![]() 49th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive Service Road.51st Street between 7th Avenue and 1st Avenue. ![]() 50th Street between 6th Avenue and FDR Drive.52nd Street between 7th Avenue and 6th Avenue.53rd Street between 7th Avenue and FDR Drive.54th Street between 7th Avenue and Madison Avenue.55th Street between 7th Avenue and Madison Avenue.56th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue.57th Street between 7th Avenue and FDR Drive.58th Street between Broadway and Madison Avenue.59th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue.61st Street between 5th Avenue and Park Avenue.76th Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue.77th Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue.FDR Drive Service Road between 48th Street and 49th Street.Park Avenue between 76th Street and 77th Street.Madison Avenue between 76th Street and 77th Street.Madison Avenue between 42nd Street and 58th Street.5th Avenue between 56th Street and 59th Street.Grand Army Plaza between 58th Street and 60th Street.6th Avenue between 50th Street and 59th Street.On the East and Madison Avenue on the West All Inclusive.Area bounded by 54th Street on the North, 48th Street on the South, 1st Avenue.1st Avenue on the East and 3rd Avenue on the West All Inclusive.Area bounded by 60th Street on the North, 34th Street on the South. ![]() FDR Drive between Whitehall Street and Willis Avenue Bridge/RFK Bridge.5, the NYPD will be maintaining possible closures at police discretion at these locations: "Since the end of last year's General Assembly, we've been planning how to best protect the various sites and all the people inside them, while also minimizing the impact on New Yorkers," O'Neill said at recent news conference at a command center at police headquarters.įrom Sept. The NYPD's main line of defense will be thousands of extra police officers flooding the streets as part of a carefully coordinated effort with the Secret Service and other federal and local law enforcement agencies to protect both the United Nations and Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, said Police Commissioner James O'Neill. “The next mayor and City Council need to scrap the failed ‘gridlock alert days’ and take decisive action to get bus riders and the whole city moving again,” Pearlstein said.Though there's been no direct threats made against the event, the security worries are so broad that the New York Police Department has considered how it would stop assassins armed with poison or killer drones, according to the Associated Press. Permeant strategies could include expanding metered parking and eliminating city-issued parking placards, which advocates say encourage government workers to use their cars. Riders Alliance proposed new solutions to traffic including HOV restrictions, transit discounts and restrictions on city-used parking permits. The report’s recommendations are split into “temporary tactics,” “policy priorities” and “permanent strategies.”Īmong the temporary fixes proposed are “pop-up” busways, restrictions on vehicle occupancy in the most congested areas, transit fare discounts and higher parking fees to discourage driving. “There is no way to cut gridlock and also allow more cars on the road.” “New Yorkers who ride buses are marooned and essential service providers like FDNY, EMS and HVAC repair are left stranded,” the report said. The group claims the “well-meaning” gridlock alert days don’t actually help curb traffic in New York City. ![]() Riders Alliance’s policy brief asserts that the “well meaning” alerts do little to alleviate the pressure on everyday New Yorkers, particularly those who depend on city buses to get around. This month’s gridlock alert days are Dec. The city Department of Transportation designates gridlock alert days during high-traffic events, namely September’s annual United Nations General Assembly and the December holiday shopping season. “It’s not nearly enough to beg drivers to leave their cars at home we’ve tried that for 40 years without success,” said the group’s spokesman, Danny Pearlstein. On Thursday, the second official gridlock alert day of the month, the Riders Alliance released a policy brief calling on the city to ditch the “gridlock alert” designation in favor of strategies like HOV restrictions, transit discounts and restrictions on city-used parking permits. Transit advocates want the city to scrap its “gridlock alert days,” which they claim do nothing to stem the crush of cars that cripple NYC streets during the holiday season. Wired mocked for fawning Pete Buttigieg profile: ‘Tiger Beat-level fan drivel’ Biden withdraws nominee to lead US auto safety agency after GOP pushes backīox truck explodes into flames under elevated NYC subway stationĭelta passenger who suffered severe allergic reaction to nuts slams airline: ‘Really terrifying situation’ ![]()
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