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Glossary GLOSSARY A B AASHTO ADT (Average Daily Traffic) Base Flood Elevation (American Association of State The average number of vehicles to The elevation of surface water Highway Transportation Officials) pass a certain point or use a certain resulting from a flood that has a 1% A nonprofit, nonpartisan association roadway per day. Sometimes referred or higher annual chance of occurring representing highway and to as VPD (Vehicles Per Day), this in any given year. transportation departments in the is the calculation of the total traffic Bicycle fifty states, the District of Columbia, volume during a given time (in whole Every two- or three-wheeled device and Puerto Rico, representing all five days) divided by the number of days upon which a person or persons transportation modes—air, highways, in that period. (AASHTO: A Policy on may ride, propelled by human power public transportation, rail, and water. Geometric Design of Highways and through a belt, a chain, or gears, with AASHTO publishes numerous design Streets) such wheels in a tandem or tricycle, guidance publications, including APS (Accessible Pedestrian Signal) except that it shall not include A Policy on Geometric Design of A device that communicates such a device having solid tires and Highways and Streets (“Green Book”). information about pedestrian signal intended for use only on a sidewalk www.transportation.org timing in non-visual formats such as by pre-teenage children. (New York Accessibility audible tones, speech messages, State Vehicle and Traffic Law, Title 1, The design of facilities and public and/or vibrating surfaces. Article 1, Section 102; Rules of the right-of-way that are easy, safe, and Installation of APS in New York City is City of New York, Title 34, Chapter 4, intuitive to use for people with governed by the Accessible Section 4-01(b)) disabilities. Accessible environments Pedestrian Signals Policy enacted Bicycle Buffer provide for a person's ability to October 21, 2019. A designated space marked with independently navigate the space. Arterial Street crosshatch markings or chevron ADA The part of the roadway system markings separating a bicycle facility (Americans with Disabilities Act) serving as the principal network from traffic and/or parking. The act that gives civil rights of through-traffic flow. The routes Bicycle Facilities protections to individuals with connect areas of principal traffic A general term denoting disabilities, similar to those rights generation and important rural improvements and provisions made provided to individuals on the basis highways entering the cities. by public agencies to accommodate of race, color, sex, national origin, (ITE: Traffic Engineering Handbook) or encourage bicycling, including age, and religion. It guarantees equal parking and storage facilities and opportunity for individuals with shared roadways not specifically disabilities in public accommodations, designated for bicycle use. (AASHTO: employment, transportation, state Guide for the Development of Bicycle and local government services, and Facilities) telecommunications. www.ada.gov Bicycle Lane/Bike Lane A dedicated on-street or grade- separated lane for bikes that is typically delineated with markings, a curb or parking lane within the roadway, or is physically separated from the roadway for most of its length.
288 GLOSSARY
Bicycle Route/Bike Route Bioswale Bulkhead A bikeway designated by the A planted area, generally in the A vertical partition that prevents jurisdiction having authority sidewalk, that is designed to earth and fill from slipping into with appropriate directional and collect and manage stormwater, or adjacent bodies of water. informational route markers, with rainwater, that runs off streets. Bus or without specific bicycle route Bollard Every motor vehicle having a seating numbers. Bike routes should A short vertical post or similar capacity of more than fifteen adults, establish a continuous routing, but structure that can define areas in in addition to the operator, and used may be a combination of any and all the streetscape. Bollards are often for the transportation of persons, types of bikeways (AASHTO: Guide used to separate pedestrians or and every charter bus, interstate bus, for the Development of Bicycle streetscape elements from vehicles. intrastate bus, school bus, and sight- Facilities). In New York City, five When placed in a line, bollards are seeing bus, regardless of seating types of bike routes are set forth in used to prevent motor vehicles from capacity. (Rules of the City of New the Street Design Manual: Shared encroaching on pedestrian space York, Title 34, Chapter 4, Section Lanes, Conventional Bike Lanes, One- such as sidewalks or plazas. www. 4-01(b)) Way Protected Bike Lanes, Two-Way sfbetterstreets.org Protected Bike Lanes, and Grade- Bus Route Separated Bike Lanes. BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) A street that carries one or more A flexible, high-performance rapid regularly scheduled local, commuter, BID transit mode that combines a or intercity bus lines running on a (Business Improvement District) variety of physical, operating, and published schedule. A not–for–profit corporation made up system elements into a permanently of property owners and commercial integrated system with a quality tenants who are dedicated to image and unique identity. A BRT promoting business development and route is designed to improve the improving an area’s quality of life. speed, reliability, and overall BIDs deliver supplemental services attractiveness of bus service. See such as sanitation and maintenance, SBS (Select Bus Service) for a NYC public safety and visitor services, application of BRT. marketing and promotional programs, capital improvements, BUG (Backlight, Uplight, Glare) and beautification for the area—all Rating funded by a special assessment A rating system that describes the paid by property owners within the types of stray light escaping from an district. www1.nyc.gov/site/sbs/ outdoor lighting luminaire. The BUG neighborhoods/bids.page system was developed by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Bikeway to make comparing and evaluating A generic term for any road, street, outdoor luminaires fast, easy, and path, or way which in some manner more complete than older systems. is specifically designated for bicycle www.ies.org/wp-content/ travel, regardless of whether such uploads/2017/03/TM-15- facilities are designated for the 11BUGRatingsAddendum.pdf exclusive use of bicycles or are to be shared with other transportation modes. (AASHTO: Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities)
