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Blocking the Box
Blocking the Box
Canal St - Centre St - Lafayette St

Why not a tunnel or underpass connecting Manhattan Bridge to the Holland Tunnel for all the pass through traffic with a couple of ramps for local exits on the east and west sides. On top of the tunnel / underpass put bike lanes and pedestrian walkways. Pricey no doubt but long term will make life safer and healthier for everyone.

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Aggressive Drivers
Aggressive Drivers
Bowery - Canal St - Canal St

I am writing to urge DOT to make the off ramp of the Manhattan Bridge and the corner of Bowery and Canal less of a death trap. The number of injuries and deaths at this point is indefensible. In the short/immediate term, we need jersey barriers installed and a lower speed limit on the bridge. In the long term, we need to implement a comprehensive redesign of Canal Street to make it fundamentally safer for pedestrians and cyclists. The car traffic coming off the bridge is a public health emergency at this point and should be treated with an appropriate level of urgency.

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Aggressive Drivers
Aggressive Drivers
Canal St - Bowery - Elizabeth St - Manhattan

Speeding drivers flying off of the Manhattan Bridge kill people every year. We just had 2 crashes and 2 deaths! We need exit traffic to be slower (we could change the exit ramp from a straightaway to a curve) and we need to add street barriers to protect people from crazy drivers who refuse to slow down.

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Aggressive Drivers
Aggressive Drivers
Canal St - Bowery - Elizabeth St

The two recent crashes off the Manhattan bridge are indicative of long-time, unaddressed issues with aggressive driving into Chinatown. As we've seen, cyclists, elderly pedestrians, and storefronts are at constant risk. We need transformative change to this central throughway in Lower Manhattan to accommodate all types of transportation. Namely, we need rigid protections from cars for cyclists and pedestrians so that out-of-control drivers are stopped by physical barriers rather than humans. Additionally, we can reclaim road space by narrowing the middle buffer. This space is being used by NYPD for personal vehicle parking, so it already does not serve its purpose.

Curbside Parking Issue
Curbside Parking Issue
Canal St - Elizabeth St - Mott St

Parking should be booted on this whole stretch of Canal (and be remade like Flatbush Ext in Brooklyn) -- allow cars to stop on the side for immediate loading/unloading but nothing else. There are cars parked all day/weekend, causing loading to happen in lanes of traffic. No one needs to be parking on Canal.

Aggressive Drivers
Aggressive Drivers
Canal St - Mulberry St - Baxter St

This intersection is a mess because when you exit the Holland Tunnel it directs you to go to Brooklyn via Walker St and merge into Canal here. It's a total nightmare.

Aggressive Drivers
Aggressive Drivers
Canal St - Varick St - Holland Tunnel Approach

Bad drivers (often Jersey plates) zip around traffic on the left lane then try to jam in at the merge -- causing through traffic to then get backedup

Double Parking
Double Parking
Canal St - Mott St - Mulberry St

Double parking by vendors and others all through here -- cars zig zag between left turners and double parked cars which creates a *lot* of danger

Dangerous Left Turn
Dangerous Left Turn
Mott St - Canal St - Hester St

All the left turns on Canal should be eliminated (or get turning lanes w/ signals) -- it causes wild zig-zagging by drivers who create a lot of the danger of driving on Canal

Dangerous Left Turn
Dangerous Left Turn
Bowery - Canal St - Canal St

Left turn from Bowery onto the bridge is nuts -- poorly marked and puts the people crossing on the Manhattan Bridge side in danger

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