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HEIMDVLLR t1_j6iob78 wrote

Reply to comment by ChrisFromLongIsland in Clearing Vendors From the Brooklyn Bridge Won’t Solve Its Overcrowding Problem by StrngBrew

The only problem here is, the extra space isn’t attracting more New York residents. It’s attracting more tourist.

Which only solved a problem for a season, until next year when more tourist show up.

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cdavidg4 t1_j6is6ac wrote

I doubt removing the bike lane from the promenade is inducing that many more tourist trips. I think it's more that now that bikes are gone vendors see more space and expanded their operations, which limited the space for people walking and led to crowding.

Before the bike lane was moved there were times when the bridge became crazy crowded and was closed.

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