http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/pedestrian+times_sqaure+transportation PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/31983 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/31983 <p>ANGER AT MIKE THE ROAD HOG PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS DRIVE MOTORISTS NUTS<br />By CHUCK BENNETT and MELISSA JANE KRONFELD<br />Posted: 3:28 am<br />September 2, 2008</p> <p>With his congestion-pricing plan reduced to roadkill, Mayor Bloomberg is making city drivers miserable with a series of pedestrian-friendly projects.</p> <p>One of the biggest headaches for them has been the Broadway pedestrian islands - plazas that stretch onto the road - a popular summer feature that Midtown denizens expect will be deserted come the cold weather, even as they still tie up traffic.</p> <p>"In the winter, it won't even be used," griped office worker Jeffrey Gottlieb, 47. "Broadway already is down to 1&frac12; lanes after you take the FedEx trucks making deliveries."</p> <p>Other road rage-inducing projects include a bus corridor down 34th Street, a bike lane on Ninth Avenue from West 16th to West 23rd streets, and a bike lane on Greenwich and Washington streets.</p> <p>The most dramatic changes have been on Broadway, which, with the islands, has gone from four lanes to two from Times Square to Herald Square.</p> <p>"I think it is completely useless . . . It doesn't do anything for Midtown," said New Jersey commuter Jason Silitsky, 24.&nbsp;</p>