My Ikea shuttles article in the paper

Your truly has an article in the Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hil Courier from last week.  Read all about it:

Red Hook residents complained that the Ikea store’s buses pose dangers to pedestrians and are a source of pollution at Community Board 6’s monthly transportation meeting last Thursday.

The Swedish home furnishings store opened in June with an elaborate transportation system of buses, water taxis and rental cars in place to discourage car traffic in the area

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“When we were initially told that there was going to be shuttle buses operating, we imagined something like a 15 or 20 passenger van,” said Lars Schlichting, a resident of the Columbia Waterfront District just north of the Ikea, in an interview a few days after the meeting.

“We were a little taken aback when we saw highway motor coaches.”