Buses and business on Fifth Avenue

Buses and business on Fifth Avenue By RY RIVARD and MARIE J. FRENCH 02/13/2023 10:00 AM EST Good morning and welcome to the Monday edition of the NewYork & New Jersey Energy newsletter. We’ll take a look at the week ahead and look back on what you may have missed last week. BUSES AND BUSINESS — POLITICO’s Danielle Muoio Dunn: As one of his first major infrastructure initiatives, Mayor Eric Adams plans to reconstruct the famous Fifth Avenue shopping corridor — wading into a fiery debate that has pitted high-end retailers and transportation advocacy groups over the future of car access in the heart of the nation’s biggest metropolis. Elected leaders are eager to draw people back to the area that has seen steep declines in foot traffic since the start of the pandemic, threatening tax revenue that funds essential city services and a hospitality industry that’s a major driver of tourism and jobs. But they must weigh any changes against the street’s function as a major transportation artery for hundreds of thousands of bus riders with connections to several subway lines. The move comes three years after former Mayor Bill de Blasio first attempted to transform Fifth Avenue […]

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