Advocates: Change Zoning to Regulate ‘Last-Mile’ Trucking Facilities Flocking to Low-Income Communities
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One man's last mile is another man's last gasp.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunset Park
ANATOMY OF A BACKTRACK: DOT’s New Sunset Park Plan Gives Safety to Some, Double-Parking Madness For Others
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"I'm kind of speechless," one activist said.
Sunset Park Safety Improvements Delayed Until at Least October After DOT Settles Lawsuit
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A contentious plan is put off over a technicality.
Brooklyn Assembly Member Sues To Stop Safety Project DOT Hasn’t Even Started Yet
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Assembly Member Peter Abbate's suit contends that the Department of Transportation did not notify local community boards within 90 days of starting the project ... which has no official start date yet. (So, um, how does that work?)
DOT Plans Crucial Redesign of Two Chaotic Sunset Park Roadways
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The Department of Transportation wants to remake a pair of Brooklyn streets from traffic-choked, dangerous two-way commercial corridors into one-way streets to make the roadways safer and boost business.
New Sunset Park and Red Hook Warehouses Mean More Death from Trucks: Locals
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Locals have resisted residential rezoning, but now are faced with another crisis: massive distribution centers and more truck traffic.