Spill back used to be heavily enforced with steep fines and points. Spill back from the Lincoln tunnel traffic creates widespread gridlock throughout Hell's Kitchen. Every day the intersection of 11th Ave and 43 street is gridlocked primarily trucks, busses. My fire truck is blocked from exiting the firehouse and from getting out to the avenues daily and calls are made to Nypd traffic daily requesting an agent to clear the intersection. Our block partially is two way traffic but drivers fill both lanes with westbound traffic jam which dramatically delays our response to emergencies and fires. A similar condition occurs on 11th Ave north of 44 street where tunnel traffic often fills the N/b lanes with s/b traffic jam. Summons enforcement, and human traffic direction is really IMO the only deterrent.
Since we are talking of hazards, wrong way cyclists create a huge hazard to both pedestrian traffic and vehicles. And yellow cabs kill and injure more people in NYC than guns but nobody seems to be doing any enforcement. I was a NYC cop nearly 20 years ago and taxi enforcement and spill back were huge issues and were addressed as such. Again the answer is in personal service summonses and human traffic control. Speed and red light cameras make revenue they don't change the condition.
Spill back used to be heavily enforced with steep fines and points. Spill back from the Lincoln tunnel traffic creates widespread gridlock throughout Hell's Kitchen. Every day the intersection of 11th Ave and 43 street is gridlocked primarily trucks, busses. My fire truck is blocked from exiting the firehouse and from getting out to the avenues daily and calls are made to Nypd traffic daily requesting an agent to clear the intersection. Our block partially is two way traffic but drivers fill both lanes with westbound traffic jam which dramatically delays our response to emergencies and fires. A similar condition occurs on 11th Ave north of 44 street where tunnel traffic often fills the N/b lanes with s/b traffic jam. Summons enforcement, and human traffic direction is really IMO the only deterrent.
Since we are talking of hazards, wrong way cyclists create a huge hazard to both pedestrian traffic and vehicles. And yellow cabs kill and injure more people in NYC than guns but nobody seems to be doing any enforcement. I was a NYC cop nearly 20 years ago and taxi enforcement and spill back were huge issues and were addressed as such. Again the answer is in personal service summonses and human traffic control. Speed and red light cameras make revenue they don't change the condition.
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