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Final Public Meeting on Regional Pedestrian Safety Study

This is the third and final public meeting that focuses on the impending release of the final draft report for the Regional Pedestrian Safety Study. Interested members of the public are invited to view the study online and/or attend the meeting in addition to submitting appropriate comments for consideration. The 30-day public comment period for this draft of the report begins on March 7, 2007 and ends on April 6, 2007.

By Aaron Donovan

7:33 PM EST on March 6, 2007

Study background:
In 2005, NYMTC initiated study based on crash data indicating that pedestrian fatalities represented:

Approximately 50% of all fatalities from motor vehicle crashes in New York City, and
20% of all fatalities from motor vehicle crashes in the five suburban counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam and Rockland.

The goal of the study was to determine the status of pedestrian safety and the related investment needs in the NYMTC region. In addition, it was designed to identify pedestrian safety issues and recommend measures to improve pedestrian safety.

If you have questions or comments and are unable to attend the meeting, contact Christopher Hardej by the end of the comment period on April 6, 2007.

Phone: 212-383-7253
E-mail: chardej @ dot . state . ny . us or
Postal mail: Attn: Christopher Hardej, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, 199 Water Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10038

Aaron Donovan

Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.

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