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xvilkalast Wednesday at 5:10 PM3 repliesview on HN

They should make pedestrian-only streets in most dense places of Manhattan and use these money to improve public transportation. Even just a few blocks of no cars would make a huge difference for livability of the city center.


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cguesslast Wednesday at 10:26 PM

There's a large (long time) movement to do this to lower Manhattan, the most public transit connected area in the US (probably North America, definitely up there in the world). It's getting pick up again.

stemlordlast Wednesday at 6:40 PM

This is already underway

mritterhofflast Wednesday at 5:21 PM

Big agree. Times Square would be a great place to start.

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