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Times Praises Bloomberg’s Broadway Plan
The Times has come out in favor of the upcoming Broadway public space reclamation, recognizing the need for safety improvements along one of New York's most contested thoroughfares.
March 4, 2009
What’s Good for the Naked Cowboy Is Good for NYC
For today's analysis of the city's plan to pedestrianize Broadway at Times Square, the Daily News enlisted such experts as "an upper West Side attorney who thinks the diversion will be 'too overwhelming'" and "a Long Island resident who often drives to the area [and] considers the change 'a nightmare' that will 'make traffic worse.'" Fortunately, they also called on the Naked Cowboy:
February 27, 2009
Janette Sadik-Khan Talks Broadway With Brian Lehrer
The NYCDOT commish is about to go on air with WNYC's Brian Lehrer -- at this very instant -- to discuss the city's plans for a pedestrianized Broadway. Unfortunately I'm without radio at the moment. Feel free to supply running commentary.
February 27, 2009
More Detail on NYC’s Car-Free Broadway Plan
For more detail on New York City's plan to turn Broadway into pedestrian-priority street from Columbus Circle to Madison Square, here is the Department of Transportation's presentation:
February 26, 2009
Bloomberg Puts Forward a Bold, Transformative New Vision for Broadway
New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled plans to pedestrianize a large swath of Broadway in Midtown Manhattan at a small briefing in City Hall this morning. Intended to improve motor vehicle traffic flow, enhance safety and provide more and better public space to pedestrians, the plan seeks to solve what Sadik-Khan called a "problem hidden in plain sight for 200 years."
February 26, 2009
The Great Pedestrian Way: First Look at the Car-Free Broadway Plan
Here's a first look at Herald Square with a pedestrianized Broadway, part of a plan reported by the Times, Daily News and Post this morning. Starting as soon as this spring, Broadway will turn pedestrian-only from 47th Street to 42nd Street, and on a two-block stretch on each side of 34th Street. The rest of Broadway from Columbus Circle to Madison Square will get boulevard treatment similar to the changes implemented on an eight-block stretch last summer. Auto traffic will be permitted at cross streets.
February 26, 2009
Bike Miami: Car-Free Under the Palm Trees
Yesterday Miami became the latest American city to pull off a big car-free event, when an estimated 2,000 people (including mayor Manny Diaz) took to the streets for Bike Miami. Mike Lydon at Transit Miami reports:
November 10, 2008
Jan Gehl Says San Francisco Must be Sweet to Pedestrians and Cyclists
It's a good day in a city's urbanist evolution when Jan Gehl comes to town, and now San Francisco can add itself to the growing list of cities around the world that have embraced his people-first approach to urban design and planning.
October 8, 2008