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MADISON SQUARE PEDESTRIAN PROJECT
Presented to
Community Board 5
March 3, 2008
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Willoughby Street Pedestrian Plaza
Brooklyn, 2006Brooklyn, 2006
Before After
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Pearl Street PlazaBrooklyn, 2007
Before After
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Ninth Avenue at 14th Street Safety Improvement & Plazas
Manhattan, 2007
Before After
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23rd Street
BroadwayFifth Avenue
Madison Square
Illogical Traffic Patterns
Daunting pedestrian Environment
Unrealized potential
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Fifth Avenue narrows to one through lane
Bike Lane
Looking south on Fifth Avenue
One Lane 5th to 5th
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Broadway bike lane stops west of Fifth Avenue
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Fifth Avenue bus forced to turn right onto 25th, then Broadway to proceed south
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Traffic splits pose safety concerns
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23rd Street
BroadwayFifth Avenue
Both 5th & Broadway narrow to one through lane,effectively forcing traffic to turn off trajectory
Excessive width encouragesspeeding down Broadway
Illogical Traffic Patterns
Broadway bike lane stops west of Fifth Avenue
Fifth Ave. bus must divert west
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Pedestrian often ignore detour and find
themselves without sidewalk
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North combined crossing 170 feet South combined crossing 210 feet
Both require 2 signal cycles
23rd Street170’
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No north-south 23rd Street crosswalk between Fifth Avenue & Broadway
ViewNorth
23rd Street
23rd Street
23rd Street
23rd Street
23rd Street
23rd Street
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West side of Fifth Avenue,pedestrians must divert
Pedestrians often continue straight south with
no sidewalk
East-west combined crossings 170’ north & 210’ south
crossing time requires 2 cycles
Pedestrian Problems
Long south crosswalk
23rd Street
Broadway Fifth Avenue
No north-south crosswalk
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Wide road severs the neighborhood discouraging circulation & the economy
View east, south of 23rd Street
View south
Flatiron Building tourist attraction
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Community & EconomicConcerns
23rd Street
Broadway Fifth Avenue
Excessive Bus Layovers for world-class park
and place
Discourages circulation by potential customers
Flatiron Building toptourist site – most vantage
points & photo shooting positions in roadbed
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24th StreetFifth A
venue
Broadway
23rd Street
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Existing Conditions
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Madison Square Now
Fifth
Ave
nue
Broa
dway
23 rdStreet
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Broadway Boulevard at
Madison Square June 2008
Implementation Roadbed becomes temporary public
space, protected by planters with landscaping and furnishings.
Maintenance partners: Flatiron-23rd Street BID & Madison Park
Conservancy
Lessons learned will influence a permanent change.
23rd Street
Fifth
Ave
nue Broadway
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FlatironBuilding
Simple & Normal Traffic Patterns
Short Direct Crosswalks
New Safe Bike Lane Connections
37,000+ sq. ft.of New Public Space
Madison Square Plan Creates:
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24th Street
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
23rd Street
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Existing Proposed
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New bicycle lane connectionon Broadway bridging gap
Improved Bicycle Access
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Fifth Avenue bus diversion Fifth Avenue route shortened by 111 feet, 2 turns eliminated.
Existing Proposed
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Traffic splits confuse pedestrians and force drivers to make
abrupt decisions.
Clarified traffic patterns safer For pedestrians and vehicle occupants.
24th Street
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
23rd Street
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Existing Proposed
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24th Street
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
23rd Street
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Existing Proposed
Pedestrian Benefits
Sidewalkcurrently
disappears
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New north-south crosswalks On 23rd Street
Pedestrian Benefits
Plazas an incentive to wait for second E-W
Walk cycle
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Community & Economic Benefits
Knits neighborhood together
New plazas withFlatiron Building views
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On the verge of transformation…