Reply With QuoteIf you want a quiet life, you can move to Nuuk.
Those only-night time deliveries would be problematic in many neighborhoods where many people live above big retail at street level. Especially in a major mixed use district like SoHo. It's bad enough down here when one clothing mega-retailer gets delivery starting at 4AM and for hours on end it's the sounds of heavy thudding cardboard hitting the sidewalk down below and little mechanical carts moving goods from truck to store. If all the stores did that getting proper sleep would be a real issue.
If you want a quiet life, you can move to Nuuk.
I am in partial agreement with LL on this one. They need to try to find some way to get those box trucks OFF the streets during the day... especially if they are doing nothing for several hours.
Many I see come in early, drop their goods, and then just STAY there for hours (or even the day) until they leave that night.
A lot make the drop, get ticketed, and move on, but too many claim a space and never move....
Preventing them from making deliveries during the day might not be the answer, but there has to be some sort of financial incentive to make deliveries off-peak....
If there were a window between 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm for deliveries, it would not impact people's ability to sleep.
That schedule would work.
It will never happen though.
Sure it would!!!
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In your dreams!
Now that the weather is getting better lots of the stores along Broadway in SoHo are staying open until 10PM. That's entirely new down here.
I was in SoHo on June 30, 2012. Every time I go there, I have the same thought: Broadway has the potential to be magnificent. It has stunning buildings but is dirty and has too many parked car, trucks, and vendors. I would love to see it more pedestrianized like B'Way just north of Union and Herald Squares. More walking space and greenery would be great.
Well, they're in the process of creating a BID. I noticed yesterday how many of the buildings have been cleaned and restored. Quite a bit of renovations going on south of Canal as well.
Who's behind the Business "Improvement" District proposal?
The buildings are stunning. The streetscape needs work.Originally Posted by Derek2k3
It would be nice if they put planters in, but I doubt that since the sidewalks are clogged. The city needs to eliminate parking and car lanes and replace them with a pedestrianized area like it did in Union Sq.
Soho is beautiful but...
Why is that stretch of Broadway so trashy? I don't understand. For being so upscale, the Soho stretch of broadway seems to be the trashiest street in all of New York City. Why?! 5th Avenue is just as packed and it's spotless. Times Square is unbearable but it's so tidy compared to Soho's Broadway in the evenings.
Too many food trucks & food vendors. Not enough trash cans. Regulations require that food vendors of all sorts supply trash receptacles and clean up the area around where they vend, but down here nobody does that and nobody enforces it. Locals are working hard to get it under control, but there's little will among the related City agencies to tackle the problem in a responsible way.
Today, I walked north along B'Way from Union Sq. The landscaping and the lack of parked cars on that stretch is so nice. They should do that elsewhere in Manhattan.
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