Open Sundays on Prince Street

Slide 1: Prince Street Pedestrian Project “OPEN SUNDAYS” PROGRAM

Slide 2: Streets represent ¼ of the city’s land area • Total: 320 sq. miles • Parcels: 60% • Parks: 15% • Streets & Sidewalks: 25%

Slide 3: DOT Complete Streets Program Support Improve Walking Physical Bicycling Environment Transit Aesthetics Driving Performance Freight Sustainability

Slide 4: • Current conditions – crowding, destination needs • Why open Prince Street to pedestrians? • What is a “pedestrian street”? • How will it work? •Evaluation and review Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 9: • Current conditions – crowding, destination needs • Why open Prince Street to pedestrians? • What is a “pedestrian street”? • How will it work? •Evaluation and review Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 10: Saturday Pedestrian Counts: Prince Street between Mercer Street and Greene Street 6000 5472 5500 5388 5124 5000 4686 4476 4500 4284 4128 4000 Pedestrians per hour 3500 3360 3000 2826 2500 2000 1500 1200 1000 828 500 270 0 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 Time Average = 4,500 pedestrians per hour weekends during proposed time period Source: Gehl Architects citywdie pedestrian counts, 2007

Slide 11: Prince Street Sunday Traffic Counts Pedestrians: 4500/hr Vehicles: 200/hr Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 12: How do people get to Prince Street? 2% ,5 ay bw 7% Su ,2 ed k al W %8 % 4% 7% r, ,2 Ca s e, , xi Bu cl Ta cy Bi Only 8% of people surveyed on Prince Street arrived in a private car Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06 Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian

Slide 13: Prince Street Pedestrian Intercept Survey Findings: • People travel to Prince Street primarily by public transportation or non-motorized modes • Visitors come to Prince Street primarily to shop in neighborhood stores or eat in restaurants • 80% of people on Prince Street on Saturdays experience the street as being crowded • By a ratio of 5:1, expanding pedestrian space would attract people to come to Prince St. more often •Visitors who would come more often with a reallocation of space from parking to pedestrians spend about five times as much money in the neighborhood as do visitors who would come less often Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06

Slide 14: Prince Street Pedestrian Intercept Survey Findings: • People travel to Prince Street primarily by public transportation or non-motorized modes • Visitors come to Prince Street primarily to shop in neighborhood stores or eat in restaurants • 80% of people on Prince Street on Saturdays experience the street as being crowded • By a ratio of 5:1, expanding pedestrian space would attract people to come to Prince St. more often •Visitors who would come more often with a reallocation of space from parking to pedestrians spend about five times as much money in the neighborhood as do visitors who would come less often Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06

Slide 15: Prince Street Pedestrian Intercept Survey Findings: • People travel to Prince Street primarily by public transportation or non-motorized modes • Visitors come to Prince Street primarily to shop in neighborhood stores or eat in restaurants • 80% of people on Prince Street on Saturdays experience the street as being crowded • By a ratio of 5:1, expanding pedestrian space would attract people to come to Prince St. more often •Visitors who would come more often with a reallocation of space from parking to pedestrians spend about five times as much money in the neighborhood as do visitors who would come less often Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06

Slide 16: Prince Street Pedestrian Intercept Survey Findings: • People travel to Prince Street primarily by public transportation or non-motorized modes • Visitors come to Prince Street primarily to shop in neighborhood stores or eat in restaurants • 80% of people on Prince Street on Saturdays experience the street as being crowded • By a ratio of 5:1, expanding pedestrian space would attract people to come to Prince St. more often •Visitors who would come more often with a reallocation of space from parking to pedestrians spend about five times as much money in the neighborhood as do visitors who would come less often Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06

Slide 17: “Open Sundays” Pilot Project: • Prince Street open to pedestrians from Lafayette St. to W Broadway (6 blocks) • Sundays, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm • Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend (14 Sundays)

