Nice rendering there of a lap pool that they propose to place directly in front of the building in which I grew up, and in which my parents still live. They're missing a few things:<p>- delivery and moving trucks, which double-park on the street constantly<p>- Ubers, which are "local traffic", waiting for pickups<p>- food delivery messengers on electric bikes "sharing" the pedestrian areas at speeds over 20 mph<p>- piles of garbage bags waiting for pickup on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday – and "large items" too on Friday<p>- garbage trucks, stopping at every building to pick up that trash<p>- fire hydrants and access for fire trucks on both sides of the street<p>- tree pits, or any other way for the roots of the trees not adjacent to hedges to get water<p>- the 4' wide basement wells in front of many buildings on that block<p>- homeless people, each with multiple shopping carts full of their possessions<p>- bike racks<p>- street lights!
Or maybe start thinking in three dimensions. The subway is already the first step in that third dimension. Why not add more layers (either up or down) ?