Thurs., May 28 – Wed., June 3
ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE IN EFFECT ALL WEEK
Come run or walk with Transit Sam at the American Heart Association Wall Street Run and Walk 6:45 p.m. Thursday! The race will close streets in the Financial District 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening, including Murray, Greenwich, Warren, Church, Liberty, William, Pearl, South William, Broad, John, Water, and State Sts., as well as Battery and Third Pls. and the Battery Park Esplanade. Downtown streets will be affected as early as 4 p.m. and will remain closed until 8:30 or 9 p.m.
It’s the time of the season for festivals and walks in Lower Manhattan. The Chinatown BID Family Festival will close Mott. St. between Canal St. and Worth Sts. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The Great Strides Cystic Fibrosis Walk on Sunday will host thousands of walkers (and close sidewalks) on Lafayette St. between Duane and Reade Sts., Reade St. between Lafayette and Greenwich Sts. Greenwich St. between Reade and Chambers Sts., and Chambers St. between Greenwich St. and North End Ave. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Little Italy Pedestrian Mall will close Mulberry St. between Canal and Broome Sts. and Hester St. between Mott and Baxter Sts. 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. nightly through early September.
On West St./Route 9A, one northbound lane will close between West Thames St. and Vesey St. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
The New York-bound tube of the Lincoln Tunnel will close 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday, which means that drivers will head down to the Holland Tunnel. That won’t be much better, since one New York-bound lane will close during the same hours. Expect slowdowns through the tunnel and onto Canal St.
On the Brooklyn Bridge, all Manhattan-bound lanes will close 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday nights.
From the mailbag:
Dear Transit Sam,
If I am making a right turn and there is a bike lane to the right of me who has the right of way? What if the bike rider has a red light when I have a green one? It’s very difficult to see if a bike is coming especially at night. What’s the correct answer?
Gary, New York
Dear Gary,
If there is no special signal for the bike rider or no signal at all, then the bike rider has the right-of-way. If the bike rider has a red light then you have the right-of-way. That being said, in New York City so few bike riders obey red lights that you shouldn’t assume you can go safely (for the cyclist especially) just because you have the right-of-way.
Transit Sam
Email your traffic, transit and parking questions to transitsam@downtownexpress.com.
