DOT is slow walking the pedestrian path on the QB59EK Bridge.
(pun intended)
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FULTON MALL STREETSCAPE RECONSTRUCTION
look like they are expanding the theme further out from Fulton:
80-100 FLATBUSH sidewalk
And also here:
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Rule #1 is fire trucks have to be able to get through.
This is something that should be extended to the whole area.
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Looks like thatâs the plan - one development at a time
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They knocked off a bus lane and protected bike lane for additional space for cars. What an absolute joke.
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Not only that but the one bus lane left will be constantly full of cars and trucks as they go from one car lane on one side of the street, to the other car lan on the other side. Many will just say they âneed to make a turn on the next upcoming blockâ and then probably wonât be able to fit in on the other side, backing up bus traffic. Even if they legitimately need to turn, it will be a nuisance. You canât just cut across 2 lanes of traffic in one go, you have to do each lane separately, so cars will sit/cruise in the bus lane until they find an opening (or drivers will lie and just keep going in the bus lane since theyâll have plausible deniability that they couldnât find an opening). 
The three years till construction is a bit frustrating, but at least that definitely gives them time to fix the design for the better.
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is that a recent photo?
If so, they are blowing past the October 11 deadline I noted here:
Yep, that was today. No surprise, as there have been months at a time where this site has sat dormant. Fortunately, work appears to be wrapping up quickly in the past few weeks.
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Has anybody ever been fined for jaywalking?
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My mom was many years ago and she cussed a blue streak!
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I was once almost ticketed for jaywalking in Los Angeles. The LAPD cop gave me a stern warning instead. The local constabularyâs core constituency is cars, not people. Itâs not like that in New York.
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How did this take 3 years?
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Everything here takes far more time than it should
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You guys are hitting on an unfortunate truth that we in the USA choose to ignore for obvious reasons. Bravo for your honest assessments.
I follow construction, architecture & infrastructure projects in China on various websites: the difference in speed, quality, complexity, size, efficiency, even beauty is mind boggling.
The AEC industry in America - by comparison - is way behind the times. I see, know it and accept it for what it is - a more lax, less industrious, less capable society.
Let us not be in denial; and embrace the mediocrity that is the American AEC industry. 
I still think USA is great - warts and all⌠
PS⌠I was thinking of starting an USA vs China thread on infrastructure & architecture. Then agsin - maybe best we donât. 
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That makes perfect sense, @infoshare.
As China is a century behind the US in terms of worker safety, labor rights, environmental protection, property rights and public participation in the political process, China can build infrastructure today as quickly as the US could a hundred years ago.
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Yes, I agree - there are many socio economic factors.
My intention was to point out one main factor: the speed, efficiency, and overall better capabilities in the Chinese AEC sector. A basic side-by-side comparison of how we build today in the USA, compared to what is done today in China. The differences are well worth looking at: and fun to observe as well.
Here is another example - truly mind boggling. Ten story building built in ONE DAYâŚ
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