Speed and reliability among hot topics as transit workshops kick off in Brooklyn
Representatives of the Department of Transportation (DOT) joined with Brooklyn residents to pinpoint unsuitable transit options at the first of the agency’s citywide public workshops, which took place on Tuesday, February 7 at Brooklyn College following efforts sponsored by almost 40 city councilmembers to strengthen the city’s public transportation network.
Plans to better public transit started with on-street outreach in the fall and, after analytical seminars this season, will continue with group discussions in the spring and summer months.
For Senior Director of Transit Development Eric Beaton, the goal of the winter forums is to find the needs of each community. Members from various DOT departments led groups where participants marked maps with places regularly traveled to as well as areas they could not access.