![]() ![]() frozen along with all avenues east of Seventh and more. closed from 48th to 51st Sts., FDR Drive below 63rd St. and 10 p.m., including one at Sheraton Hotel. 30: "Biggest Gridlock Alert Day of Decade! Tree lighting at Rockefeller Center and President Obama in NYC for fundraisers between 3 p.m. 28 ( NOT NYC-designated gridlock alert days): "Return trips home causes gridlock on the roads, rails and skies. We sent our reporter extraordinaire Zardoz out on NYC's streets for a few hours to check out just how NYC's issuing of a Gridlock Alert Week. Five Rockettes’ performances at Radio City." 25 (NOT a NYC-designated gridlock alert day): "Biggest shopping day of year and biggest parking ticket day of year, since Black Friday feels like a major parking holiday, which it’s not! All parking rules in effect. Black Friday begins earlier than ever with some shops opening 10 p.m. All roads and crossings stuffed after 1 p.m. 24 (NOT a NYC-designated gridlock alert day): "Thanksgiving Day Parade down Central Park West to 59th St. West 77th and 81st Streets closed for balloon inflation. Ocean Parkway, the end of the Prospect Expressway, by JGNY.New York City traffic expert Sam "Gridlock Sam" Schwartz also weighed in with his own gridlock rundown for the next several days: Join our Flickr group to add photos from around Kensington!Ī new study new study by INIRIX released this week shows that New York City has the most congested highways of any city except Los Angeles, and it’s on its way to surpassing that city as the nation’s gridlock capital. The Cross Bronx Expressway has a stretch that is the worst in the U.S. for congestion, but several other areas are almost as nasty-which anyone who's spent any time in a car lately knows all to well. One spot that was singled out is the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound between Northern Boulevard and the Prospect Expressway. ![]() With construction and congestion, heading home from the BQE can be a real nightmare (but really, it can be just as bad heading out, too, when traffic sometimes backs up all the way to Ocean Parkway). So what's the solution? Don't drive, says the DOT: Not a troll: Hobo builds house on the Manhattan Bridge Shack attack: City demolishes Manhattan Bridge hobo’s makeshift SRO NYC parking has become a scary ‘bloodsport’ - and locals are demanding this drastic change But a spokesman said DOT is working with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other providers to make it more convenient for people to leave their cars behind and use mass transit.NYC trucks with mobile billboards warn against bringing guns to Times Square The state Department of Transportation said building or widening roads is not the answer to the traffic problems, explaining there's just no room. 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. 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. ![]() “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. 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. This month’s gridlock alert days are Dec. 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. The group claims the “well-meaning” gridlock alert days don’t actually help curb traffic in New York City. “New Yorkers who ride buses are marooned and essential service providers like FDNY, EMS and HVAC repair are left stranded,” the report said. “There is no way to cut gridlock and also allow more cars on the road.” 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. Riders Alliance proposed new solutions to traffic including HOV restrictions, transit discounts and restrictions on city-used parking permits. ![]()
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