Human Bollards on Mulry Square

From Transportation Alternatives Magazine, Jan/Feb 1999

In December 1998, members of Transportation Alternatives, Project for Public Spaces, Community Board 2 and Greenwich Village residents formed an outline of human bollards around a painted sidewalk extension that the Department of Transportation has chosen not to install in concrete as part of the Mulry Square pedestrian safety project. While DOT is planning to extend some sidewalks around the intersection, the section outlined in the action is the keystone of the entire project, which is supposed to make the intersection of 7th Ave. Greenwich Ave. and 11th Street safer for pedestrians. DOT claims that it must remove the large sidewalk extension at the east side of Mulry Square because it keeps cars from cornering at 30 mph. DOT's decision flies in the face of the original plan which was approved after extensive community outreach and traffic analysis and the fact that the location is within 300 feet of a school which allows street speeds as low as 15 mph.

Urge the City to return to its original Mulry Square Plan.

Write:
Wilbur Chapman, Commissioner NYC DOT
40 Worth Street
New York, NY 10013