New York City Broadway Transformation

Did you see what's happening in NYC? Transformation of Times Square!

Bloomberg Puts Forward a Bold, Transformative New Vision for Broadway

By Aaron Naparstek -- NEW YORK -- 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, enhance safety and provide more and better public space to pedestrians, the plan seeks to solve what Sadik-Khan called a "problem hidden in plain sight for 200 years." As the only Midtown street that pre-dates the 1811 street grid plan, Broadway "creates pinch points and traffic congestion as it traverses Manhattan crossing busy avenues," Sadik-Khan said. Extending from 59th Street at Columbus Circle to 23rd Street at Madison Square with substantial pedestrian-only areas at Times and Herald Squares, Mayor Bloomberg's plan for Broadway is, arguably, the boldest and most transformative street reclamation project since Portland, Oregon decided to tear down Harbor Drive in 1974.  (For more details of the plan, see this Streetsblog post.)

More related articles:

Where the Neon Lights Are Bright—And Drivers Are No Longer Welcome (Newsweek) >>>

NYC Making Parts of Broadway into Pedestrian Plaza (Boston Globe) >>>

Mayor Plans to Close Parts of Broadway to Traffic (NYTimes) >>>

In New York, Broadway as Great Walk Way (NYTimes) >>>

More Regards for Broadway (NYTimes) >>>