Lou Kahn wrote, “The street is a room of agreement.” Today, New Yorkers can celebrate a new agreement for Broadway.After a test period, and despite less impressive improved traffic-flow than initially hoped, New York City has wisely agreed to make the plazas around Times Square and Herald Square permanent. The plazas, in addition to better bike lanes and pedestrian improvements, have converted Broadway to a truly multi-functional street befitting the 21st century city.
This democratizing of Broadway represents the forward-thinking planning enabled by Mayor Bloomberg's administration - the progressive DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn - but also their willingness to involve truly thoughtful planners, such as Denmark's Jan Gehl. Bravo Broadway.
Manhattan Traffic Experiment Gets Permanent Run (NYTimes)
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