Comments on: The Case for a Car-Free Halloween http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/16/the-case-for-a-car-free-halloween/ 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: Mike @ Headpiece Costume http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/16/the-case-for-a-car-free-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-276236 Mike @ Headpiece Costume Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:15:32 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=93341#comment-276236 I totally agree, 1 day a year is plenty of notice(and is not asking too much) for people to work around not being able to drive in the city. It should be treated as a snow storm warning where only official vehicles are allowed to be on the streets. I totally agree, 1 day a year is plenty of notice(and is not asking too much) for people to work around not being able to drive in the city.

It should be treated as a snow storm warning where only official vehicles are allowed to be on the streets.

]]> By: sam http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/16/the-case-for-a-car-free-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-157231 sam Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:02:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=93341#comment-157231 I live on the UWS, and one of the best blocks is 69th street, because they just shut down the entire street from CPW to Broadway. It's a ridiculous block party, with haunted houses, house design competitions, and (at least this year) an entire star wars performance art piece involving people rappelling off the side of a building. Cars can still drive down Columbus, but because there are a ton of police at the intersection, it stays pretty calm. I live on the UWS, and one of the best blocks is 69th street, because they just shut down the entire street from CPW to Broadway. It’s a ridiculous block party, with haunted houses, house design competitions, and (at least this year) an entire star wars performance art piece involving people rappelling off the side of a building. Cars can still drive down Columbus, but because there are a ton of police at the intersection, it stays pretty calm.

]]> By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/16/the-case-for-a-car-free-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-157181 Josh Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:41:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=93341#comment-157181 They could call it "Spooky Streets". They could call it “Spooky Streets”.

]]> By: Charles Komanoff http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/16/the-case-for-a-car-free-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-157131 Charles Komanoff Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:04:29 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=93341#comment-157131 Bravo for a brilliant idea, beautifully articulated: <blockquote>We plan streets to accommodate peak rush-hour traffic, and we pave parking lots big enough for the oceans of cars that arrive for Black Friday shopping. If we treated infrastructure for walking the same way, we'd plan to accommodate the pedestrian volumes on Halloween.</blockquote> Exactly! Bravo for a brilliant idea, beautifully articulated:

We plan streets to accommodate peak rush-hour traffic, and we pave parking lots big enough for the oceans of cars that arrive for Black Friday shopping. If we treated infrastructure for walking the same way, we’d plan to accommodate the pedestrian volumes on Halloween.

Exactly!

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