Before heading out for lunch with Livable Streets Network editor Sarah Goodyear, we took a couple of quick detours to check out some of the more interesting livable streets initiatives in the West Village.
This is my favorite moment on the 9th Ave cycle track — this didn’t make it into my other post about the track and its many uses. (Photos: Elly Blue)
The Hudson River Greenway is an all-too-rare example of separated bike and pedestrian paths. The white sign in the center left reads “No Pedestrians on Bike Path.” There’s a nice wide walkway right by the water, well separated by landscaping.
The new Gansevoort Plaza with its suggestive bollards redesigns a huge traffic free for all in the Meatpacking District into a more manageable, usable public space. Streetsblog tells more of the story, with more enticing pictures.
New York already has good bones as a city built around walking. And a new wave of livable streets activists, advocates, and public officials — including Janette Sadik-Khan, the city’s transportation commissioner — have been making a major impact in the last year alone with infrastructure investments like these. And there are no signs of this progress slowing down any time soon.
Elly Blue has been writing about bicycling and carfree issues for BikePortland.org since 2006. Find her at http://takingthelane.com
