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Times Praises Bloomberg’s Broadway Plan

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo: AntyDiluvian/Flickr 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. From 1998 to 2007, some 700 pedestrians were injured and five were killed in Midtown Manhattan along Broadway, making it one of the more hazardous […]

What’s Good for the Naked Cowboy Is Good for NYC

By Brad Aaron | Feb 27, 2009 | 4 Comments

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.’" […]

Janette Sadik-Khan Talks Broadway With Brian Lehrer

By Ben Fried | Feb 27, 2009 | 4 Comments

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.

More Detail on NYC’s Car-Free Broadway Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 26, 2009 | 3 Comments

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: View more presentations from naparstek. (tags: new york)

Bloomberg Puts Forward a Bold, Transformative New Vision for Broadway

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 26, 2009 | 67 Comments

Before and After: A rendering of a car-free Broadway at 7th Ave., Times Square, looking north. Download a larger image. 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, […]

The Great Pedestrian Way: First Look at the Car-Free Broadway Plan

By Ben Fried | Feb 26, 2009 | 22 Comments

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 […]

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