I spoke with a resident of Carlton Avenue about her feelings on the Atlantic Yards Project. She said that there is a shared concern amongst residents. They are concerned, more than anything else, about the disruption of traffic and lack of parking. With the closure of the Carlton Ave Bridge and parts of Pacific Ave., residents now have to circle around the whole site in to get to the other side.
Another fear is that when the arena is completed the streets will not be able to handle the additional traffic on game nights and residents may not be able to find parking on their own blocks. She is concerned that the streets will not be able to handle the extra amount of delivery trucks the arena will need, or that fire trucks will not be able to maneuver through them.
Finally she made the point that having the arena in Atlantic Yards would not only affect the surrounding streets but the entire city.
There would be traffic throughout Brooklyn with people heading toward the site. Even with the Long Island Rail Road, buses and subway many people, especially from New Jersey, would chose to drive.
There are a lot of claims made in this posting. Be careful. This reads more like an op/ed page than research work.
ReplyDeleteWhy were these questions asked of this citizen? If they were "casual" and "spontaneous" the researcher may have a difficult time justifying the use of the responses in the research conclusions.
What is the research inquiry?
And what does the Atlantic Yards look like? This blog needs visuals.