DOT is transforming Broadway at Madison Square Park (see photo above), creating safer conditions for pedestrians and cyclists. Vehicular traffic will also flow more easily down Fifth Avenue as a result. Additional pedestrian space, new crosswalks and bike lanes and simplified patterns for vehicular traffic knit the neighborhood together and provide a more enjoyable experience for the people who live, work, do business in and visit the Flatiron District. Local partners will be providing landscaping and maintenance to enhance the initial furnishings provided by DOT.
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Later this summer the DOT will continue the transformation of Broadway with Broadway Boulevard between West 42nd and West 35th Street. The project will create a ribbon of public gathering spaces along with a protected bicycle lane. These gathering spaces will include cafe tables, chairs, umbrellas and planters. Broadway Boulevard will give the hundreds of thousands of people who work in and visit this district more space to both move and sit, easing pedestrian congestion in one of the busiest areas in the entire City.
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