Clinton Street's Traffic Crisis: Why the Lower East Side Needs a Low Traffic Neighborhood
This opinion piece argues that Clinton Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side should be converted into a "Low Traffic Neighborhood" (LTN) to address severe traffic problems caused by the Williamsburg Bridge funneling 16,000 vehicles daily onto a narrow residential street. The author notes that over 80% of Lower East Siders don't own cars, yet streets are designed to prioritize vehicles. The piece advocates for traffic-calming measures like planters, bollards, and filtered permeability to reduce through-traffic and improve pedestrian safety.
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More than 80 percent of Lower East Siders don't own a car, and only 5.5 percent commute to work by car, but the streets prioritize cars above all else.
This single corridor receives 4 to 6 times the vehicular traffic of its neighboring streets, despite its similar width and pedestrian traffic.
The Williamsburg Bridge funnels 16,000 vehicles a day onto a single one-lane residential block, resulting in endless traffic and frequent pedestrian casualties.
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