Jan Gehl, an architect and urban design consultant, has helped cities like London and Melbourne create less congested urban areas by banning cars from certain streets and giving citizens and bicycles top priority. Bloomberg is now looking to the Danish architect in order to ban traffic from Times Square and raise parking prices.
As a plan of Bloomberg’s plaNYC program, Janette Sadik-Khan, City Transportation Commissioner, is working with Gehl to help prepare a citywide master plan. Goals include reducing traffic and pollution, increasing mass transportation and making it possible for anyone to reach a park
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