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INFRASTRUCTUREFIRST AVENUEDOT used an innovative, thin–asphalt overlay atop the notoriouslyuneven concrete road at a fractionof the cost of a complete rebuildingto repair First Avenue. The $7million project to repair the avenuefrom 72nd to 125th provides asmooth surface for pedestrians—including 48,000 runners at theNYC marathon—and makes it saferand more accessible for 60,000daily bus, vehicle and bike riders.Select Bus Service was launchedin 2010 and the street has beenredesigned curb–to–curb in phasesfrom Houston Street, adding high–visibility bus lanes for the M15SBS, pedestrian refuge islands andparking–protectedbike paths.BEFORE: First AvenueAFTER: First Avenue158Chapter 12: 21st Century Streets