"After months of gathering local feedback, the DOT narrowed its redesign plans into two options [PDF]: Option 1 offers a straight "promenade" design that divides pedestrian plazas and "shared traffic" lanes into parallel corridors, whereas Option 2 offers a zig-zagging "meander" design that switches the pedestrian plazas and the shared traffic lanes at every intersection."
"Shared traffic lanes permit drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians to use them simultaneously, albeit with barricades to retard drivers so they feel like guests, as opposed to what they are on every other street: tyrants to whom everyone else must cower."
"Option 1 would employ a "physical barrier, such as a gate" to prevent automobiles from plowing straight through intersections. That means that a driver would need to exit his or her vehicle, open the gate, return to the vehicle, drive past the gate, exit the vehicle again, close the gate, and then return once more to the vehicle."
The Department of Transportation will spend $89 million to revamp Paseo Park and fully build out the 1.3-mile 34th Avenue open street in Jackson Heights, a pandemic-era model for reclaiming space for pedestrians, cyclists, and children. The DOT narrowed redesign plans into two options: a straight "promenade" that separates pedestrian plazas and shared traffic lanes into parallel corridors, and a zig-zagging "meander" that alternates plazas and lanes at each intersection. Shared traffic lanes allow drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians to occupy the same space with barricades to slow vehicles. Option 1 would use a physical gate at intersections; Option 2 would use alternating plazas as de facto barriers. The designs emphasize managing drivers and maximizing open roadway space while integrating features like contraflow bike paths.
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