Comments on: Streetfilms: The New Madison Square http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/13/streetfilms-the-new-madison-square/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/13/streetfilms-the-new-madison-square/comment-page-1/#comment-63366 ddartley Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:31:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5460#comment-63366 Must recant the last part of my earlier comment on this. That came from my POV as a cyclist, but I just experienced that spot as a pedestrian, and it did not seem to have the speeding problem I complained about above. So I applaud the re-design even more than before. Must recant the last part of my earlier comment on this. That came from my POV as a cyclist, but I just experienced that spot as a pedestrian, and it did not seem to have the speeding problem I complained about above. So I applaud the re-design even more than before.

]]> By: Eric http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/13/streetfilms-the-new-madison-square/comment-page-1/#comment-63111 Eric Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:54:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5460#comment-63111 All of Broadway should be turned into a pedestrian mall. All of Broadway should be turned into a pedestrian mall.

]]> By: John http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/13/streetfilms-the-new-madison-square/comment-page-1/#comment-63106 John Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:36:30 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5460#comment-63106 Taxis can fly????!!! Taxis can fly????!!!

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/13/streetfilms-the-new-madison-square/comment-page-1/#comment-63072 ddartley Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:52:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5460#comment-63072 Yes, such things do tend to disappear from one's memory; fortunately Google Maps still has the old design for now: http://tinyurl.com/bdvt3l I bike past there most days and I used to marvel that I didn't regularly see peds getting killed. Things are much better now. However, cars (esp. taxis) still FLY on the one-block stretch of Broadway between 22nd and 21st, where Broadway is abruptly really wide. I think they're a little slower now because they're coming out of a narrower space now, but they are still too fast as they approach super-crowded Union Square. Yes, such things do tend to disappear from one’s memory; fortunately Google Maps still has the old design for now:
http://tinyurl.com/bdvt3l

I bike past there most days and I used to marvel that I didn’t regularly see peds getting killed.

Things are much better now. However, cars (esp. taxis) still FLY on the one-block stretch of Broadway between 22nd and 21st, where Broadway is abruptly really wide. I think they’re a little slower now because they’re coming out of a narrower space now, but they are still too fast as they approach super-crowded Union Square.

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