Success of NYC Transportation Planning

1. Measuring Successes of the NYC
Transportation System
Drew Lyon, Kevin Peterson, Parker Sorenson, Abed Yacoub, Angelika Zygo

2. How to Measure Good Transportation Planning
“The overall goal of transportation planning should be to create a better, more
prosperous and more sustainable place” ~Norman W. Garrick

3. Aspects to Effective Transportation Planning
1) Avoid focusing on easily measured statistics
2) Avoiding projections based on past trends
3) Focus on development, not growth
4) Focus on access not mobility
5) Focus on the broader impact of transportation planning

4. Avoid focusing on easily measured statistics
Metrics Used Before 2007
- Vehicle Speeds
- Traffic Volumes
- Intersection Level of Service
- Crash and Injury Data
Flushing Main Street, Queens, NY.
(Measuring the Street) (World Class Streets 22)

5. Avoid focusing on easily measured statistics
Metrics Used After 2007
- Vehicle Speeds
- Traffic Volumes
- Intersection Level of Service
- Crash and Injury Data
- User Satisfaction (via survey)
- Number of Users
- Number of Pedestrians
- Number of Unique Visitors
- Parking Duration
- Economic Vitality
- Sales
- Vacancies
- Transit Ridership
People/Day
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Flushing Main Street, Queens, NY.
(Measuring the Street) (World Class Streets 22)

6. Remaking Broadway for the 21st Century
Focus:
Broadway (59th to 26th)
Times Square
Herald Square
Goal:
Improve User Mobility
Improve Safety
Better place to Live, Work,
Visit
Broadway at
Columbus Circle
Broadway at
Herald Square
Broadway at Times
Square
(NYC DOT)

7. Focus on development, not growth
Pedestrianized area

8. Avoiding projections based on past trends

9. Focus on access not mobility

10. Focus on the broader impacts of
transportation planning

11. We should probably use one
of these as some point->
This is a good overview of
what DOT is doing and
what they are looking for.

12. Does not take you “when you want to go”
● Walking or
transportation to
subway stations
required for many city
residents
cite: Andy Wiley-Schwartz,
NYCDOT

13. Nothing is Connected

14. Does it respect me?
(Subway Car in the Late 1970’s and Early 1980’s)
(Present Day Subway Car)
● Improvements have been made to make
the subway system more appealing to
commuters and travelers

15. Any Questions?

16. Sources:
Measuring the Street: New Metrics for the 21st Century Streets. New York, NY: NYC DOT, 2007.
PlaNYC Progress Report 2007: A Greener, Greater New York. New York, NY: Mayor's Office, 2007. Print.
Select Bus Service. New York City Transit, 2013.
Sustainable Streets Strategic Plan for the New York City Department of Transportation 2008 and beyond. New York: New York
City Dept. of Transportation, 2008. Print.
Sustainable Streets Index. New York: New York City Dept. of Transportation, 2008. Print.
World Class Streets: Remaking New York City's Public Domain. New York: New York City Department of Transportation, 2008.
Print.
Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan. New York: New York City Department of Planning, 2011. Print
Dubin, Earl E, and Bojidar S Yanev. Managing the East River Bridges in New York City. Federal Highway Administration.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2012-10-measuring-the-street.pdf