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Today is the second of three Summer Streets Saturdays, where the city shuts down about seven miles of streets (from the Brooklyn Bridge to to 72nd Street and Park) for people to bike, stroll, and participate in activities along the way. After last weekend's first try, most of our readers (66%) think it's a terrific program--see some of the great photos here--while 23% think it could be better with some tweaking--perhaps more understanding of bicyclists' and pedestrians' space is needed.

          

The first Summer Streets Saturday, where the city closed 7 miles of Manhattan streets (between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.) to create a vehicle-free boulevard for people to stroll, bicycle, and and just enjoy, seems to be a big hit. Of course there were complaints from drivers trying to make their way around.

The city's Summer Streets program, which will transform seven miles of Manhattan streets (from Centre Street to Lafayette Street to Fourth Avenue to Park Avenue, up to East 72nd) into car-free boulevards for three Saturdays, letting people walk, cycle, dance and much more, start this Saturday at 7 a.m. The streets will be vehicle-free until 1 p.m.