Switcheroo Week: One Street Changes Direction, as Another Becomes Two-Way Again
60th Street has switched directions and now heads westbound from Columbus to West End. Photo by Paul.
The Upper West Side is flowing in new directions this week. Or rather, the traffic is.
On 60th Street between Columbus and West End, traffic is now only westbound — it used to run east. The street also got new lane marking after previously being bare.
On 62nd Street, where a water main project is finally complete, the street is once again two-way between Columbus and Amsterdam. Jonathan sent the photo below and predicted it “should improve traffic flow in the neighborhood.”
The city says the changes will calm traffic and streamline traffic flow.
This month DOT will:
šReverse traffic flow on W60th St btn Columbus & West End Ave to one-way westbound
āļøConvert W62nd St btn Columbus & Amsterdam Ave to two-way travel, & install new lane markings
šInstall lane markings on W 60th St btn Broadway and Amsterdam Ave pic.twitter.com/TWaDI3vdQS— NYC DOT (@NYC_DOT) August 20, 2018
Make sure your GPS is updated! Just a matter of time before an Uber goes the wrong way.
60th street has changed direction 3 times in last 5 years!
… almost like it has a mind of its own.
Is anyone aware of the reason why 60th Street is now going westbound?
Yes
I live on this block and walk both streets frequently, and I have never seen any sign of congestion; quite the opposite in fact.
Perhaps the real reason is to be ready for the soon to be finished mega residential development around West End Avenue and 60th that will bring several hundred new luxury apartments into play.
The even numbered streets generally run west to east.
Hoping there’s traffic cops directing traffic for a long, long time.
Welp, 65th and 66th street already messed up continuity enough already
So much for the mnemonic āeven eastā