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Originally Posted by mrnyc
gentrification of neighborhoods. the bad sides of it that is.
a real good recent thing for us personally is that because there are so many more residents and tourists over the years and traffic is so bad, the city took the cars out and made a bus only street out of 14th street recently. it's a rousing success and our street is so quiet and the air so clean its just amazing. you could roll a bowling ball down the street now lol! the mta plans to do more bus only streets on other busy cross streets in manhattan and i am all for it. i hope eventually they widen the sidewalks too.
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That is probably the best idea the city had transportation wise. As the buses run above ground, they could taken some of the burden from the subways, giving time for them to get an overdue update in terms of the tracks, stations, etc.