Watch the Dramatic Evolution of NYC's Broadway Between Union Square and Times Square (2005-2023)

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9 ай бұрын

Whether you're an urban planner, streets advocate, historian or just lover of cities there is an abundant amount of information in this Streetfilm looking at the copious changes to the streets on NYC's Broadway thru our archives from the early 2000s thru to present day.
Take in this fantastic walking tour put together by Open Plans with knowledgable tour guides and featuring pop-up special guest like former NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan who explains to us about how the corridor changed early on!
There is simply no other historical archive of Broadway out there that features all of this insider knowledge to the process and over 30 before/afters of Broadway - most taken in precisely the same spots referenced.
I hope you enjoy this and pass along to young and old and professors and historians use this. As a personal note, in some ways, this is a sort of test to see if there is the appetite to do a full feature Streetfilm looking at how NYC's changed from 2000 thru present day. If that does happen it would include dozens of interviews combined with footage that I have of NYC from late 1990s on.....let's call this "Streetfilms Legacy: Chapter One"

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@ahsanurr4219 9 ай бұрын

I am proud to be a NYC resident

@rb810810 9 ай бұрын

In the footage, one can see that when visionaries began scoping out these changes 10-20 years ago, cars were still rationally sized. Now, drivers insist on bringing 6,000-lb mobile living rooms or toy pickups everywhere they go, and demand that everyone else accommodate them.

@StreetfilmsCommunity 9 ай бұрын

Extremely good point!!

@mapgar1479 9 ай бұрын

The solution is to allow family cars unimpeded but not light-trucks. I do not like that pickup trucks are getting the size of commercial trucks.

@Paul_C 2 ай бұрын

@@mapgar1479 forget about light trucks, they are the size as a battle tank of WW2. Americans seem not the brightest humanity has to offer.

@PSNDonutDude 9 ай бұрын

Really cool and great to see. Will be awesome when all the temporary infrastructure is made permanent with nicer pavers, and smaller streets space. I can't wait to visit New York again to see all the improvements!

@StreetfilmsCommunity 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad I could cajole you to come visit!

@user-zs1zy3xc9b 8 ай бұрын

😂

@natalieschmitt5619 9 ай бұрын

I work only a few blocks from Union Square. There are still a good amount of cars on the surrounding blocks; it will be amazing to see the transformation once the new park renovation is complete!

@peterslegers6121 9 ай бұрын

Speeding up traffic, by giving people more space to walk, cycle and spend time in the streets, sounds like a great deal! Good to see the difference that's been made, looking forward to the changes to come.

@shaunmckenzie5509 9 ай бұрын

Great, but still lots more to be done. Also, they need more greenery and better bike lanes. Too much bare concrete still. However, still a big improvement on what it was.

@BaiZhijie 9 ай бұрын

Yeah its out! Great work Clarence! Another gem from the hardest working man in transportation show biz!👍

@StreetfilmsCommunity 9 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend!! Hopefully later this year we get to make something together.

@jiainsf 9 ай бұрын

Let's goooo NYC 🎉

@saranbhatia8809 9 ай бұрын

Way to go 👍

@IraGer 9 ай бұрын

Was on a tour and was blown away. So important to document and love the history and progression. Everyone should take the tour. Great ideas here for any street activation project.

@gildone84 9 ай бұрын

This will help other cities visualize what can happen when we do these projects right. I was in Times Square before this change. I hated it. This makes it much better.

@yonatanschlussel 9 ай бұрын

You guys really make some of the best content on this platform

@user-ez9jc9zk1j 8 ай бұрын

Cool. These are the little big things that make a city so much more liveable. Bravo!

@ThreeRunHomer 9 ай бұрын

The entire diagonal portion of Broadway ought to be closed. It’s disruptive to the grid and slows buses in the snarled traffic. A huge amount of public space could be created!

@StreetfilmsCommunity 9 ай бұрын

Essentially that has been the glacial plan since the mid-2005s. One day it will be. All of it.

@mapgar1479 9 ай бұрын

Car space is public space. I say there needs to be a balance of car and non-car uses. certain blocks should be car free while others car inclusive but to encourage local traffic.

@TheRailLeaguer 9 ай бұрын

@@mapgar1479Closing all of Broadway between 59th and 14th Streets to vehicular traffic is that balance you’re looking for.

@lyssasletters3232 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for showcasing the changes!❤❤❤ if only cars weren’t still so LOUD 😢

@juliegnh 9 ай бұрын

Great surprise guest, @GeorgeHahnVideo !

@JustinJamesJeep 9 ай бұрын

A great start! We need more!

