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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Justin Levine on Atlantic Avenue Safety and Infrastructure
1:50:46
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Justin Levine, a local resident, testifies about safety concerns for cyclists and pedestrians on Atlantic Avenue, emphasizing the need for infrastructure improvements to make the area more vibrant, beautiful, and safe. He supports transforming the car-centric infrastructure into a more people-centric one.
- Highlights the abrupt transition from bike lanes to dangerous highway-like conditions
- Compares the potential improvements to successful transformations in European cities
- Expresses gratitude to Council Members Ossé and Hudson for addressing the issue
Justin Levine
1:50:46
Hello.
1:50:47
My name is Justin Levine.
1:50:48
I'm also in the same area and I bike in the same area.
1:50:51
I'm at Bedford and Monroe.
1:50:53
I share the same concerns that he does which is whenever I'm biking you're on a beautiful nice bike lane and then all of a sudden you're thrown onto a highway basically.
1:51:01
It's extremely dangerous.
1:51:03
No one wants to cross that whether you're a pedestrian that has to take a minute to get across street or whether you're a biker that takes, you know, has to contend with all the traffic.
1:51:13
No one would say if they were to describe Atlantic Avenue as like vibrant or beautiful or safe.
1:51:19
And so there is no reason that that area could not be like that especially when there are other cities across Europe that have had the same sort of issues where they have a very car centric infrastructure and then they slowly over time created a more people centric infrastructure.
1:51:38
I think that's all I have to say.
1:51:40
Thank you very much.
1:51:41
Thank you council member Osei and Hudson for bringing this forward.
Kevin Riley
1:51:46
Thank you Justin.