New York, NY – The stretch of Broadway in Lower Manhattan known as the “canyon of heroes,” which has hosted 200 ticker-tape parades, may soon be closed to most vehicular traffic, under a new plan the city is quietly floating among local representatives and community groups.
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With construction projects in Lower Manhattan expected to produce unprecedented levels of traffic congestion this summer, the Department of Transportation is studying how closing Broadway south of Ann Street to all vehicles except city buses and speeding bus traffic on Broadway below Houston Street could alleviate traffic problems.
Making Broadway accessible only by mass transit [NYSun]