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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: New York's Times Square to be pedestrianised AFP - Sunday, May 24 NEW YORK (AFP) - - New York's Times Square is to undergo major surgery as work begins to transform the area, known for its heavy traffic jams, into a pedestrianised zone. ADVERTISEMENT The idea is relatively simple, with vehicles being barred on Broadway between 42nd and 47th streets. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pushed for the plan as a way of handing part of the so-called "crossroads of the world" over to pedestrians. But the idea, similar to projects in other major cities, including in London's Trafalgar Square, is something of a revolution for New York, where the car is king. "It is a radical change for American culture," said Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance business group. Times Square has always been hectic. Even the name is a misnomer: there is no real square -- certainly nothing remotely resembling a European-style plaza, place or piazza. Instead there are cars and endless numbers of taxis, major media and corporate offices, the Broadway theaters, and the famously garish electric advertising boards. Into the middle of this maelstrom flock huge numbers of visitors. Forbes Traveller magazine lists Times Square as the top US tourist attraction. A good, if extreme example of what can go wrong when you put all that together is an incident earlier this month. A stunt driver in an upcoming Nicholas Cage movie lost control of his Ferrari on Times Square and ran into two pedestrians and a lamppost. Luckily, no one was hurt. Tompkins said Times Square is a victim of its popularity, which has soared since police managed to drive out the drug dealers and prostitutes who until a few years ago made the area a byword for sleaze. "The number one complaint we used to get 15 years ago was crime. Now the number one complaint is how crowded the sidewalks are," Tompkins said. Bloomberg has pushed hard, although in small increments, for a greener city, by building more bicycle lanes and promoting clean energy projects. His transport commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, sought inspiration in Copenhagen, where she hired urban planner Jan Gehl as a consultant. "It will make the street work like it should," Sadik-Khan said this week. "It's good for traffic, it's good for businesses and we think it is going be a great deal of fun." In a first stage, traffic will be shut off, and pedestrians allowed in. The plan is for traffic to bypass along 7th Avenue or to disperse in other streets. Special events will be held there such as broadcast of the Tony award ceremony from Radio City on June 7 onto giant screens and a mass yoga session at dawn on June 21, the summer solstice. Times Square is already a very dynamic and interesting public space but the ground floor of Times Square is not particularly attractive," Tompkins said. "Our aspiration is, if this work from a traffic point of view is to really create a great world-class public space." Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Enlarge Photo New York's Times Square is to undergo major surgery as work begins to transform the area, which is known for heavy traffic jams, into a pedestrianised zone. Most Popular – Top Stories Viewed Obama signs credit card reforms Smokers duped by light cigarettes: US court Vitamin D boosts brain power in middle-aged men Popular cereal is a drug, US food watchdog says Chavez nationalizes iron, steel companies View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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