Express Streets In Midtown Manhattan

Michael Bloomberg has been working hard to do alleviate congestion in Manhattan. The latest effort is to ban turns from 10 Midtown streets, creating 'express' streets.

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October 2, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

" Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, whose passion for information about traffic patterns is rivaled only by his love of recycling trivia, agreed to test the program after learning that the average speed of a car in Midtown during spring 2002 was 4.8 miles per hour, a mere 1.4 miles per hour faster than the average walking speed of humans."

Thanks to Clark Williams

FULL STORY: Turns From Midtown Streets Will Be Banned on Weekdays

Tuesday, October 1, 2002 in The New York Times

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