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The Department of Transportation is looking into making Union Square more pedestrian friendly. Well, it's certainly not car friendly as it is. NY1 reoprts that the DOT is looking at creating a "possible five-foot sidewalk on the north end of the park and modifying the timing of traffic signals to allow more east-west traffic flow, which would also allow for more east-west pedestrian crossing time." A sidewalk for the north end of the park? Instead of that portable metal gate? What will they think of next!
The Union Square Community Coalition wants to change 17th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue South into a one way street, which the DOT doesn't like, probably it makes sense. That street is such a pain to cross, and the cars there get confused about whose turn it is to walk or drive... Ugh!
The coalition says, "This is not a thruway. Union Square is a destination," and that it truly is. It's where people joined together to mourn, popsicles melt, people perform, trees fall, and weird clocks happen. Not to mention wonderful food is sold.
Photograph of people at Union Square on August 14, 2003 (the NYC Blackout) by the AP
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Don't change anything. Union Square's inconveniences and mortal traffic perils are part of its unique idiosyncratic nature. This stinks of Rattner and his cronies. Screw you tourists!
Sorry, just thought I'd take the opposing line today.
what about the south side of the park in front of whole foods? can we please get rid the incense vendors and nik-nak whores crowding the sidewalk? jeez!!
photoshopped pictures suck!
Agree with John, the sidewalks in front of Whole Foods/Virgin are narrow enough as it is, with folks getting in and out of the subway and these two megastores. The north end of the park isn't the problem, the south end is. (And they wanted to put a restaurant in the plaza, right?)
Oh, and making 17th st. into a one-way eastbound street is an absolutely horrible idea. You'd have cars coming even faster around that Broadway corner, and you'd have even more traffic going west on 13th st., which is already jammed most of the time, and now has to deal with the Whole Foods loading dock as well.
holy cow jen! you need need NEED to re-read your submissions before you post them. i just read 3 by you in the past 5 minutes and all 3 had grammatical errors that mace the sentence that contained them completely nonsensical.
please be more careful.
"Mace"? Kettle meet pot.
how about banning all non-commercial vehicles (i.e. everything but delivery trucks, busses, cabs, and emergency vehicles)??