New York City is really one of the lucky ones, cause that city didnt fall down to the cars trend as much as many other cities (especially cities in the west). Look at how much area LA takes and then look at how much area NYC takes. Then compare their population.
I never heard of changing the one-way direction every few blocks. I look forward to hearing how that works out. It's definitely worth trying. Thanks for this video.
I can see changing direction every block and making the pattern consistent across a wide area. With good signage, that can make it easier for drivers to avoid getting lost, it can reduce the number of left-turns and traffic lights and it makes it easier for pedestrians to cross. By why every few blocks? That just makes every trip longer and makes it harder for drivers who have to change direction to do so efficiently.
@@pcno2832 reducing efficiency for cars while boosting it for other modes can be a worthy goal. That's what they did years ago in Groningen, NL, years ago, and now other cities are doing the same. It makes people get out of their cars and take another mode. They have buses, bikes, feet, and perhaps trolleys/trams. A high speed roads connects the neighborhoods, but you can't move from one neighborhood to the other in a car unless you take the outer ring road.
Come to Phoenix , AZ. We have incredible bike infrastructure in some areas that is fragmented and disconnected by the most insane Department of Transportation idiocracy roller coaster type freeways, that are not usable by bikes or pedestrians. I'm saying not even the pedestrian overpasses, which cost big bucks, are currently usable in many parts of my city.
I was just there a couple months ago. My first time visiting Astoria. I've been visiting NYC semi-regularly for almost a decade and I love it more each time I'm there. I'd love to see more of that sort of infill construction in other cities. Washington DC, where I live, has plenty of space for if, if it weren't for the NYMBYs, and plenty of demand. But it seems like it's either multi-million dollar single family homes, or mega buildings with condos starting at half a million for a studio. Nothing for normal people.
Maybe in architecture, yes. But NYC has more extensive mass transit. In NYC, most trips are done on mass transit, and most households don't have a car.
New York looks so nice! Might need to visit again, maybe wben the transformation is further along and the crime issue is solved. Greetings from Switzerland :)
I moved here almost 2 years ago. There is no "crime issue". There is and alway will be some crime. I walk around anywhere in the city, even the sketchy areas at all time of day and night. Sure I've encountered plenty of sketchy people but I have never even been close to being a victim of a crime. Just ignore and keep walking. You're not the only person there, ever. I feel much safer in all of New York City than I do in Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, etc
There are currently tons of tourists visiting NYC and crime is not an issue for 99% of them, including the ones who stay in the outer boroughs. Don't let the media's focus on crime deter you from visiting.
NYC is one of the safest big cities in the US. Crime peaked around 2020-21 and sharply decreased in the last few years. plus anyways i highly doubt many tourists are going to the neighborhoods in NYC where you have to be cautious considering the distance from midtown.
This might work in a place where everyone is on board with the plan and follows the rules, but NYC is anything but "livable, affordable, attractive" at this point, and from what I hear, Paris is also a sh--hole. The sad truth is that places like NYC and Paris attract the kind of people who tolerate crime and the kind who perpetuate it.
There aren’t enough bike riders in the city to justify bike lanes. They are mainly space for emergency vehicles to bypass traffic, mainly NYPD cruisers.
total sense
there we go, this is exactly what I expect from your channel, this is what we need
New York City is really one of the lucky ones, cause that city didnt fall down to the cars trend as much as many other cities (especially cities in the west).
Look at how much area LA takes and then look at how much area NYC takes. Then compare their population.
I like these bike lanes
This is my street 😎 I was so happy walking home and seeing the signs that bike lanes were coming
I never heard of changing the one-way direction every few blocks. I look forward to hearing how that works out. It's definitely worth trying. Thanks for this video.
I can see changing direction every block and making the pattern consistent across a wide area. With good signage, that can make it easier for drivers to avoid getting lost, it can reduce the number of left-turns and traffic lights and it makes it easier for pedestrians to cross. By why every few blocks? That just makes every trip longer and makes it harder for drivers who have to change direction to do so efficiently.
