The Sustainable Streets Index provides data on recent trends in traffic, parking, travel and safety. It also includes a section on "project indicators", an assessment of 12 major DOT projects completed by the end of 2008. This assessment covers the impacts on safety, usage for motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, bus riders and/or travel times in the project areas.
Green Light for Midtown created new pedestrian areas on Broadway in Times Square and Herald Square. DOT collected extensive data on travel times, traffic volumes, pedestrian volumes and traffic accidents in the months just prior and just following project implementation. Findings show that travel speeds have improved throughout West Midtown, and safety has also been vastly improved as a result of this project.
The issue of bridge strikes has a significant safety and economic impact throughout the State of New York. Although identifying the problem is simple, trucks hitting bridges; the solution is more complex and involves a more deliberate solution. There is a particularly high level of occurrences on the Parkway system.
This report is a street design manual that sets the foundation for future coherence in design and excellence for New York City streetscapes. Included are standard and optional choices for creating streets as well as plans for the future implementation of this design manual.
This report is a street design manual that sets the foundation for future coherence in design and excellence for New York City streetscapes. Included are the planned short-term and capital project ideas for this project, as well as New York City's approach to implement these ideas. Also included are the various approvals for the project as well as the City's strategy on how to see the project through.
This paper presents the development of a new integrated adaptive signal control decision support system and its planned implementation for two NYC arterials.
This document addresses the program known as Bicycling Social, an idea that revolves around using event-based and social marketing to promote cycling in New York City. Included are the program's goals and intended strategies to help promote a healthier, more bike-oriented lifestyle in the City. Accompanying images are included to help visualize this initiative.
In the Spring of 2008, DOT released Sustainable Streets, its new strategic plan, which laid out, for the first time ever, a clear and detailed transportation policy for New York City that promised a new direction. DOT is delivering on the promises of its plan. This annual update of the plan reports on that progress, and serves as a focal point for meeting targets and sustaining momentum across all of our Agency?s programs. It also sets forth new goals that have emerged during the past year.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) operates the largest municipal street-lighting system in the country, with 300,000 lights on city streets, bridges, parks and highways. The DOT is partnering with the United States Department of Energy and the Climate Group to develop a LED pilot program for new technologies that will reduce the City's greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency. The DOT will test this LED lighting on both streets and sidewalks in Central Park and along the FDR Drive. This report provides more background on the project.