SoHo Alliance Press Conference for Safer SoHo Streets & Crosswalks

Via the SoHo Alliance:

After years of futilely trying to persuade the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) to mitigate the horrendous rush-hour congestion, gridlock and horn-honking along Broome Street, as well as numerous appeals to repair the myriad cracked and broken crosswalks along Greene and Mercer Streets, the SoHo Alliance has begun working with the office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to get some results.

Consequently, Stringer has called a press conference for today, Monday, January 23, at 12:30 at Broome and Mercer to request DOT to install "Don't Block The Box" warning signage as well as painted zebra-striping in the intersection. We believe this will alert drivers to keep the Broome Street intersections clear and prevent gridlock, thus enabling pedestrians and north/south traffic to move safely and freely.

But as a further deterrent, Stringer will call on both the NYS Senate and NYS Assembly Transportation Committees to install traffic cameras at crucial Broome Street intersections so that Don't Block the Box violators will face stiff fines.

Additionally, Borough President Stringer will request DOT to repair the pavers on the crosswalks along the length of Greene and Mercer Streets, which have deteriorated so badly since they were installed in the mid-90s that deep fissures and cracks create a hazardous condition to pedestrians and cyclists crossing these intersections.

We need you to attend this press conference to demonstrate to the media widespread community support for these proposals. So a large, impressive turnout is essential. Parents with strollers especially welcomed. ;-))
(Aplogies for the short notice, but that is how these press conferences often proceed. Please forward this to friends and neighbors asap.)