New York City Is Putting The 'park' Back In Park Avenue

New York City Comptroller

Way backmost successful nan day, New York City's Park Avenue was truthful named for nan parkland that ran done its center. That parkland was reduced down to a mini median successful 1927, to adhd room for much cars, but it seems New York City's caller leadership is looking to move nan timepiece backmost those 100 years. The metropolis comptroller's agency revealed 2 plans coming to trim nan number of postulation lanes connected Park Avenue, and grow nan median backmost into nan pedestrian parkland it utilized to be. 

The plans, publicized by comptroller Mark Levine, are group to agelong from East 46th Street to East 57th Street — from midtown, wherever nan thoroughfare splits astir Grand Central, very astir to nan tallness of Central Park. Both proposals see pedestrian stepping paths done nan halfway of Park Avenue, alongside greenery, seating areas, and creation installations, and 1 adds motorcycle paths into nan operation to abstracted two-wheeled postulation from nan surrounding cars. 

Despite my position arsenic a New York City cyclist, I really don't emotion nan creation action that combines motorcycle postulation and pedestrian postulation into nan median park. Yes, it's bully to person motorcycle lanes that are physically protected from nan surrounding cars, but it's easier for a motorcycle to scope car speeds than for a quality to scope motorcycle speeds — replacing cyclists deed by cars pinch pedestrians deed by cyclists isn't ideal. The champion action would beryllium a motorcycle lane that's wrong nan median, but meaningfully separated from ft traffic: Perhaps connected nan different broadside of nan planters, but pinch Jersey barriers separating it from cars. 

Reducing postulation connected Park Avenue and replacing it pinch ft paths is simply a awesome idea, 1 that brings nan thoroughfare backmost to its original intent erstwhile it stopped being boring aged Fourth Avenue. The metropolis moreover talked astir pop-up shops aliases euphony venues wrong nan greenish space, giving group yet much reasons to sojourn 1 of New York City's champion known streets.