Inside The Congestion Relief Zone and other NYC News

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Holy shit. I've spent days of my life, I think, stuck in traffic in those spots (cumulatively).
 
That traffic had to move to somewhere. What are the spots that are now clogged which were previously passable? (I'm thinking mostly of commercial traffic....trucks double parked while unloading and such.)
 
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That traffic had to move to somewhere. What are the spots that are now clogged which were previously passable? (I'm thinking mostly of commercial traffic....trucks double parked while unloading and such.)
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I suspect most of the traffic doesn't actually move anywhere. Canal street is the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge. I suppose it's possible that people who really need to get to Brooklyn could take the Triboro but that's pretty fucking far out of the way. I think people are just realizing that they don't actually need to drive into Manhattan as much.

And in my ample (though not recent) experience at that location, commercial trucks are a tiny % of the traffic there.
 
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So the Congestion Relief Zone is a thing…trump did not end it and in general it has been a success, lowering traffic volume, improving commute times, bumping up public transit ridership, and retail sales and foot traffic have improved inside the zone.

So here’s the deal…on August 27 take a trip down to 254 W 54th St. Cellar, and a the club called “54 Below” to catch The Death of the Living Club. It is a good show and my daughter is one of the featured performers.

Here is what they say about it: “For one night only, join us at 54 Below for a high-octane musical mashup of zombies, video games, and synth fueled chaos. The Death of the Living Club finds four teenagers trapped in a shopping mall overrun by the undead. Watch as they fight for survival – and their sanity – armed with pop-punk anthems, glittering weapons, and the unbreakable bonds of friendship.”


Tickets at the link…buy by tomorrow



New Musical! The Death of the Living Club by Matt DeMaria | 54 Below
 
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We definitely need more regulations when it comes to e-bikes and scooters. One thing I see a lot of in Charlotte that drives me crazy is kids— teenagers under the age of 16– riding around busy streets on their e-bikes. They go faster than the automobile traffic, weaving in and out, popping wheelies, disobeying traffic laws/signs. They’re not allowed to have a license to drive a car, yet they can ride around these bikes on busy streets at speeds greater than 30 mph. If you’re not allowed to drive a car on these streets, you shouldn’t be allowed to ride an e-bike like that. It doesn’t make sense and something needs to be done.

And then you see them take the bikes off the roads and ride them at high speeds on sidewalks and greenways. Another thing that needs to be addressed.
 
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Most of the e-bikers in NYC are working. Most are immigrants id wager as well. I take note pretty closely and by the flags and other insignia I’d also bet a good many are Central Americans (that's a Guatemalan flag on the handlebars there) or at least have that region in their heritage.

I spent a few days in Guatemala City in the past year and I paid close attention to the way moped, motorcycle, and bike riders drove and lo and behold what I saw was a far stricter adherence to the law than by anyone riding a two-wheeled contraption in the USA.

Interesting, eh?
 
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Hey @Geisterfahrer -- I'll be back up for the holidays and most of the winter/spring...let's watch some games! That goes for others in the city -- I'd love to meet...maybe over some Dinosaur BBQ (it'll surprise you I guarantee).
 
ONLY SOMEWHAT RELATED....THE CITY, SHE'S A BEHEMOTH ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT.



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"This 1914 photo from the Municipal Archives shows the massive project in which the city was literally slicing buildings in half to widen Varick Street and extend Seventh Avenue South to lay the groundwork for subway construction and better vehicular connection to midtown. The work fundamentally changed the footprint of Greenwich Village.


More than a decade later, Sixth Avenue was lengthened to provide a route for new subway tracks, and to connect automobile traffic to the recently completed Holland Tunnel."


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"Aerial view of Sixth Avenue, looking south from Carmine Street, showing the jagged scar left by the extension, 2 July 1930. (NYC Municipal Archives). I believe the two buildings on the left in both photos, the one with the sale sign at street level and the one north of it was the billboard on the side, are both on the 200 block of Bleecker street."

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donbosco said:
Tomorrow morning at 9:40 or so I’ll move my car out of the Tues/Friday 11:00-12:30 space into a 8:30-10:00 one, sitting there until 10 to thwart ticketing. Then I will be good until next Tuesday morning at 8:30. I’ll keep an eye on it and with some luck I’ll grab a Monday/Thursday spot sometime Monday afternoon and then have until Thursday clear. It’s a circle/cycle.
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PS, I wrote the above message exactly a year ago...today I moved my car into a Tuesday-Friday space. Next Tuesday is Three Kings Day so parking rules are suspended and I won't have to move it. I'll probably head back down to NC on Friday morning so I'll have 7 days without having to move my car. That's playin' it.
 
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donbosco said:
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"Aerial view of Sixth Avenue, looking south from Carmine Street, showing the jagged scar left by the extension, 2 July 1930. (NYC Municipal Archives). I believe the two buildings on the left in both photos, the one with the sale sign at street level and the one north of it was the billboard on the side, are both on the 200 block of Bleecker street."
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Pretty sure the first little lane in the foreground on the left is Minetta Lane, at the end of which about 100 yards away would be legendary spots Cafe Wha? (Dylan stomping grounds), the original Kettle of Fish (Beat Generation hangout), and the Comedy Cellar and Minetta Tavern which both came later.

The street with the “Sale Sale” signs is Minetta Street. And around the corner from that building is indeed Bleecker.

I know that intersection very well, a lot of my favorite spots in the city sprinkled around there. Ton of history too.

Incredible photo, thanks.
 
donbosco said:
NYC1914Subway.jpg

"This 1914 photo from the Municipal Archives shows the massive project in which the city was literally slicing buildings in half to widen Varick Street and extend Seventh Avenue South to lay the groundwork for subway construction and better vehicular connection to midtown. The work fundamentally changed the footprint of Greenwich Village.
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And this is only like 25 blocks south on 7th Ave from where they had the giant 1915 street collapse — fatal accident and a bunch of people injured during the digging of the same subway tunnel being worked on here.

Morning rush hour, several vehicles and a streetcar full of commuters plunged. Seven died and over a hundred injured.

seeoldnyc.com

Before Modern Engineering: How a Deadly Construction Mistake Led to NYC's Great Subway Cave-In of 1915

On the morning of September 22, 1915, New York City was in the middle of a massive expansion of its subway system. Workers were digging a new tunnel for the Broadway-Seventh Avenue line deep beneath the street
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