On Friday, DOT announced the second round of Arterial Slow Zones, which will expand the program by 14 streets before the end of the year.
The first of those streets to get the slow zone treatment is Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, where as of today the speed limit is 5 miles per hour lower along a five-mile segment, from E. 161st Street to Bainbridge Avenue, according to a DOT press release.
Arterials comprise 15 percent of total NYC street mileage, but account for some 60 percent of pedestrian fatalities. With high-visibility signage, changes in signal timing, and -- ostensibly -- increased law enforcement, the Arterial Slow Zone program brings a focus to streets that are especially dangerous.
"In total, dangerous speeding will be reduced on more than 65 miles of major corridors that have seen 83 fatalities," the DOT press release says.
Here are the other phase two streets, with the expected slow zone completion month and their respective number of pedestrian fatalities from 2008 to 2012:
Manhattan: Seventh Avenue from Central Park South to 11th Street, August, four fatalities
Brooklyn: Coney Island Avenue from Park Circle to the Boardwalk, September, six fatalities
Queens: Roosevelt Avenue from Queens Boulevard to 154th Street, September, five fatalities
Staten Island: Victory Boulevard from Bay Street to Wild Avenue, September, five fatalities
Brooklyn: Utica Avenue from Malcom X Boulevard to Flatbush Avenue, October, 12 fatalities
Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue/Flatbush Avenue Extension from Concord Street to Hendrickson Place, October, 11 fatalities
Manhattan: Amsterdam Avenue from 59th Street to 190th Street, October, eight fatalities
Manhattan: Bowery from Chatham Square to Cooper Square, November, five fatalities
Bronx: Third Avenue from E. 138th Street to E. 183rd Street, November, four fatalities
Manhattan: Houston Street from West Street to Baruch Place, November, one fatality
Manhattan: Park Avenue from E. 45th Street to E. 132nd Street, November, six fatalities
Manhattan: Sixth Avenue from Central Park South to Franklin Street, December, five fatalities
Queens: Metropolitan Avenue from Onderdonk Avenue to 132nd Street, December, six fatalities
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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