DOT Academy 2009

DOT ACADEMY: A Workshop to Improve Streets in Your Community

What are DOT’s priorities?

A State of Good Repair Safety Mobility Improving Public Space Planning for the Future

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Safe Routes to School

Safe Streets for Seniors

Safe Routes to Transit

Colored bus lanes Increased enforcement Signal prioritization Off-Board Fare Collection Make Streets Work for Buses

Staten Island Ferry Private ferry network Expanding East River service Additional ferry opportunities More Ferries

Promote Cycling

NYC Cycling Map High-Visibility Bicycle Lane Bedford Ave. Bicycle Parking LOOK Advertising Campaign Promote Cycling

Public Plaza Initiative

Pearl Street, Brooklyn

nyc.gov/plazas NYC Plaza Program

Temporary Pedestrian Streets

Businesses Buses Traffic Pedestrians Congested Corridors

IN PROGRESS Church Avenue Woodhaven Boulevard Amboy Road White Plains Road West 181st Street Congested Corridors

PLANNED Liberty Avenue Broadway (Bk) 14th Street East Gun Hill Road Flatbush Avenue Congested Corridors

Frequent Concerns

Sidewalks

Pothole Hummock Grating Utility work Street Repairs

Manhole cover Cave-in Ponding Street Repairs

Street Lights

When Signals Help  Conflicts between pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists  Big, busy streets  High accident locations Traffic Signals

Warrants 1. Eight-hour vehicle volumes 2. Four-hour vehicle volumes 3. Peak Hour vehicle volumes 4. Pedestrian Volumes 5. School Crossings 6. Crash Experience 7. Coordinated Signal System 8. Roadway Network Traffic Signals

Enhancing Existing Signals Dedicated turns All-way stop Corridor timing Countdown signals Traffic Signals

Capital Projects

NYC Parking Card Park Smart Angle parking Parking

Can I stop to drop Can I stop to load Is waiting off or pick up or unload a allowed? passengers? package? No Stopping Sign NO NO NO No Standing Sign YES NO NO No Parking Sign YES YES NO Parking

Curb cuts Fire hydrants Double parking Parking

Trucks

NYC Truck Map Truck directional signs Truck prohibitions Loading zones Trucks

Case Studies

Hollis Avenue and 205th Street IS 192 2 I S 19 School Safety

School Safety

111th Avenue and 204th Street 92 IS 1 IS 192 School Safety

School Safety

111th Avenue and 204th Street School Safety

Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn Center Median Left Turn Bays Traffic Calming

Traffic Calming

9th Avenue, Manhattan Complete Streets

Complete Streets

Refuge islands Muni-meters Loading zones Complete Streets

Be Involved

 For day-to-day concerns, the best place to start is 311.  Most issues or complaints can be reported.  Check the status of a complaint by calling back or online. 311

www.nyc.gov/DOT Report problems with:  Street Defects  Street lights  Traffic signs  Construction projects  CityRacks Check out a list of current projects Online

The Bronx Connie Moran (212) 748-6680 Brooklyn Joe Palmieri (718) 222-7259 Manhattan Margaret Forgione (212) 487-8341 Lower Manhattan Luis Sanchez (212) 788-8989 Queens Maura McCarthy (718) 286-0826 Staten Island Tom Cocola (718) 816-2373  Larger concerns  Area-wide issues  On-going or unresolved problems Borough Commissioners

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DOT Academy 2009

by New York City Department of Transportation on May 28, 2009

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