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understanding the street as a space in planning
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Streets of broadway
• Broadway is the proud spine
of manhattan and it is more
of a thoroughfare than a
street. Its 20 MAJOR
INTERSECTIONS are some of
the most PEDESTRIAN
UNFRIENDLY places in the
city.
• BROADWAY runs diagonally through the street grid in
MANHATTAN, creating both irregular intersections and
room for world-class public spaces
• PEDESTRIAN PROBLEMS:
too many pedestrians were forced
onto too little sidewalk
resulted in an unpleasant
environment for working and
shopping
Pedestrian zones disconnected at
left-turn bays
pedestrians unsafely walking on the
roadbed.
GENERAL ISSUES:
• Broadway was congested with vehicles
that were forced to idle as it
converged with CONGESTED
AVENUES
Currently pedestrians must
look out for motorists
approaching from different
directions simultaneously
QUANTITATIVE GOALS :
• 30% reduction of C02 emissions
• planting trees
• implementing cycle lanes
• ensuring all citizens are within a 10 minute walk of a public
• open space
• doubling the percentage of cyclist commuters
• reducing traffic related deaths by 50%.
OBJECTIVE : TO CREATE PEOPLE FRIENDLY URBAN ENVIRONMENT .
• Changes has to be made to roughly 2.3 miles of Broadway, from Union
Square at 14th Street, north past Madison Square Park, Herald Square, and
Times Square, all the way to Columbus Circle at 59th Street.
• One of the most dramatic changes to the corridor, Broadway was completely
closed to vehicle traffic at Times Square and Herald Square, which created
room for new pedestrian plazas and spaces,
access and comfort
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Phase A: 15 secs
Phase B: 28 secs
Phase C: 15 secs Phase D: 32 secs
• Very short time allocated
for pedestrian crossing
• Trip may take as long as
1 minute 45 seconds
• Unsafe conditions for
pedestrians
• Pedestrians crossing
in Broadway during
phase when they see
a gap
Phase A: 43 secs Phase B: 15 secs Phase C: 32 secs
• INTERSECTIONS SIMPLIFIED by closing some or all of Broadway to
motorized traffic where it intersects other avenues, and creating
or altering pedestrian crossing signal phases.
• PEDESTRIAN PLAZAS WITH STREET FURNITURE CREATED at Times
Square, Herald Square, and Madison Square Park.
• BIKE LANES ADDED that are in many places separated from vehicular
traffic.
• Two moving and two parking lanes with an on-street bike lane
reconfigured to create one moving and two parking lanes with a
median-protected bike lane on Broadway.
• Signals need to be
Installed
• Pedestrian bicyclist
conflicts properly
Injuries (2008-2012)
•Zero severe injuries
•52 total injuries, 20 pedestrian
Broadway Left Turns
•Banned from Broadway 7am-7pm prior
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• East 17th Street converted from a two-way street to a one-way street, with
bike and pedestrian lanes added, separated from traffic by PLANTERS.
• PEDESTRIAN PLAZA CREATED on former street space, by extending the
sidewalk corner at Broadway and East 17th Street where turns were no
longer possible.
• Bike and pedestrian facilities upgraded throughout this section, including
traffic-separated bike lanes and shorter crossing distances at intersections
created by constructing NECKDOWNS AND REFUGE ISLANDS.
• ALL OF BROADWAY - SIGNAL AND TURNING REGULATION CHANGES in order to
optimize traffic flow for new street conditions.
• Cyclists protected by parked vehicles and pedestrian space
Comfort and sociability
Large Planters
• 42” diameter
x 30” tall
– Small Planters
• 34” diameter
x 25” tall
FURNITURE LOCATIONS
More number of pedestrian friendly areas
provided with furniture and shades to
their convenience
AFTER
Increased
seating spots
and increased
safety through
modification of
layout
INCREASED
THE SOCIAL
VALUE of the
street as a
space inviting
more people to
pedestrian use
In certain areas the VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IS COMPLETELY BLOCKED and the street is
converted into a more pedestrian oriented spot supporting the shops and activities
on street sides.
Uses and activities
The lanes next
to the shops
which were
previously used
for traffic has
now been
converted into
place for
pedestrians
thereby
increasing
retail sales
74% of area survey respondents liked the new traffic configuration and 20% of
business owners/managers thought that it had IMPROVED BUSINESS, while none
stated that it adversely affected their business and provided VARIETY OF
FUNCTIONS to happen.
squares of broadway
squares of broadway
Square has a host of
identifiable places, such as
theaters, destination retailers
(such as Toys R Us),
restaurants, and Duffy
Square.
1. Times square
2. Herald square / Greeley square
3. Madison square
4. Union square
CORNERS are bulging with pedestrians waiting to cross north-south, but
destinations, activities and amenities that could pull them away from the Bowtie and
into the surrounding district are either poorly placed or non-existent.
• Square’s LACK OF
AMENITIES and
infrastructure for
pedestrians make stationary
activity uncomfortable.
• A healthy public space usually has at
least 60% woman participating in
stationary activity
• This breakdown suggests that much of
Times square is not a very com fortable
place to spend time
• 13.1% of New Yorkers are
over age 65 but only 4% are
found engaged in stationary
activity in Times Square
Less inviting to all.
Many storefronts in
times square lack the
transparency and
interest to provide a
vibrant ground-floor
experience that is
consistent throughout
the district.
• Point to point travel times improved by 17% in northbound trips in West
Midtown, and 8% in East Midtown. East and West Midtown southbound times
improved 3% and slowed 2% respectively, whereas crosstown trips showed
westbound improvements of 9% and 7% in East and West Midtown and
eastbound improvements of 5% and 2% in East and West Midtown.
• Motorist and passenger injuries decreased by 63%
• Pedestrian injuries decreased 35%.
• Pedestrian volumes increased by 11% in Times Square and 6% in Herald
Square, and the pedestrians in those locations lingered longer.
• Pedestrians entered travel lanes less, as the project provides sufficient
sidewalk and plaza space.
• Vehicles speeding over the 30 MPH limit declined from 28% to 12% of all
vehicles on Broadway between 19th and 20th streets.
• Bicycle volumes increased 16% on weekdays and 33% on weekends.
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