Link the readings Critical Thinking

Title of Reading	Porpose	Big questions Link
Changing Earth	To inform	described as the Earth today
The Intersections	I would agree that for foot traffic, it's probably the area known as Times.	It describes how a neighborhood changed over.
From throught my eyes	For say no to the Rasism.	To get into Reason.
Harlem : Then and Now Tar Beach Harlem And Dreams	For To stop living our dreams and achieve them, and not get carried away by others, and nomatter what they say.	describes our dreams.

The Intersection in New York City

The Intersection in New York City.

New York City is a wonderful place to both live and to visit. New York City's five boroughs span 301 square miles. That's big. According to the New York City Department of City Planning, New York City is home to 8,213,839 people. According to Mayor Bloomberg's office, an additional 44 million people visited New York City in 2006. That's a lot of people going to and fro.What New York City's 8 million people know, and the tourists quickly find out, is that despite its vast size, New York is a walking city. And even though most people are pedestrians, many still take to the street in vehicles. The mixture of pedestrians and motorists on busy New York city street unfortunately lead to many accidents.New York City is a wonderful place to both live and to visit. New York City's five boroughs span 301 square miles. That's big. According to the New York City Department of City Planning, New York City is home to 8,213,839 people. According to Mayor Bloomberg's office, an additional 44 million people visited New York City in 2006. That's a lot of people going to and fro.What New York City's 8 million people know, and the tourists quickly find out, is that despite its vast size, New York is a walking city. And even though most people are pedestrians, many still take to the street in vehicles. The mixture of pedestrians and motorists on busy New York city street unfortunately lead to many accidents.

¿What is the problem that people find the intersections?

I would agree that for foot traffic, it's probably the area known as Times Square (the intersection of 42nd St., Broadway and 7th Avenue.) A few months ago, the car traffic in this area was greatly reduced, turning an area of several city blocks into sort of a pedestrian mall.

For car traffic alone, it's a little harder to determine. I've got a link below to New York City's most dangerous intersections, but that's not necessarily the same thing.

Second link below is to some real-time traffic cams around New York City - includingColumbus Circle, which is a good guess for the busiest. But the busiest intersection's probably somewhere on this list.

¿Why is it an intersections dangerus?

New York City has more than eight million residents, and each year thousands are injured or killed inauto and truck accidents simply by crossing the street. That's why the city recently unveiled a new study that provided a list of more than 1,500 streets deemed dangerous and in need of upgrades.

According to the report, pedestrian deaths and injuries are caused by several factors, including speeding and failing to yield to persons crossing the street. In addition, numerous accidents were caused by inattentive drivers along streets and avenues with multiple lanes.