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BasedAlliance935 t1_ivw2liy wrote

While im normally not a fan of this kinda stuff, for this part of the city i could maybe see a bit of downscaling (however not total removal). If the whole area blocked vehicles then the area would present itself as a major choke point for traffic, especially considering it's on the corner of prospect park which is already quite big

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breadman1010wins t1_ivwce6o wrote

Removal it is

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BasedAlliance935 t1_ivwcljf wrote

r/facepalm

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breadman1010wins t1_ivwd16y wrote

r/fuckcars

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BasedAlliance935 t1_ivwdrnx wrote

r/L

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breadman1010wins t1_ivwe87x wrote

You realize this headline is an L for you right lmao car brain

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[deleted] t1_ivwfvvg wrote

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breadman1010wins t1_ivwhmni wrote

You’re coping I’ll give you a pass lmao

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BasedAlliance935 t1_ivwinue wrote

Im not the one inhaling copium alongside having pure soy being injected via feeding tube

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breadman1010wins t1_ivwk68n wrote

How is anyone supposed to believe you’re not coping given the headline hahahaha Jesus Christ this has gotta be parody

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BasedAlliance935 t1_ivwovcq wrote

Think again kid. Besides, headlines dont always tell the full story even if they aren't overexagerated yellow journalism

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TeamMisha t1_ivwfgs9 wrote

I think it can and should be done. Eastern Parkway is a mistake to begin with, not human sized at all, and connects here to this crazy over-engineered traffic circle monstrosity. The grid here should be brought back to the scale of surrounding streets, like Vanderbilt is just 1 lane in either direction. There's a section of the plaza that is SEVEN lanes wide yet is fed by at most a 2-lane road from the north from Flatbush, wtf were they doing designing this? The entire inner plaza roadways could be removed tbh

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BasedAlliance935 t1_ivwg7du wrote

While i will admit the 7 lane part is definitely excessive, i dont think roads should be entirely removed but rather scaled down a bit, maybe remove some of the more redundant parts and you're good

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TeamMisha t1_ivwh1ou wrote

I think 2 lanes max on the circular road would be sufficient and close the entire middle portion. It wouldn't even require construction as they can simply convert the parking lane on Plaza Street into a travel lane. Done and dusted. The entire interior is a waste of space IMO, convert it into greenspace I figure

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BasedAlliance935 t1_ivwjitf wrote

Why greenspace? There's already a park next door.why not have the space for small commercial spaces like food trucks/carts.

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TeamMisha t1_ivwoxle wrote

Why not? More park the better I figure. The traffic circle is surrounded by park land already, I don't see why not fill the road in and expand the park. But yes, the inner circle area however would be perfect to move the farmers market they do now for example, i.e. surround the arch with stands and use the space for cultural/dining/etc. programming, makes sense to me yeah

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breakneckridge t1_ivyfy84 wrote

Oo i live this idea. Also make it have independent vendors like the ones that are there on farmers market Saturdays.

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_devenna t1_ivwq369 wrote

I don’t really understand the downvotes here… they already fucked up the BQE enough and added like 25 minutes to get to the city that way. As someone who drives around the city for work doing this would add at least half an hour travel time to the city from middle Brooklyn, anything west of Flatbush Ave. It would be super fuckin annoying honestly.

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