Yes, I’ve been a little slack on posting these days. But that’s because I’ve been working hard on the latest issue of Price Tags:
Astonishing things are happening in New York City, most especially at ‘the centre of the world’ – Times Square. Inspired political leadership is ‘copenhagenizing’ some of most car-congested streets in one of the most pedestrian-crowded places on the continent.
In this issue of Price Tags, see what they’ve already done, and what to expect in the coming months.This is the first of at least three issues on New York City. Next up: biking in NYC.
I read somewhere that Broadway causes a lot of traffic problems because it cuts diagonally across the NYC street grid. You can see from the diagrams that it appears that the Broadway RoW is only 3 lanes wide, whereas the 7th Ave. RoW is 4 lanes wide. It appears that having the bow tie configuration caused the 4 lanes on 7th to become 3 lanes on Broadway and the 3 lanes on Broadway to become 4 lanes on 7th (in addition to the directional changes of the bow tie configuration). The plan to close Broadway on those blocks looks like it restores order to the grid and maintains a continuous/consistent 4 lanes on 7th Ave.
Gord,
Thanqu for sending me this link earlier . . .
You are a dilettante. You would be harmless but for the fact that you have an expense account and access to impressionable student minds . . .
I wish you would just get on you bike and pedal . . .
Dios bendice