NYC's Times Square Goes Car-free

New York's Times and Herald squares are a lot more pedestrian-friendly now. Sections of Broadway from 47th to 42nd streets and 35th to 33rd streets have been closed to cars. (May 25)

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[USALiberal]

LOL @ the guy who said "It is foolish"

What is foolish is driving a car anywhere in Manhattan. The ONLY cars that belong in Manhattan are taxi's, airport shuttles and cars for business purposes ONLY.

NYC has the best public transporation system in America. Keep your big SUV's out of NYC and use the subway, or use a bicycle.

[ThinkingLeft]

Great Idea

[rpvitiello]

in concept closing Broadway isn't bad, the street doesn't follow the grid and messes up light cycles anywhere broadway intersects. This 1/2 baked plan is ridiculous though. The cheap lawn chairs and traffic cones are flat out ugly. The fact bikes still cris cross pedestrians does not help. Anyone walking in NYC knows bikes are FAR worse than cars. Cars actually try not to hit pedestrians, bikes seem to aim right at them.

[rpvitiello]

They want less traffic they need more parking.30% of all traffic in Manhattan is trying to parking. SO many people just block travel lanes because their is nowhere else to pull over. It's common to have curb side parking, a second lane of cars standing, and a 3rd lane blocked by a bus. When lots charge $20 an HOUR for parking, people look for street parking causing traffic. Get rid of street parking, offer enough cheap parking lots and make the curbe just for drop off/pick up of people/packages.

[rpvitiello]

Why drive 30 minutes to the train station, pay $10 to park, then pay $22 for a round trip 45 minute train ride into Manhattan, to then have to take a 15 minute subway ride to where I'm going? I can just drive right from my house to where i want to go in Manhattan in about 45 minutes. Scooters work fine if you live in Manhattan, but they don't work very well if you need to come in from OUTSIDE the city.

[rpvitiello]

Anyone that says their should be NO private cars in Manhattan don't live in a NYC suburb. If you live within walking distance of a train line its fine, otherwise it usually takes less time to just drive into Manhattan than to try and drive to a train line, park your car, then take a train. Also if you have 2 or more people in a car it's cheaper to take a private car than train. once they improve the connection of the transit system, and lower its cost fine, but until then cars are still needed.

[rpvitiello]

ok anyone saying japan is small so it is easier to do public transit, look up the idea of boswash its the urban area of the US from Washington DC up to Boston. Its about 2% of the US's land mass, yet it has about 25% of the US population living in it. It has a HIGHER population density than japan has. their is no reason not to have better public transit in this whole region, and not just the major citys

[aquafishsoup]

the chicks are out!

[sidelmann1982]

Excellent! What about adding a light rail!

I am amazed how aggressive people react. This is one of the best things that have happened to NYC since the development of Central Park.

That is not New York sounds like a conservative quote from the middle 60ties Europe. The US is so fare behind in terms of infrastructure and public space.

NYC is one of the few places in the US where people dares to think innovative, and not are struck by fear of change.

Get used to it - you are going to love it!

[Audiomuse]

Great news!

Put in a light rail while they're at it!

[LegionTroll]

fuck ny