Times Square To Become Giant Pedestrian Mall
Posted by Chris Benjamin in New York City Feb 27th, 2009 | no responses
The Great White Way is on the fast track to becoming a pedestrian mall.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced experimental plans to close part of Broadway to vehicles.
But as CBS 2 HD has discovered, not everyone is on board.
“This midtown traffic mess is one of those problems everyone always talks about and you always say there’s nothing you can do about it, well, we’re going to try and do something about it,” Bloomberg said on Thursday.
The mayor announced an ambitious plan to actually close blocks of Broadway for pedestrians.
“We expect both travel times and safety to improve and in some cases substantially,” Bloomberg added.
The mayor’s plan, according to published reports, would be to close Broadway from 42nd to 47th streets and put chairs, benches and cafe tables where taxis and trucks usually go. The mayor’s vision would resemble last summer’s Broadway Boulevard Project below 42nd Street, which is still in effect.
See the full article at WCBS.
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