Slide 18: Paris

Slide 19: Copenhagen Salzburg

Slide 20: “Why make the boundary at Lafayette Street instead of Broadway?” Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 21: Broadway traffic and pedestrian volumes may be too heavy to accommodate traffic flow from Prince Street Sunday, March 9th 3:00 pm Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 22: Sunday 3/9, 3:30pm

Slide 23: Sunday 3/9, 2:50pm

Slide 24: Lafayette Street traffic and pedestrian crossing volumes low enough to accommodate flow from Prince Street Sunday, March 9th 3:30 pm Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 25: Sunday 3/9, 3:55pm

Slide 26: • Current conditions – crowding, destination needs • Why open Prince Street to pedestrians? • What is a “pedestrian street”? • How will it work? •Evaluation and review Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 27: What is a “pedestrian street”? • No vehicular traffic or parking permitted, except emergency vehicles • Roadway open to use by pedestrians and cyclists • All NYC vending restrictions apply – no vending allowed in roadway • Not similar to a “street fair” – no stalls, food kiosks, games or rides Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 30: What is a “pedestrian street”? • No vehicular traffic or parking permitted, except emergency vehicles • Roadway open to use by pedestrians and cyclists • All NYC vending restrictions apply – no vending allowed in roadway • Not similar to a “street fair” – no stalls, food kiosks, games or rides Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 33: What is a “pedestrian street”? • No vehicular traffic or parking permitted, except emergency vehicles • Roadway open to use by pedestrians and cyclists • All NYC vending restrictions apply – no vending allowed in roadway • Not similar to a “street fair” – no stalls, food kiosks, games or rides • Sidewalk cafes as permitted by Dept. of City Planning Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 34: NYPD and Dept. of Consumer Affairs will work to control vendors Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 35: What is a “pedestrian street”? • No vehicular traffic or parking permitted, except emergency vehicles • Roadway open to use by pedestrians and cyclists • All NYC vending restrictions apply – no vending allowed in roadway • Not a “street fair” – no stalls, food kiosks, games or rides Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 36: Who will manage the program? • DOT will contract Soho Partnership to clean the streets • DOT will contract Soho Partnership to place and remove barricades Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 37: • Current conditions – crowding, destination needs • Why open Prince Street to pedestrians? • What is a “pedestrian street”? • How will it work? •Evaluation and review Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 38: Notifications, evaluation, and review: • Flyers will be distributed to residents, businesses, and street vendors to inform them of pilot program before it is implemented • “Open Sundays” will be studied by DOT during operation to evaluate positive or negative effects on pedestrian movement and local traffic circulation •During the program and after the pilot program ends, local businesses and residents will be surveyed for their opinions • A post-mortem evaluation will be held with the Community Board to measure the program’s success Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 39: Notifications, evaluation, and review: • Flyers will be distributed to residents, businesses, and street vendors to inform them of pilot program before it is implemented • “Open Sundays” will be studied by DOT during operation to evaluate positive or negative effects on pedestrian movement and local traffic circulation •During the program and after the pilot program ends, local businesses and residents will be surveyed for their opinions • A post-mortem evaluation will be held with the Community Board to measure the program’s success Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 40: Notifications, evaluation, and review: • Flyers will be distributed to residents, businesses, and street vendors to inform them of pilot program before it is implemented • “Open Sundays” will be studied by DOT during operation to evaluate positive or negative effects on pedestrian movement and local traffic circulation • During the program and after the pilot program ends, local businesses and residents will be surveyed for their opinions • A post-mortem evaluation will be held with the Community Board to measure the program’s success Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 41: Notifications, evaluation, and review: • Flyers will be distributed to residents, businesses, and street vendors to inform them of pilot program before it is implemented • “Open Sundays” will be studied by DOT during operation to evaluate positive or negative effects on pedestrian movement and local traffic circulation •During the program and after the pilot program ends, local businesses and residents will be surveyed for their opinions • A post-mortem evaluation will be held with the Community Board to measure the program’s success Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”

Slide 42: Prince Street Pedestrian Project “OPEN SUNDAYS” PROGRAM