’s
transportation committee meeting
that they expect 70 parking spaces
to change designation. Jason
Banrey with DOT said these will
be converted to 55 metered spaces
on Fresh Pond and into the side
street as well as 15 alternate side
parking spots.
“Many of the suggestions we’ve
received from area elected officials,
businesses and the community are
included in this plan, however, DOT
believes that a la cart treatments
like only adjusting signal timings
will not address the severe
congestion and safety concerns
which currently exist on Fresh
Pond Road,” a DOT spokesman
said. “The plan we’ve crafted, and
adjusted multiple times during
our 15 community meeting, is a
comprehensive design which aims
to address the concerns for bus
riders and motorists using Fresh
Pond Road.”
DOT did not specify a start
date to the implementation of the
plan, claimed in an email to have
completed “hundreds of interviews
with … bus riders, surveys
with local businesses and other
community stakeholders.”
One of the issues experienced on
Fresh Pond Road is a high level of
bus traffic due to numerous lines,
many of which circulating through
Brooklyn, being stored overnight
in the depot.
The times between 2 p.m. and 8
p.m. are the heaviest on Fresh Pond,
so the city will be enforcing the bus
lane between those time.
“Right now people are walking
faster than the 3 mph speeds
buses and general vehicular
traffic are traveling southbound
along Fresh Pond Road,” the
spokesman concluded.
DOT wi l l be ta king
recommendations from Community
Board 5 at their next meeting.
The agency did not specify a start
date for the project.
The Q58, which travels along Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, would soon
have a new southbound bus lane in the neighborhood, according to the
city’s Department of Transportation. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
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