Yesterday was the first workday of the car-free Broadway era, and the Times reports that traffic ran smoothly and "some spots that seemed like likely bottlenecks appeared largely trouble-free." Meanwhile, the Post sounds the alarm that emergency responders are a bit confused about what to do if they need to get to Times Square or Herald Square, and also files a report on the, uh, flimsy beach chairs. Then come the real fireworks, with Post crank Andrea Peyser penning an epic rant on the pedestrian plazas. Here's how it begins: "In the annals of stupid ideas, this has got to be the worst. Ever." This is shaping up to be quite the summer! [NYT, NYPost]
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