The April 17th workshop had quite a turnout: over 120 people participated!
All of the boards and presentation materials showing the city's work documenting and analyzing transportation issues in the neighborhood can be found at the
project website.
They've put a lot of work into this, so it's worth a look.
The main thrust of the last meeting was to discuss with the community the concept that different streets serve different purposes, and that the street network can better meet the community's diverse needs if different regulations and design criteria were used on streets that perform different functions. They circulated a
Street Classification Workbook and encouraged participants to provide feedback on the specific block where they live.
The next step is a pair of workshops that are being held on April 27th and April 29th. There's no need to attend both... they've scheduled two times so make it convenient for as many people as possible to participate.
Street Classification Workshop
Tuesday, April 27th or Thursday, April 29th, 2010 (same material will be presented at both)
P.S. 69
77-02 37th Avenue
(Between 77th and 78th Streets)
Jackson Heights, Queens
As a transportation planner myself, I'm really quite impressed with this effort. NYCDOT has committed a tremendous amount of time and effort toward gathering community input in this process. The issues are complex, so they have developed some innovative strategies for providing information to the community, and gathering its responses. We're fortunate that Jackson Heights was chosen for this experiment.
Now we have an opportunity. It's clear that NYCDOT is looking for bold outcomes these days (e.g.
1 2 3). So if we as a community can articulate some bold ideas or community needs, there's a good chance NYCDOT will help us to bring them to reality. This is a process that's well worth engaging.
Here's the flyer for the upcoming meeting...
