The president also was calling on Wall Street to join - not fight - the overhaul effort.
Due to the President's visit to New York City on Thursday, April 22:
Traffic Alert: Obama's Wall Street visit
NEW YORK In a speech Thursday at New York's Cooper Union college at noon, near Wall Street, Obama was outlining the need for new financial regulations and explaining what the nation would be risking if the existing framework is allowed to remain in place unchanged.
Drivers should expect closures in different areas of Manhattan related to security and increased motorcade traffic.
Traffic in Lower and Midtown Manhattan will be especially heavy.
Some local and express bus routes are expected to be either severely delayed or detoured between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm, especially the M1, M2, M3, M8, M9, M14, M21, M101, M102, and M103 routes.
Some subway station entrances may be temporarily closed.
