Comments on: Coming Soon: The Broadway You’ve Been Waiting For http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/05/19/coming-soon-the-broadway-youve-been-waiting-for/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/05/19/coming-soon-the-broadway-youve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-68379 Josh Wed, 20 May 2009 16:22:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6201#comment-68379 Touting the traffic flow improvements is a great way for JSK to sell this to those who might be inclined to scoff if she were merely to talk about added car-free space. Touting the traffic flow improvements is a great way for JSK to sell this to those who might be inclined to scoff if she were merely to talk about added car-free space.

]]> By: cindy http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/05/19/coming-soon-the-broadway-youve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-68366 cindy Wed, 20 May 2009 15:56:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6201#comment-68366 this is awesome. travelling down to the 48th street music shops might not be a day-ruining experience anymore! hell, i might actually head down to times square just to see this pedestrianism in action! i hope this catches on throughout the city. this is awesome. travelling down to the 48th street music shops might not be a day-ruining experience anymore! hell, i might actually head down to times square just to see this pedestrianism in action! i hope this catches on throughout the city.

]]> By: t http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/05/19/coming-soon-the-broadway-youve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-68326 t Wed, 20 May 2009 13:42:03 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6201#comment-68326 Hooray! Hooray!

]]> By: J-Uptown http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/05/19/coming-soon-the-broadway-youve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-68324 J-Uptown Wed, 20 May 2009 13:02:24 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6201#comment-68324 Also of note, both 7th Ave and Broadway have been repaved. This, in and of itself is a godsend compared to the pothole riddled mess that was both of those roads north of Times Square. I rode down Broadway yesterday, and and the bike lanes weren't quite finished, forcing me to swerve in and out of traffic lanes. Be careful. Speeds are still high as motorists are starting to avoid Broadway and take 59th to 7th instead. Also of note, both 7th Ave and Broadway have been repaved. This, in and of itself is a godsend compared to the pothole riddled mess that was both of those roads north of Times Square. I rode down Broadway yesterday, and and the bike lanes weren't quite finished, forcing me to swerve in and out of traffic lanes. Be careful. Speeds are still high as motorists are starting to avoid Broadway and take 59th to 7th instead.

]]> By: Chris O'Leary http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/05/19/coming-soon-the-broadway-youve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-68317 Chris O'Leary Wed, 20 May 2009 12:06:28 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6201#comment-68317 It's fun to log into Streetsblog when the first thing I see is my office building! Especially when it's good news! It's fun to log into Streetsblog when the first thing I see is my office building! Especially when it's good news!

]]> By: Rhywun http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/05/19/coming-soon-the-broadway-youve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-68306 Rhywun Wed, 20 May 2009 03:38:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6201#comment-68306 Wow, this might actually be worth a trip to Midtown to check it out when it's done! I don't get there very often and I always hated it because the sidewalks were so crowded. Wow, this might actually be worth a trip to Midtown to check it out when it's done! I don't get there very often and I always hated it because the sidewalks were so crowded.

]]> By: Sean http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/05/19/coming-soon-the-broadway-youve-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-68296 Sean Wed, 20 May 2009 00:09:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6201#comment-68296 Last night I turned onto Broadway north of Times Square and was extremely surprised and pleased to find myself in a painted/protected lane! I very excitedly snapped <a href="http://photos-b-2.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs043.snc1/4406_96977404624_598199624_1669169_6411921_n.jpg" rel="nofollow">a photo of the construction just north of Times Square</a>. Last night around 7pm, vehicular traffic reduced to two lanes was actually moving very smoothly. It appears that the stretch from Columbus Circle to Times Square will be the same configuration as the "Broadway Boulevard" south of 42nd Street. As I'm sure many of you know, traffic previously had been VERY fast through here (likely due to the road segment being under capacity), and bike-lane-parking was rampant. Beware: the "protected lefts" do not have turn signals yet (ie, aren't protected) and the painted bike lane ends abruptly around 47th and dumps you into a vehicular lane near the Times Sq "bowtie". Last night I turned onto Broadway north of Times Square and was extremely surprised and pleased to find myself in a painted/protected lane! I very excitedly snapped a photo of the construction just north of Times Square. Last night around 7pm, vehicular traffic reduced to two lanes was actually moving very smoothly.

It appears that the stretch from Columbus Circle to Times Square will be the same configuration as the "Broadway Boulevard" south of 42nd Street. As I'm sure many of you know, traffic previously had been VERY fast through here (likely due to the road segment being under capacity), and bike-lane-parking was rampant.

Beware: the "protected lefts" do not have turn signals yet (ie, aren't protected) and the painted bike lane ends abruptly around 47th and dumps you into a vehicular lane near the Times Sq "bowtie".

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