{"id":381168,"date":"2026-10-23T22:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381168\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T22:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:22:13","slug":"brooklyn-groups-rally-against-mamdani-backed-ballot-measure-and-demand-halt-to-bike-bus-lanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381168\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn groups rally against Mamdani-backed ballot measure and demand halt to bike, bus lanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn community groups are urging voters to reject Proposal 3<\/a>, a Mayor Zohran Mamdani-backed charter change on the Nov. 3 ballot that would make it harder to stop street redesigns.<\/p>\n

The coalition of 11 groups, led by Brooklyn for All of Us and Our Communities Count, will rally Saturday at 10 a.m. outside Barclays Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not against safer streets. We are against decisions being made about our communities without meaningful participation from the people who live and work here,\u201d organizers said in a press release.<\/p>\n

The coalition of 11 groups is demanding a halt to new bike and bus lanes and urging voters to reject Proposal 3, a Mayor Zohran Mamdani-backed charter change on the Nov. 3 ballot that would make it harder to stop street redesigns. Brooklyn for All of Us<\/p>\n

The DOT is backing the new ballot proposal because it will give them more leeway to push ahead with street projects.<\/p>\n

Proposal 3 would prevent technical errors from being grounds to stop construction and allow DOT to begin certain projects before presenting them to local officials and community boards.<\/p>\n

But organizers argue the agency\u2019s plans ignore the needs of families, small businesses, seniors and people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

The groups want the DOT to reverse previous decisions which they say have been made without meaningful community input. They are also calling for a halt to proposed bike boulevards on Bergen and Dean streets and Lafayette and DeKalb avenues \u2014 plus a stop to Mamdani\u2019s new \u201cFast Bus Lanes\u201d across Brooklyn, a joint DOT-MTA plan that in part eliminates bus stops<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The coalition is calling for a stop to Mamdani\u2019s new \u201cFast Bus Lanes\u201d across Brooklyn, a joint DOT-MTA plan that mostly eliminates bus stops to make buses seem faster. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

The administration has claimed the charter changes will help with street safety. <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for DOT said the agency is trying to deliver \u201chigh-quality, affordable transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to listening to and working with the community to ensure these investments reflect the needs of the people who call these neighborhoods home,\u201d a spokesperson for DOT said.<\/p>\n

Rally organizers argue the DOT\u2019s plans ignore the needs of families, small businesses, seniors and people with disabilities. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The coalition\u2019s main message was that they want to be heard.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur streets belong to everyone\u2014pedestrians, cyclists, bus riders, motorists, seniors, families, and local merchants. Every voice deserves to be heard before permanent changes are made,\u201d organizers said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn community groups are urging voters to reject Proposal 3, a Mayor Zohran Mamdani-backed charter change on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[13930,10483,98,100,99,1209,12390,5459,57,141,9,24,63,58,82],"class_list":["post-381168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-bike-lanes","tag-bikes","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-buses","tag-charter","tag-department-of-transportation","tag-metro","tag-mta","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}