Could it be as easy to lower truck traffic on Henry Street as having a mapmaker change a color? Cobble Hill Association Prexy Jeff “Hussein” Strabone and Dave “Paco” Abraham think so now that Hagstrom has agreed to recolor and reclassify Henry Street in all its publications:
CHA Blog: Committee member Laura Herzenhorn, herself often behind an oversize vehicle for the American Museum of Natural History, pointed out that many truck drivers rely on the well-known Hagstrom Map books which identify Henry Street with a solid yellow line, properly indicating it as a through-street for regularly sized vehicles. While the Hagstrom Map does not condone trucks using car through-streets, it does falsely assume Henry Street’s width. Unlike the Carroll Gardens segment of Henry Street, the Cobble Hill corridor has an extremely narrow width, which poses an extreme danger for trucks assuming they can pass safely. Committee chairperson Dave ‘Paco’ Abraham spoke with Hagstrom’s research department and they have agreed to remove the yellow fill on Henry Street during the next map printing, expected in March of 2009.
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