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WORLD CLASS STREETSPUBLIC PERCEPTIONEven before the new public plazasand Herald Square plazas becameAlliance survey in November 2009implementation of Green Lighthad been laid out in Times andinstant hits. A Quinnipiac Universityfound opinion among respondentsfor Midtown found a markedHerald Squares, the new spacespoll conducted in July 2009,was 81% favoring the Timesimprovement in perceptions offilled with people. The Timesclose on the heels of the profoundSquare pedestrian plaza, with 37%the area: In NY Times poll fromSquare Alliance set out inexpensivechanges created by Green Lightindicating a “very positive” opinion.August, 2013, 77% of Manhattanlawn furniture for a short periodfor Midtown, found that 48% ofThe survey also found that 74%residents said they supportedbefore the plaza seating could beNew Yorkers thought it was a goodof New York City residents agreedthe Bloomberg Administration’sdeployed, and it became the talk ofidea to close the major squaresthat “Times Square had improvedpedestrian plaza initiatives.the town.to vehicles and give more spacedramatically over the last year.”Whether with temporary orto pedestrians, compared to 35DOT surveys of people alongpresent–day furniture, the Timespercent who didn’t. A Times SquareBroadway before and after theCHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF BROADWAY: SURVEY RESULTS10090 92 968080626045402820160I WOULD AVOID WALKING ON THISPART OF BROADWAY IF I COULDIT IS TOO CROWDED HEREI FEEL SAFE CROSSING THESTREETS HERETHIS IS AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE% IN AGREEMENT BEFORE% IN AGREEMENT AFTER138Chapter 10: Broadway