New Yorkers drive much less than the average American, realizing a staggering $19 billion savings/year that people in other metro areas spend on auto-related expenses. NYers spend less on cars and gas - money that leaves the local economy - so NYers have more purchasing power: the Green Dividend
Since 1948, the New York City Department of Transportation has monitored traffic flow on 47 bridges operated by the City of New York. This report summarizes vehicular volumes, classification data, and trends for the 47 bridges that cross over water, as well as the nine bridges and tunnels operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the six bridges and tunnels operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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...
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.