These trucks also block oncoming traffic’s vision and put pedestrians in danger.
THE PEDESTRIAN PUZZLE SOLUTIONS DRIVERS
As a result, drivers behind them have to swing to the opposite lane to go around these parked trucks, and so do cyclists. To stay on their delivery schedule, many of them have no choice but to double park in the traffic line. What is worse, during business hours, dozens of delivery trucks come to Fifth Avenue and can’t find a proper space to park. Pedestrians cross Fifth Ave in front of a double-parked delivery truck | Photo by Yuntong Man for The Brooklyn Ink Bicycles don’t have a separate lane instead, they share the traffic line with motor vehicles. The road has two lanes each way - one for parking and one for traffic. The problemĪccording to Officer Wing Chan, the 72nd Precinct’s Neighborhood Coordination Officer, the traffic on the Fifth Avenue comes in many different forms - pedestrians, cyclists, livery cabs, yellow cabs, delivery trucks, and more. But solving the problem can be a complicated puzzle, as one person’s solution is another person’s headache. The street is too narrow for its traffic, and what’s worse, delivery trucks partially block the way, diverting cars, bikes, and pedestrians out into oncoming traffic.Ĭommunity Board 7 presented this problem to the public during its last monthly meeting and proposed possible solutions.
But the people who use this busy and lively street sometimes face danger. Along Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park, hundreds of small businesses are lined up, from 39th street to 62nd street - grocery stores, Laundromats, liquors stores, and more.
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