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Manhattan Traffic
(New York, NY) — The speed limit in Manhattan is 25 miles per hour, but most who drive through the borough never get the chance to go that fast. A new report from Gridlock Sam and State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, finds the average speed on any given day is around four-point-eight-miles per hour. That’s the slowest speed since records started being kept around 50 years ago. The study also found the average New York City driver now spends 101 hours per year in traffic. The slow speeds have led to longer emergency response times from EMT’s, firefighters and police.
Leaders from around the world are here in the city this week for the United Nations General Assembly, and of course that means traffic headaches in Midtown, especially on the East Side. The Secret Service is on high alert as they protect leaders from 193 nations. The NYPD is warning drivers to expect pop up street closures all week. They are telling New Yorkers to take public transportation.
