Bob Cohen, a committee member particularly opposed to the project, suggested that rather than add a new pedestrian plaza between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, the city should build a set of underground tunnels for those on foot instead. Beaton noted that pedestrians make up a majority of those using 34th Street. “The goal isn’t to move them out of the way for cars,” he said.
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Wow, that’s some pretty misdirected effort there on the committee member’s part.