From the Park Slope Civic Council
PARK SLOPE — The Park Slope Civic Council has carefully reviewed the facts, the pros and cons, and strongly supports congestion pricing, provided that it includes, but is not limited to, such components as parking management (resident parking permits) and immediate transit investments (subway station and signal improvements; increased subway and bus service).
Ken Freeman, president of the Park Slope Civic Council, said, “Congestion pricing represents an opportunity to provide a new revenue source to improve mass transit in our neighborhood and citywide. The population growth Park Slope — indeed, all of Brooklyn — is experiencing, and the resulting traffic congestion, can only be addressed by making mass transit a more attractive option for commuters.”
Michael Cairl, chair of the Civic Council’s Livable Streets Committee, echoed a sentiment of many members when he said after the Civic Council’s vote, “Our neighborhood will become even more of a ‘park-and-ride’ site than it already is unless there are immediate mass transit improvements such as those outlined in PlaNYC, as well as Muni-Meters and Residential Permit Parking.”
The Park Slope Civic Council is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 membership organization dedicated to advocating on behalf of the Park Slope community. The Council organizes a variety of neighborhood events, including the annual House Tour and Halloween Parade, and the biannual Civic Sweep. The Council’s Grants Program awards grants annually to programs at local charities, schools and cultural organizations. For more information, visit the Civic Council’s website at www.parkslopeciviccouncil.org
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