Bushwick Residents to DOT: More Bike Lanes, Please
Dozens of Bushwick residents came out in the cold last night to suggest where to add bike lanes to their neighborhood. Currently Bushwick only has a pair of painted bike lanes on Central Avenue and Evergreen Avenue, plus some sharrows linking to bike lanes in Bed-Stuy.
February 20, 2015
Pedestrian Deaths Have Fallen in Every Borough Except Staten Island
DOT released the final installment of its pedestrian safety plans yesterday with a report for Staten Island [PDF], where the nature of pedestrian crashes is different than in the other boroughs.
February 20, 2015
West Harlem CB Members to DOT: Let Drivers Use Neighborhood as Shortcut
Riverside Drive in West Harlem is shaping up to be another test case for DOT's commitment to safety improvements, and whether the agency will allow ignorance of basic street design principles and fear of change guide its decisions.
February 20, 2015
Bronx Beep Ruben Diaz Calls on State DOT to Transform Sheridan Expressway
The effort to transform the Sheridan Expressway got a boost this morning from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., who in his State of the Borough address called on the Cuomo administration to take action.
February 19, 2015
Eastern Queens Electeds Want Bus Lanes. Will DOT Deliver?
Council Member Rory Lancman and Assembly Member Michael Simanowitz have taken up the cause of opposing bus lanes for Select Bus Service in their eastern Queens districts. While the pair has gotten a lot of attention, they are outnumbered by almost a dozen city, state, and federal elected officials along the route urging the city to be bolder with its bus service upgrades.
February 19, 2015
Trottenberg: To Reach Vision Zero Goals, DOT Will Need More Resources
After unveiling its pedestrian safety action plan for Queens yesterday, DOT released plans for Manhattan and the Bronx today. (Staten Island will come tomorrow, followed by Brooklyn.) The reports each follow the same pattern, identifying problem areas in depth but describing solutions in general terms. It's clears from the sheer mileage of streets in need of safety improvements that the current pace of change is not nearly enough to achieve the city's Vision Zero goals.
February 18, 2015
DOT Proposes Roundabout for Dangerous Longwood Intersection
New York seemingly has a traffic signal on every corner. To improve safety at one Bronx intersection, DOT is going with something different: a roundabout.
February 17, 2015