New York – New York City sidewalks are becoming more crowded.
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According to The New York Times, (http://nyti.ms/tvU0HC ) the city started gauging foot traffic at 50 busy intersections five years ago.
The “pedestrian volume index” has climbed steadily. The exception is from 2008 to 2009, possibly because of the recession.
One study found 350,000 pedestrians a day in Times Square. There were 97,000 on Main Street in Flushing, Queens, and 80,000 on East Fordham Road in the Bronx.
The Transportation Department has been widening sidewalks where possible and expanding pedestrian malls.
Says Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan: “You don’t live here unless you like people.”
OK, Bloomberg can finally enact a pedestrian toll.
In the next few months the City will implement bike racks at busy intersections where you can rent a bike for an hour.
This will take away even more from the sidewalk and make the streets even more crowded.
Where can I apply for the job of counting how many people are crowding the streets? Some people just don’t have what to do.
get rid of the bike lanes and expand the sidewalks into them
This is what our mayor and the hundreds of thousands city workers do all day?