@edwardmiessner6502 9 ай бұрын

This is great progress! I remember visiting New York City in the 1990s a couple of times and I remember Times Square to be utterly chaotic with left turners going at a breakneck speed for the area to get through the lights. Just organizing the square made even auto traffic better! It seems counterintuitive moves actually improves the traffic and city experience for everyone. Cities in Europe have been and are making similar improvements to the pleasantness and urbanity of their towns.

@alexandraoryniak5269 9 ай бұрын

Great job! Can't wait to see more plazas and bike lanes in Manhattan. I am so tired of dogging cars!!!

@sebastiancastillo119 8 ай бұрын

Perfecto 😊

@kellyszabaletadiaz 8 ай бұрын

Excelente contenido

@franciscocontreras5276 9 ай бұрын

Good job NYC ❤

@HamTech87 5 ай бұрын

I remember in the early 2000s in Times Square and having my spouse, me and my young children crowded off the sidewalk and into a motorist lane. It was terrifying and it really happened multiple times. I only returned with my children when the pedestrianization projects were implemented. And to Mark Levine's point, all of the Times Square vicinity including the numbered streets should be closed off to motorists. Use automatic retractable bollards like are used in Europe so certain vehicles needed to serve businesses can go into the ped zone. Can't this be a 'dividend' of congestion pricing?

@bernardfinucane2061 9 ай бұрын

Great improvements, though the treatment still makes people look like guests of cars. I guess it will improve with time.

@jessicavacca8907 8 ай бұрын

Que cool 😮

@nidialopez1919 8 ай бұрын

Que bonita ciudad 🎉

@nanioquendo5730 8 ай бұрын

Lo mejor🤩

@user-ei1mg2oc7z 8 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@user-hq1cy8ho6m 8 ай бұрын

que gran evolucion

@KJSvitko 9 ай бұрын

Walking, running, bicycles, escooters, green open spaces, electric buses, electric commuter trains and trams are all parts of a good transportation system. Speak up for improved transportation options in your city. Every train station needs safe, protected places to park and lock bicycles. Children and older adults should be able to ride bicycles to work, school or for fun safely.

@Iktius 3 ай бұрын

Way better now, even though the car lanes awere a classic NYC mark in every movie and postcard

@muzycznarozmowa 9 ай бұрын

In 2020, there were supposed to be flying cars, robots as home nannies, and we have limited road traffic and bicycle paths. Something as simple as this took almost 50 years. I wonder if any science fiction writer predicted this 50 years ago ;-)

@jnitzky 8 ай бұрын

Great video Clarence! Thank you Streetfilms and Open Plans for showcasing this amazing work and thank you to NYC DOT for pushing such great projects forward to make NYC safer, pedestrian-friendly and so enjoyable for all!

@96pnm 9 ай бұрын

Really interesting! Can you tell, what percentage of the broadway length is still a regular street like 20 years ago and has not changed? Greetings from Germany

@user-fe1br8jg2r 9 ай бұрын

cool

@user-fk9qp5rj9b 8 ай бұрын

Quiero ir

@zezemusicoficial 8 ай бұрын

😮😮😮😮

@mapgar1479 9 ай бұрын

I like some of these changes but certain areas should be reopened to cars. Instead of camera enforcement of bus lanes just hire more cops. Yet in Saint Pete Florida we just installed the Sunrunner B.R.T. on 1st Avenue Nort and South which was a pair of 3-4 lane one way streets so we repurposed one lane on each 1st avenue as a bus lane and added protected bicycle lanes but a lot of drivers are driving on it anyway. I do not however since I do like 1st Avenue better with reduced lanes however it is not really enforced here. However: The latest study by New York City D.O.T. shows that 63% of New Yorkers use a car which is a majority as their primary means of transportation while 43 percent use the bus or subway with less than 5% biking and about 25% walking as primary means of transportation.

@StreetfilmsCommunity 9 ай бұрын

Please link said study. I haven't heard of this.

@TheRailLeaguer 9 ай бұрын

That joke of yours is getting too old since no portion of Broadway needs to be reopened to cars (traffic on that street is pretty low). In fact, all of Broadway between 59th and 14th Streets needs to be permanently closed to car traffic.

@StreetfilmsCommunity 9 ай бұрын

@@TheRailLeaguer And he hasn't provided a link to the study. And there is a reason - there is no way 63% of NYers use car as a primary means of transportation. If that were true the entire city would be in gridlock every moment of the day.

@dfiler2 9 ай бұрын

There's no way that 63% of new yorkers primarily travel by car. There isn't enough pavement in the city for all those cars to exist at the same time.