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As part of "vision zero" the City administration had taken the following actions, which I wonder if they are designed to deliberately create traffic jams and make motorists' lives miserable?
Is there some mad genius planning, or political correctness at work? Are they creating the "congestion" to allow for the "congestion pricing"?
- Shrinking five-lane avenues, such as 9th Avenue in NYC (with happens to lead to a major tunnel) to effectively two lanes when the bike lane and the bus lane aren't counted;
- Traffic lights which restrict left turns from and to one-way streets;
- Two bus lanes, 24/7, on Madison Avenue, creating middle-of-the-night traffic jams;
- Blanket 25 mph speed limits;
- Massive Citibike racks taking up a lane of traffic for almost the length of a block;
- Traffic flow constriction on Third Avenue leading north to Queensboro Bridge;
- Traffic flow constriction on Second Avenue leading to Queens Midtown Tunnel; and
- The worst, concrete blocks reducing 43rd Street between Third and Lexington Avenues to one lane on the south side of the street for half the block, and the north side of the street for the other half?
Is there some mad genius planning, or political correctness at work? Are they creating the "congestion" to allow for the "congestion pricing"?