The city has reset traffic signals on a two-mile stretch to make it safer for cyclists.
The city has reset traffic signals on a two-mile stretch to make it safer for cyclists.
The city has reset traffic signals on a two-mile stretch to make it safer for cyclists.
Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll find out what is different about a two-mile stretch of Third Avenue these days.
Something unusual happened on a 36-block stretch of Third Avenue at the end of January. The traffic lights were slowed down.
Traffic signals had been timed for cars and trucks at 25 miles per hour. The city reset them to 15 m.p.h.
The change had nothing to do with congestion pricing, which took effect earlier in the month, and was the latest step in an experiment that the city’s Department of Transportation began five years ago.
The agency calls that plan the “green wave.” It involves redesigning streets that have been dominated by cars and trucks for generations, and assigning the priority for green lights to bicyclists. Officials say the change will make the two-mile stretch of Third Avenue between 60th and 96th Streets safer.
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