NO HUMMERS, NO NOTHING !!!

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Auto-Free Avenues in Manhattan?


AOL
Posted: 2008-06-17 14:44:05
No imposing delivery trucks, threatening destruction with every right turn. No barreling buses, spewing exhaust fumes. And no needle-threading yellow cabs.


Street Cleaning

Richard Drew, AP
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday announced "Summer Streets" an experimental initiative whereby a 6.9-mile swath of Manhattan's East Side will be closed to traffic for several Saturday mornings this August







For three August mornings, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared "Summer Streets," The New York Times reports. A nearly 7-mile swath of east Manhattan will be closed to traffic from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. on the second, third and fourth Saturdays of the month.

The auto-free zone will run alongside the MTA's 4-5-6 subway route, from the Brooklyn Bridge through Astor Place and Union Square all the way to 72nd Street on the Upper East Side.

The Times says that fitness, yoga and dance classes will be held in the streets along the route, and that bicycle rentals will be available.

Get the full story at The New York Times .