By Nicole Levy | @AubernaLevy
In 2010, the prank collective Improv Everywhere drew a line down the middle of a Fifth Ave. sidewalk, dividing into a lane for tourists and another for New Yorkers.
It's every hustling New Yorker's dream: a pedestrian fast lane that bypasses dawdling tourists and texting zombies.
The U.K. retailer Argos is making that dream a reality for Brits this week, testing out through Sunday a fast-track lane painted on the sidewalk outside its Liverpool store. The company's pilot should appeal to shoppers who find the slow place of foot traffic on commercial drags frustrating.
Over the years, exasperated New Yorkers have proposed their own solutions to pavement hogging and other breaches of sidewalk etiquette. We take a look back at their ideas, ranging from whimsical to pragmatic, below:
