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- Date Published:
- 2013-07-15
- Description:
- The Soundview Transportation Study resulted from a community request to address traffic congestion and safety on the Soundview peninsula. The study recommends several measures to improve traffic operations and enhance safety, including signal timing changes, converting two-way streets to one-way, and adding turning lanes on Castle Hill Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2013-04-15
- Description:
- This report outlines the Department of Transportation's efforts to promote safety for commercial bicyclists by executing the nation's largest commercial cycling education and safety campaign. The Department of Transportation went door-to-door to advise businesses, while hosting forums for delivery cyclists and producing multilingual informational material for owners and employees.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2013-04-01
- Description:
- In preparation for the arrival of New York's newest travel option, bike share, the Department of Transportation undertook an unprecedented public planning process. This report documents the community participation, which took the form of community board meetings, online suggestions, consultation with elected officals, and demonstration events.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2013-03-20
- Description:
- This report looks at the most recently collected cycling data. It shows that bike riding is at record highs, cycling is increasingly a year-round activity and cycling has consistently increased when the bicycle network has expanded. Off-season winter cycling has seen significant growth, indicating that more and more New Yorkers are cycling year round as part of their transportation routine.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2013-03-06
- Description:
- Water Street, in Manhattan?s Financial District, serves as a key corridor for commerce, transportation, and increasingly residential development. With this project, DOT seeks to enhance the streetscape and improve the pedestrian environment while reorganizing traffic flows to improve safety. Crosswalks will be shortened, new pedestrian space will be created, curb usage will be assessed to maximize efficiency, and connections to the waterfront will be enhanced.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2012-09-30
- Description:
- Older adults are more likely to suffer serious injuries or fatalities from traffic crashes than other pedestrians. This led to the development of the Department of Transportation's Safe Streets for Seniors Program to address senior pedestrian safety issues at 25 Senior Pedestrian Focus Areas in the five boroughs of New York City. In this report, the West Midtown Manhattan Focus Area has been studied and improvements have been recommended.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2012-01-23
- Description:
- DOT staff are frequently invited to give papers and presentations at a variety of professional and academic conferences. This was presented at the Transportation Research Board 2012 Annual Meeting. This discusses the statistics of pedestrian fatalities and the dangers of Left Turns.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2012-01-22
- Description:
- DOT staff are frequently invited to give papers and presentations at a variety of professional and academic conferences. This was presented at the Transportation Research Board 2012 Annual Meeting. Shows the data for the number of bikers and traffic on Prospect Park West.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2012-01-01
- Description:
- DOT staff are frequently invited to give papers and presentations at a variety of professional and academic conferences. This was presented at the Transportation Research Board 2012 Annual Meeting. This shows pictures of bike lanes across New York City.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2010-12-30
- Description:
- DOT conducted the College Point Transportation Study to address community concerns related to traffic and transportation issues arising from new large scale commercial retail developments on the peninsula. Major recommended improvements include widening Linden Place at the Whitestone Expressway, widening 20th Avenue between Whitestone Expressway and Parsons Boulevard, and creating free flow U-turns between the Whitestone Expressway Service Roads at Linden Place and at College Point Boulevard.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2010-03-30
- Description:
- This report, in response to Local Law 11, addresses DOT's ongoing commitment to improve safety at high pedestrian crash locations. The law requires DOT to identify the twenty highest crash locations based upon a ranking of the total number of crashes inv...
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2010-01-12
- Description:
- 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.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2006-02-28
- Description:
- The 2005 transit strike presented daunting challenges in maintaining mobility and access for City residents, businesses and visitors. The increased demand on the remaining operating transportation systems required a comprehensive and coordinated plan. This report describes how the City?s Transit Strike Plan succeeded in maintaining mobility within the City
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2006-02-28
- Description:
- The 2005 transit strike presented daunting challenges in maintaining mobility and access for City residents, businesses and visitors. The increased demand on the remaining operating transportation systems required a comprehensive and coordinated plan. This report describes how the City?s Transit Strike Plan succeeded in maintaining mobility within the City
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2005-06-30
- Description:
- In response to community concerns about traffic speeds and pedestrian safety on Court Street in Brooklyn, the Department of Transportation modified traffic signals, which resulted in reduced vehicle speed and more opportunities for pedestrians to cross Court Street.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2005-05-01
- Description:
- In February 2005, "The Gates" temporary public art work was on view for 16 days in Central Park, consisting of 7,500 gates bearing saffron-colored fabric panels. "The Gates" required the full closure of the Central Park Drives to set up and dismantle the exhibit, and partial closure during the exhibit. This report documents the traffic impacts associated with the closures of the park drives during this exhibit.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2005-05-01
- Description:
- In February 2005, "The Gates" temporary public art work was on view for 16 days in Central Park, consisting of 7,500 gates bearing saffron-colored fabric panels. "The Gates" required the full closure of the Central Park Drives to set up and dismantle the exhibit, and partial closure during the exhibit. This report documents the traffic impacts associated with the closures of the park drives during this exhibit.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2005-05-01
- Description:
- In February 2005, "The Gates" temporary public art work was on view for 16 days in Central Park, consisting of 7,500 gates bearing saffron-colored fabric panels. "The Gates" required the full closure of the Central Park Drives to set up and dismantle the exhibit, and partial closure during the exhibit. This report documents the traffic impacts associated with the closures of the park drives during this exhibit.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2004-10-25
- Description:
- Fulton Street is a major east-west commercial street in Brooklyn, serving the communities of Fort Greene and Bedford-Stuyvesant. It cuts across the street grid, resulting in the formation of irregular intersections. This creates problems for pedestrians, buses, trucks and general traffic. The Department of Transportation developed improvements for a 1.7 mile segment of Fulton Street between Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2004-03-31
- Description:
- The Department of Transportation released a report on the THRU Streets initiative which showed that the program has had a beneficial effect on traffic conditions in midtown Manhattan. The initiative has consistently improved travel time, increased vehicular capacity, and enhanced pedestrian safety. The average travel time along the City's THRU Streets fell by 25 percent, while speeds went up by 33 percent. The number of motorists benefiting from this improved travel time rose by 16 percent.
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report
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- Date Published:
- 2004-01-23
- Description:
- This report describes the eight Harlem River bridges, the rehabilitation projects that are either under way or planned, and the importance of obtaining Federal funding through reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21).
- Agency:
- Transportation, Department of (DOT)
- Subject(s):
- Transportation
- Report Type:
- Staff Report