traveling East-West in Manhattan

[gusl]

Going North-South seems to be easy in Manhattan: just take the subway! But how do people travel East-West?

I'd like to see a density plot of pedestrian direction, plotted on a circle. (Optionally: do the same for driving, cabbing, busing, cycling, subway-riding). I think I know somebody who could produce this very easily.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wirehead_/]

crosstown buses!

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

You can take a crosstown bus
If it's raining or it's cold
And the animals will love it if you do...

[groen.livejournal.com]

"Crosstown bus runs all night long?"
"Doo dah. Doo dah."

[demarko (from livejournal.com)]

I think I walked East-West when I needed to do that. or the L, I think I took the L to do that once

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

I took the L on Wed, but the wait was ~15 minutes at ~11pm.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wirehead_/]

the L is awful, especially after like 10pm. i usually prefer to walk unless i'm way out in Bklyn or something.

[alankhg.livejournal.com]

Not quite what you're asking for but:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/04/23/a-more-democratic-use-of-space-on-34th-street/

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

Great graphic! Thanks. I wish it came with some meta-data.
I like the busway idea; apparently it originally came from Curitiba, Brazil.

The figure of ~1500 private vehicle + ~4000 bus riders + ~8000 pedestrians sounds plausible (and big enough for small city!), but I wonder how they are counting people who are indoors, in buildings that have entrances from multiple streets, etc.

P.S. how did you find my journal, Mr. DamnitJim?

[alankhg.livejournal.com]

I am Alan & saw it on your Facebook.

I haven't really used LiveJournal since high school and that avatar is a high-school in-joke.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

ah, I remember you from a bike ride in Pittsburgh. I have 3 Alans on Facebook, all from my CMU time.