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Re:Cars All but Banned on One of Manhattan’s Busiest Streets by IshKebab on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:44PM (#21161205)
> there are cops posted -- because the street is so empty, it's tempting to jaywalk without looking for an oncoming bus.

That's not why the article said they are there - they're there to turn cars away. Surely they won't care about people crossing a more-or-less empty street?

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Re:Cars All but Banned on One of Manhattan’s Busiest Streets by dajohnson89 on Friday October 04, 2019 @04:21PM (#21161552)
maybe they're mainly to deter vehicles.

but precisely because it's almost empty, it's very easy to jaywalk and not think about the bus coming down the street at 25 mph.

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Re:Cars All but Banned on One of Manhattan’s Busiest Streets by PeterStuer on Saturday October 05, 2019 @01:51AM (#21164034)
Where I live we have some squares in town that are pedestrian only except for buses. Buses move through at speeds below 10 km/h. I can't recall there has been an accident there.
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