New York City Traffic Cameras And Traffic Video Streams

NYC Department Of Transportation Traffic Cameras and Videos - Manhattan

I recommend visiting the web site of the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT). I was very impressed with the easy-to-use site and the useful information one can obtain.

You can visit numerous locations within the 5 boroughs and see real-time traffic information from the 98 traffic cameras. Some are live still images and others are video streams. The above image shows locations within Manhattan. All you do is click on one of the icons to see real-time the traffic conditions at that locale.

Avoiding traffic jams has never been easier.

Go to http://nyctmc.org/ to check it out.

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Times Square & Herald Square To Be No-Drive Zones

Starting Memorial Day, Broadway from 32nd Street to 35h Street and 42nd Street to 47th Street will be transformed into pedestrian plazas.  The experiment will continue through the end of 2009.  The goal is to hopefully improve traffic flow along downtown Seventh Avenue, which currently is one of the most congest roadways in the world, as well as along uptown Sixth Avenue.  The pedestrian plazas will eliminate the cross-overs (aka X-like intersections) currently there which tend to slow down traffic.  For instance, in the photo below, the far left-hand traffic lanes will be converted to a pedestrian plaza.

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