DOT Finally Starts Improvements On Upper West Side “Bowtie Of Death”
It looks like Department of Transportation crews are finally getting to work on the “bowtie of death” intersection at Broadway & 71st. With more than 60 accidents in the past two years, Transportation Alternatives has named it “the most dangerous intersection on the Upper West Side.”
Streetsblog.org reported yesterday that DOT crews were spotted getting to work on implementing changes first proposed almost a year ago. At the time, those proposals included shrinking crossing distances for pedestrians by extending sidewalks, curbs and medians further into the street. Now it looks like they’re adding a turning lane and some other new changes.
The photo above-right is from a taxi crash at the intersection last summer.
Thanks to MUW reader Jackie for the Streetblog link.
Photos below are from Streetblog (courtesy of reader Liz Patek) showing DOT workers on Tuesday morning:
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