Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

Eyes on the Street: Cyclist Hit, Injured in Midtown

By Brad Aaron | | 22 Comments
Streetsblog San Francisco’s Bryan Goebel, blogging from New York this week, came upon the scene of a driver-cyclist collision in Midtown Manhattan at around 1:30 this afternoon. "The bicyclist — according to one witness — was traveling northbound on Eighth Avenue past 43rd in the left lane and a delivery van pulled out from the […]

Times Praises Bloomberg’s Broadway Plan

By Brad Aaron | | 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

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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.’" […]
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