12-04-2015, 06:05 PM
Five lessons TorontoJeff Outhit could learn from New York’s transportation shift
Quote:Cars don’t shop, people do... After pedestrianization, Times Square became one of the 10 hottest retail areas in the world...
Change how road-space is allocated...
“Paint is cheap” [but also]... Data matter...
It’s not all Kumbaya... one tabloid called a particular Brooklyn bike lane “the most contested piece of concrete outside the Gaza Strip.”...
There was rancour and opposition and not everyone was satisfied. But she also said that when they showed what could be done, residents clamoured for similar changes in their neighbourhoods. By late in the administration, polling showed wide majority support for their work.