{"id":16848,"date":"2010-11-29T19:47:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T00:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/?p=16848"},"modified":"2010-11-29T19:47:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T00:47:13","slug":"green-makeover-of-brooklyn-queens-expressway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/green-makeover-of-brooklyn-queens-expressway\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Makeover of Brooklyn-Queens Expressway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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"Green Canopy" proposal for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), Courtesy Starr Whitehouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The proposals are in after\u00a0Monday\u2019s final public meeting<\/a> to decide the future of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway trench which severs the Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, and Columbia Street Waterfront neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Residents spoke up and prioritized their wishes for a less disruptive BQE including reduced noise and pollution, increased neighborhood connectivity and bike \/ pedestrian safety, and an overall greener streetscape.<\/p>\n

In short, the BQE is going green, or at least as green as a pollution-spewing six-lane highway can be.\u00a0 Luckily the NYC EDC, NYC DOT, and\u00a0Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects<\/a> have come up with three compelling design solutions to improve the area.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s some good news on the coming makeover of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.<\/p>\n

There are 3 proposals remaining now, all of them will help green the 6-lane highway (if you don’t count all the cars driving on it), but they do so to different degrees.<\/p>\n

The greenest option (or “dream scheme”) includes a heavily landscaped streetscape, a number of pedestrian bridges over the highway, extensive buffering to mitigate noise and pollution, solar panels<\/a> that could bring in $312,000 worth of electricity annually, and even retail space above the highway.<\/p>\n

Of course, the best option comes with a bigger price tag, but as The Architect’s Newspaper writes: “Cost to cover the highway with a giant metal mesh? $78.8 to $82.7 million.\u00a0 Cost to forget about the BQE forever? Priceless.”<\/p>\n

Read much more about the three proposals and see numerous graphics depicting the different options via The Architect’s Newspaper: Envisioning a Green Future for the BQE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Connect with me on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0StumbleUpon<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, or\u00a0Care2<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Image via The Architect’s Newspaper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The proposals are in after\u00a0Monday\u2019s final public meeting to decide the future of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway trench which severs the Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, and Columbia Street Waterfront neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Residents spoke up and prioritized their wishes for a less disruptive BQE including reduced noise and pollution, increased neighborhood connectivity and bike \/ pedestrian …<\/p>\n

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