A busy sports week ahead means traffic – The Denver Post

Sunday, June 19 – Saturday, June 25

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED MONDAY, JUNETEENTH (OBSERVED)

It’s an enormous week for basketball! The NBA Draft will happen at Barclays on Thursday at 8 p.m. Count on an enormous media presence at Flatbush Ave. and Atlantic Ave.

On Thursday, the Fulton Mall/MetroTech Space Honest will happen on Lawrence St. from Fulton St. to Willoughby St. in Brooklyn from 10 a.m. to six p.m. Vinyl Nights shall be happening at Bella Abzug Park in Hudson Yards in Manhattan from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Marlins face the Mets on Monday at 1 p.m. The Astros tackle the Yankees, Thursday at 7 p.m.

John Mulaney takes to the stage at Madison Sq. Backyard on Thursday at 8 p.m.

The Pearl St. ramp to the northbound FDR shall be absolutely shut Tuesday from 11 p.m. to five a.m. Proceed on Dover St., flip left onto South St., and proceed to Montgomery St. to entry the Drive.

The Madison Ave. Bridge shall be absolutely shut Monday by way of Friday, midnight to five a.m. Use the 145th St. Bridge as a substitute.

G service is suspended Monday to Friday, 9:30 p.m. to five a.m. Free shuttle buses between Court docket Sq. and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts., connecting with the F ay Jay St.-MetroTech

MAILBAG

Expensive Gridlock Sam,

I’ve observed the parking and site visitors scenario has gotten a lot worse previously yr or so. On the identical time, there’s been a major growth of motorbike lanes. I help constructing extra of them, however I’m curious: do bike lanes make site visitors slower?

R

Expensive R,

It makes intuitive sense: extra space for biking, much less area for vehicles, ergo extra car congestion, proper? Not so easy. The Manhattan bike lane growth in Manhattan began greater than a decade in the past underneath Mayor Mike Bloomberg and his Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. At first speeds did drop on avenues with bike lanes however, over time, fewer vehicles got here into Manhattan; relying on the yr roughly 25-50,000 much less each day site visitors. Now why didn’t site visitors speeds enhance? Sadly, this was the beginning of the Uber/Lyft period and micro-deliveries. Midtown speeds simply previous to the pandemic had been the slowest because the begin of final century. In 2020, site visitors did loosen up significantly however at this time site visitors is rebounding. Not solely did automotive site visitors return to 100% however truck site visitors is now about 10% above pre-pandemic ranges and every truck is the equal of 2-3 vehicles. So, when you suppose site visitors is worse than ever — you’re proper! Now if we are able to solely get a few of these automotive drivers onto bikes.

Gridlock Sam

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