GRIDLOCK SAM

ALTERNATE-SIDE PARKING SUSPENDED ON WEDNESDAY

WEEKLY TRAFFIC OUTLOOK

Fashion Week runs through Thursday at Lincoln Center, which will be awash with taxis and private cars dropping off models, designers and fashionistas on

Broadway and 65th St.

Events downtown means that the Upper West Side won't be alone. At Spring Studios on Varick between Laight and Beach Sts., shows around noon Monday, and during the morning commute Wednesday, will spell slow exits from the Holland Tunnel. Other locations to watch include

Greene St. between Prince and Spring Sts. and Wooster St. between Spring and

Broome Sts. all day Sunday, Pier 36 on South St. at Montgomery St. Tuesday afternoon, Broadway and Prince all day Wednesday, and Washington and Houston (near West St.) Thursday morning.

The models will be on four paws instead of two feet at Madison Square

Garden, where the Westminster Dog Show runs all day Monday and Tuesday. Expect extra four-wheeled traffic on

Seventh and Eighth Aves. near 33rd and 34th Sts. All Manhattan-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge will close 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights.

On the Manhattan Bridge, the three lower roadway lanes will run to Brooklyn 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.

From the mailbag:

Dear Gridlock Sam,

I heard you can get a jaywalking ticket in Los Angeles for entering a crosswalk once the countdown clock has started. Is that the case in New York?

Jane, Financial District

Dear Jane,

Yes, you can get a ticket for entering a crosswalk after the countdown clock has begun. Provision 4-03 (c) (2) of New York City’s Vehicle and Traffic Law states that “pedestrians facing (a flashing DON’T WALK, red hand symbol or red standing figure) are warned that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway and no pedestrian shall enter or cross the roadway.” Since the countdown clock is accompanied by the flashing red hand, entering the crosswalk during the countdown is technically jaywalking.

Gridlock Sam