Parking Day Meets the 14th Street PeopleWay!
With the 15-month shutdown of L-train service west of Bedford Avenue coming up in 2019, NYC DOT and the MTA need to figure out new ways to move hundreds of thousands of people each day.
In Manhattan, a big piece of the puzzle is rethinking 14th Street. To keep people moving, Transportation Alternatives has proposed a car-free PeopleWay, maximizing the efficiency of the street by dedicating space exclusively to buses, biking, and walking.
Last week, on Parking Day — an international day of action to repurpose street space for people, not cars (see previous Streetfilms here, here, and here) — a few dozen TransAlt volunteers were out collecting signatures and educating people about why 14th Street needs the PeopleWay. Streetfilms was there to document the occasion.
Take a look. As one concerned citizen told us, “The clock is ticking New York!”
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