vision42 - A Car Free 42nd Street River to River.
Client
The Institute for Rational Mobility
Team
Michael Fishman, Principal (Halcrow + Sam Schwartz Engineering), Urban Economics
Urban Question
What are the issues and opportunities associated with reestablishing a street car on 42nd Street, river to river?
Urban Answer
Light rail with minimal utility relocation can turn the street over to pedestrians and have local traffic impacts that can be mitigated. Costs are reasonable given comparable forms of east west access in midtown Manhattan. Economic impacts are great given the volume projections for foot traffic.
Maintaining all sidewalk space for pedestrians during all aspects of construction staging was the principal element of the feasibility study done on behalf of vision42, a plan to pedestrinaize 42nd Street from River to River.
