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The 5th Avenue Busway Pilot Project will limit vehicles that travel along 5th Avenue between East 57th Street and East 34th Street to buses, bikes and emergency vehicles. Local access for all vehicles will be permitted, but all vehicles that aren't trucks and buses must make the next available turn off of the corridor.

5th Avenue is an important corridor for buses, with 40 local and express routes that carry over 110,000 daily riders.

Please let us know what you think about transit, traffic, and pedestrian safety issues both on 5th Avenue and its side streets between East 57th Street and East 34th Street. Comments can be related to the Busway treatment specifically, or other improvements that you would like to see included in the project.

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08/19/2020 - 11:12

5 Ave - East 45 St - East 46 St

The idea of the 5th Avenue Busway is a terrible idea. This will cause more traffic in neighboring avenues which will then cause the DOT to think of a plan of shutting them down. Please stop taking measures that will increase traffic and in the end your obvious attempt to get rid of private vehicles in NYC. It's enough already, let people that want to drive drive and those that don't take public transportation. Squeezing the options out of the public will only encourage more New Yorkers to leave the city.

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08/19/2020 - 10:59

East 54 St - 5 Ave - Manhattan

The volume of traffic does not permit for any further lanes being lost.

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08/19/2020 - 10:58

West 55 St - 5 Ave - Manhattan

We are an independent restaurant on 55th Street, off of 5th Avenue and it is very important to us that our distributors, employees, and customers are able to utilize 5th Avenue as a roadway and NOT as a bus lane and bike lane. Our street (55th) was recently given a bike lane, which I supported, however bicyclists have flaunted basic decency as they go both ways on the street, bike at high speeds, and show absolutely no regard for pedestrian safety. It has become a major concern for us and we feel helpless as neither DOT nor Traffic Police seem willing or able to address the situation. I hope you would consider adding speed bumps on the bike lanes on 55th Street and not further antagonize retail businesses that are already struggling with reduced foot traffic, with further traffic restrictions on our main thoroughfare and lifeline.

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