Yeah, they lose a fair number of pedestrians with the way cars get speeding right in the City, have been trying to address that. Of course, Times Square is ground zero for their bike lane and pedestrian mall disasters.
From my observations over the years, NYC cabbies are the most skilled drivers I’ve ever seen; they fit through the smallest of spaces, and I don’t recall many hitting people that act as though the island of Manhattan is a giant pedestrian mall...