NYC-WTC_000230686

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

NEW/York tost, sundaY. October ?. 2001

Downtown traffic gets green light Most of lower Manhattan will ■ be open to traffic today, mark­ ing the first time cars will be al- ' lowed to travel down Broadway ■ south of Cana) Street and into ' the South Street Seaport since the terror attacks. I Mayor Giuliani said if every­ thing goes smoothly today, the streets — except those clut- । tered by the remains of the World Trade Center — will re- ' main open. ; I “We’re going to open the ' ' downtown area east of Broad- I way to vehicular traffic and see how it works," said the mayor, I The city is also casing up by । ! Otte hour on the ban on single- ( ' occupant vehicles entering into . Manhattan. Cars coming onto the island ; via the Brooklyn, Manhattan, , ’ Williamsburg and 59th Street I- bridges or the Midtown and Lin- F coin tunnels now must carry at i • least two people between the ■ hours of 6 and U a.m. (instead of I noon) Monday through Friday. Also, alternate-side parking rules will continue ■ tOf be sus­ pended until Wednesday, '

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