NEW YORK | Park Avenue Malls

[ChiND]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/n...sultPosition=2

Does Anyone Want to Hang Out in the Middle of Park Avenue?
A glimpse at the future of one of Manhattan’s most famous streets — and a look at its history, from train tracks to illegal weed.


By Dodai Stewart
Sept. 9, 2024

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by RobEss

Mark my words - whenever the city does get around to maybe widening the medians in 2030, whoever is governor at that time will find a way to squash it. They always find a way to get their fingers into places they have no business being.

It would be fun to believe that NYC is capable of disabusing itself of car usage, but everything that has happened in the past 15+ years proves that it isn't.

Now that's just being dumb. Any one who's been to the city over the past decade can see how dramatically the city has changed the streets, especially in Manhattan where lanes and even whole streets have been taken over by plazas, bike lines, and mid-street parking. The more you speak on it, the more its clear you clearly don't know what's going on.

The MTA began its construction on the block of Park Avenue between East 47th and East 48th Street. That block will be the first along the avenue to feature a wider median when the street is restored as early as 2025.

[RobEss]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Any one who's been to the city over the past decade can see how dramatically the city has changed the streets...

Cosmetic changes aren't substantive, Jersey resident. If you actually used the streets here you'd know how close congestion pricing came to being a reality before Kathy pulled the plug. You'd know how poorly maintained the existing infrastructure is. You'd know how 'Vision Zero' became a failure of policy, with traffic deaths soaring. You'd know how the NYPD abuses the roads with impunity.

It's kinda hard to appreciate a pretty flowerpot in a reclaimed road when a Ford F-350 barrels through a red light without consequence right next to you.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by RobEss

Cosmetic changes aren't substantive, Jersey resident. If you actually used the streets here you'd know how close congestion pricing came to being a reality before Kathy pulled the plug.

Ah, as you've already shown you don't know what you're talking about, you have to resort to personal attacks, themselves further proving you don't know what you're talking about. You lack even a clue. Best you stay out of this conversation than, and keep your ignorance to yourself.