Brooklyn pol wants HOV lanes on the Prospect Expressway
Bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Prospect Expressway is often a hassle for commuters driving from southern to downtown Brooklyn or to Manhattan. That is why the at least one local elected official has requested a New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) study to explore the feasibility of installing a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane on the roadway.
Councilmember David Greenfield of Bensonhurst, Borough Park and Midwood believes that such an HOV/carpool lane would help mitigate traffic congestion on Ocean Parkway.
“The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) has HOV lanes that greatly improve travel times for many vehicles with [multiple] passengers,” wrote Greenfield in a letter to NYSDOT Commissioner Joan McDonald, NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and NYCDOT Brooklyn Commissioner Joseph Palmieri.