"It's time to pedestrianize the Financial District. The Financial District was built for walking, not for traffic," Marte said."
"It's one of the most transit-rich, walkable parts of our city, and it's becoming one of the fastest growing residential neighborhoods with new families, seniors and kids... We're tired of waiting."
"The Financial District Neighborhood Association also released a proposal to turn many of FiDi's streets east of Broadway into shared streets, prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists, while restricting parking and capping speed limits at 5 miles per hour."
The Financial District faces increasing residential growth and rising demand for pedestrian and transit priority. The Department of Transportation has not begun a City Council-funded traffic study allocated nearly a decade ago. Narrow, winding streets dating to New Amsterdam remain overrun by motor vehicles, including many illegally parked with government placards. Lower Manhattan's population rose about 34 percent from 2010 to 2020, bringing more families, seniors, and children. A 2016 $500,000 allocation aimed to collect data on vehicle and foot traffic, curb use, parking, garbage pickup, construction, and crashes to design a pedestrian-priority pilot. A neighborhood association proposes shared streets, restricted parking, and a 5 mph speed cap.
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