@@pcno2832 reducing efficiency for cars while boosting it for other modes can be a worthy goal. That's what they did years ago in Groningen, NL, years ago, and now other cities are doing the same. It makes people get out of their cars and take another mode. They have buses, bikes, feet, and perhaps trolleys/trams. A high speed roads connects the neighborhoods, but you can't move from one neighborhood to the other in a car unless you take the outer ring road.
A really nice, brief and clear explanation of the good approach ! Good job ! Also, funny how Astoria looks so much like some boroughs of Montreal haha
Come to Phoenix , AZ. We have incredible bike infrastructure in some areas that is fragmented and disconnected by the most insane Department of Transportation idiocracy roller coaster type freeways, that are not usable by bikes or pedestrians. I'm saying not even the pedestrian overpasses, which cost big bucks, are currently usable in many parts of my city.
I was just there a couple months ago. My first time visiting Astoria. I've been visiting NYC semi-regularly for almost a decade and I love it more each time I'm there.
I'd love to see more of that sort of infill construction in other cities. Washington DC, where I live, has plenty of space for if, if it weren't for the NYMBYs, and plenty of demand. But it seems like it's either multi-million dollar single family homes, or mega buildings with condos starting at half a million for a studio. Nothing for normal people.
As a native New Yorker born and raised here we need massive subway lines extended and new ones including a circle ⭕️ line like Paris Madrid and Moscow
Bike laaaaane, there is a bike laaaaane!
Get out the bike laaaaaane
Amazing
Wouldn’t the best example for good urbanism in America be Montreal?
Maybe in architecture, yes. But NYC has more extensive mass transit. In NYC, most trips are done on mass transit, and most households don't have a car.
@@tomreingold4024 fair enough, I was focused on the bicycle infra when a wrote that
I feel like streets in ny have gotten considerably worse for bicyclists over the past few years, though….
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Dunky?
New York looks so nice! Might need to visit again, maybe wben the transformation is further along and the crime issue is solved. Greetings from Switzerland :)
I moved here almost 2 years ago. There is no "crime issue". There is and alway will be some crime. I walk around anywhere in the city, even the sketchy areas at all time of day and night. Sure I've encountered plenty of sketchy people but I have never even been close to being a victim of a crime. Just ignore and keep walking. You're not the only person there, ever. I feel much safer in all of New York City than I do in Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, etc
There are currently tons of tourists visiting NYC and crime is not an issue for 99% of them, including the ones who stay in the outer boroughs. Don't let the media's focus on crime deter you from visiting.
NYC is one of the safest big cities in the US. Crime peaked around 2020-21 and sharply decreased in the last few years. plus anyways i highly doubt many tourists are going to the neighborhoods in NYC where you have to be cautious considering the distance from midtown.
New York is a grid and one thing that bikes need is gentle curves to not just have to keep stopping if they’re gonna make a bunch of lefts and rights
It's fine mate
It’s not a problem. I bike across the city on a daily basis and have never though this was an issue
This might work in a place where everyone is on board with the plan and follows the rules, but NYC is anything but "livable, affordable, attractive" at this point, and from what I hear, Paris is also a sh--hole. The sad truth is that places like NYC and Paris attract the kind of people who tolerate crime and the kind who perpetuate it.
All New York City residents should come to Upstate we better off cuz the city is done
Btw that green paint for the bike lanes & the red lane paint for the buses stinks so bad! It irritates my lungs. So much for clean air in the city.
Car emissions and tire wear are far worse for the air quality.
Where are they putting the millions of illegal immigrants?
There aren’t enough bike riders in the city to justify bike lanes. They are mainly space for emergency vehicles to bypass traffic, mainly NYPD cruisers.
Adding lanes increases the number of people who would choose to bike.
total nonsense.
how so?