At Last: Installing Tourist/Native Walking Lanes In New York

By on June 14, 2010 in News 7

On Fifth Avenue, not far from Disinformation’s offices, pranksters posed as Department of Transportation employees and reconfigured the sidewalks into “tourist” and “New Yorker” lanes and spent the day training pedestrians on how to use them. This is something for which city citizens have been clamoring for decades — I’m glad these rogue urban planners stepped in and made it happen.

Improv Everywhere New Yorkers vs. Tourists

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  • GoodDoktorBad

    Yeah, segregate the tourists so the natives know who the easy prey is……

    In this case, the “New York state of mind” blows……

    New York city has an ego the size of Texas…..

  • Spanky

    Fan’ Freakin-tasitc… I live in NYC and the tourist are on a different clock than New Yorkers’… they are often walking slowly, meandering and looking upward… I don’t have time for this crap…and don’t get me started on the umbrella group followers!!!!… get out of my way I have important things to do…

    • GoodDoktorBad

      Case closed…..

    • oman28

      Can't you guys just shoot them or something?

  • emperorreagan

    I think it's pretty funny as a gag.

    People are generally incapable of following basic instructions like enter/exit signs though, so as long as people are aware that it's only a joke…

  • Tuna Ghost

    wonderul, so now when I go to New York I know who to punch in the mouth (New Yorkers).

    “Boo these tourists whose money are supporting a great deal of the people living in this city, they’re ruining this city” Ahhh go fuck yourself New York.

  • Tuna Ghost

    wonderul, so now when I go to New York I know who to punch in the mouth (New Yorkers).

    “Boo these tourists whose money are supporting a great deal of the people living in this city, they're ruining this city” Ahhh go fuck yourself New York.