How NYC Manages The Most Congested Streets In America - NYC Revealed

New York might have America’s best public transit systems but its roads are just as important. Each day the city plays host to an intricate dance of pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles. Keeping it all running smoothly takes grit, street sweepers, thousands of cameras and a whole lot of asphalt.

Join Cheddar & CuriosityStream as we explore the unique histories and modern challenges, defining the future of each of New York City's one-of-a-kind infrastructure systems, in NYC Revealed.

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[nuggets]

I live in NYC and I’ve been cycling here for several years. In my opinion it is the best way to get around efficiently, no subway delays, but faster than walking and often faster than driving too. Although the city has improved bike lanes, it’s still very unsafe- I think one of the most unsafe in the US for cyclists. Pedestrians, drivers, and other cyclists all pose a risk. Whether walking, cycling, or driving, you must pay attention, always.

[xaninator]

One of the cool things about asphalt is that it doesn't cure or set, it just cools. So it can be almost infinitely recycled by just heating it up and laying it down again. You just need to replace anything that was lost over time and to clean out or account for contaminates

[reedperrino]

As someone who grew up 50 miles south west from the city in Jersey and frequent visitor of NYC, my family will always park in NJ at the ferries, take them across, then walk or use busses throughout the city.

[mats]

If you drive your private car in Manhattan, you’re absolutely mad. Period!

[AbeEmersonJr]

I love NYC. I live in Texas but I deliver furniture from all over the country pulling a 24ft trailer that's 8ft wide. So I'm about 42ft long. It's definitely a challenge but it's fun. I quickly understood how moving around NYC is well organized chaos. All you have to do is follow the rules. Dont run red lights, no turns on red, don't stop in the crosswalk, if you're going down the ave a good way just drive in the middle, don't see your lane as your's just slide over, if you make ANY kind of turn or lane change check your mirrors for bikes, goimg into the tunnels it's gonna look crazy with bumper to bumper or bumper to door but no one is mad. (That was a seriously long run-on sentence). NYC is magical.

[MrBibi]

*As an Australian I love learning about NYC*

[yaycupcake]

I grew up in the city, and currently live in midtown, 15 minute walk from Times Square. What I really want to see is more open streets like in Times Square and down Broadway. I really love that there's just open public seating and walkable plazas, essentially, but I wish there were more. I don't have a car -- for better or worse, my parents never enrolled me in driving lessons in high school, and as an adult I simply have not had the time to learn, because life is busy. But at least here, I don't strictly need a car. But it'd be nice if there were even more areas friendly to pedestrians. I am disabled so it's not easy for me to walk far distances (like 1 mile or more) without having to sit down, but I can walk down Broadway because of all the wonderful public seating and open streets there. We don't need every street to be filled with cars. They should not be a necessity of life. Of course having taxis and other for hire vehicles available for times they're needed is important, but not everyone should need their own car. And I really think just having to deal with less roads for cars would make the city a better place. It would also set an example for other cities too, because right now, for folks like me who simply never had the opportunity in life to learn to drive, it's not even possible to relocate to other American cities, much less suburbs or rural areas. But NYC and all cities can learn a lot and become more walkable, more green, more accessible, and more maintainable.

[fangyideng]

I swear there is a level of serenity and pleasure when driving on freshly paved road that nothing else can compare

[elizabeths.]

"How NYC manages the most congested streets in the America"
They don't. 😒

[marknc]

The primary purpose for street sweeping isn't beautification. It is to reduce street flooding during rain events.

[thebuzhrd]

NYC does not manage its traffic by anything means that can be measured as "success"; not even in the slightest.

[philipface]

When my buddy lived in the city I drove on one of the low overpass expressways and it was the best thing in the world to drive without trucks and buses.

[dudmic]

At 3:04, those might not be cobblestones, but cobblewood, slices of timber used to pave roads, it was a lot cheaper and quite available

[ferjvm]

Open Streets is one of my favorite initiatives from the city in the last few years. It's great to see the program expanding all over the boroughs!

[emie]

It's absolutely nuts to me that NYC, especially Manhattan, allow private automobiles to exist in the city whatsoever. If the New York City government used the enormous amount of money and space they dedicated to the most inefficient form of transportation humans have ever created (cars) and instead used that money to expand and maintain the subways, bus lanes, light rail, bike lanes, and expanded sidewalks NYC would become one of the nicest cities in the US overnight. It's absolutely ludicrous that there are 100 foot wide roads that transport far fewer people than a single subway line a day on an island of several million. Sure we should have small, narrow, low-speed roads for service and delivery vehicles but those don't need to be more than one lane in each direction, tops.

[MateoQuixote]

The sports car in the "bus only" lane at 4:17 I have to laugh. Symbolic in a way, if you will

[cliffpadilla]

Robert Moses is the reason why the Dodgers left Brooklyn.

[undertakerfanz]

I live in New York so you know I love this video

[Kafj]

something funny is that i learned of this channel actually at a gas station, and was pleasently surprised at the quality, when checking out the channel.

[Nicholas-f]

Smartest to move people vs vehicles. Cycling, walking and transit are the best ways. 👏