289 GLOSSARY C Capital Project Cast-in-Place Climate Risk Assessment A. A project that provides for the A term describing a paving material, A detailed, project-specific analysis construction, reconstruction, such as concrete, that is poured into that includes a vulnerability and acquisition, or installation of a place on site and set to harden. risk assessment, often followed physical public betterment or by cost-benefit analysis, to assess CEQR improvement that would be classified and select investments in climate (City Environmental Quality Review) as a capital asset under generally risk mitigation. Risk is assessed A process by which agencies of the accepted accounting principles for as a function of the likelihood and City of New York review proposed municipalities, or any preliminary consequence of a given climate discretionary actions to identify studies and surveys relative thereto, change hazard. the effects those actions may have or any underwriting or other costs on the environment. CEQR is New Coefficient of Friction incurred in connection with the York City’s process for implementing A value between 0 and 1 financing thereof; SEQR (New York State Environmental representing the ratio of the force of B. The acquisition of property of a Quality Review Act), which requires resistance between the horizontal permanent nature, including wharf that state and local governmental motion of a body or object and a property; agencies assess environmental surface to the force pushing the C. The acquisition of any furnishings, effects of discretionary actions body or object down on that surface. machinery, apparatus, or equipment before undertaking, funding, or Surfaces with lower values, such as for any public betterment or approving such actions, unless ice, are more slippery, while surfaces improvement when such betterment they fall within certain statutory with higher values, such as concrete, or improvement is first constructed or regulatory exemptions from the are less slippery. or acquired; requirements for review. www.nyc. D. Any public betterment involving Collector Street gov/oec either a physical improvement or A part of the street system that the acquisition of real property for Channelization provides both land access and a physical improvement consisting The separation or regulation of traffic circulation within residential, in, including, or affecting (1) streets conflicting traffic movements into commercial, and industrial areas. and parks, (2) bridges and tunnels, definite paths of travel by traffic It differs from the arterial system (3) receiving basins, inlets, and islands or pavement marking to in that facilities on the collector sewers, including intercepting facilitate the orderly movements system may penetrate residential sewers, plants or structures for the of both vehicles and pedestrians. neighborhoods, distributing trips treatment, disposal or filtration of (AASHTO: A Policy on Geometric from the arterials through the area to sewage, including grit chambers, Design of Highways and Streets) the ultimate destination. Conversely, sewer tunnels, and all necessary the collector street also collects Clear Path accessories thereof, or (4) the traffic from local streets in residential A straight unobstructed path fencing of vacant lots and the filling neighborhoods and channels it into for pedestrian circulation on the of sunken lots; the arterial system. In the central sidewalk. (Rules of the City of New E. Any other project allowed to be business district, and in other areas York, Title 34, Chapter 7, Section financed by the local finance law, of like development and traffic 7-06(c)(3)). (See also definition of with the approval of the mayor and density, the collector system may clear path in DCWP’s rules and in the the comptroller; include the street grid, which forms ADA.) F. Any combination of the above. a logical entity for traffic circulation. (New York City Charter Section (FHWA: Functional Classification 210.1) Guidelines)
290 GLOSSARY
Commercial District Corner Quadrant Cut-Through Traffic A zoning district, designated by The corner plus 10 additional feet Traffic using minor roadways, usually the letter C (C1-2, C3, C4-7, for extending away from the intersection residential streets, as shortcuts to example), in which commercial uses along each intersecting roadway. avoid congestion on major streets. are allowed and residential uses may (APA: U.S. Traffic Calming Manual, Crash also be permitted, as described in the 1st Edition) A collision, as between two Zoning Resolution of the City of New automobiles. Curb York. A vertical or sloping member along www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/zoning/ Crosswalk the edge of a roadway clearly about-zoning.page A. That part of a roadway at an defining the pavement edge. (New intersection included within the Community Facilities York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, connections of the lateral lines of Used in this Manual to mean Title 1, Article 1, Section 111) the sidewalks on opposite sides of elements of the streetscape that the highway between the curbs or, in serve useful functions to street users the absence of curbs, between the beyond infrastructure and vehicular edges of the traversable roadway; operations. Examples include B. Any portion of a roadway at an street furniture (e.g., bike racks and intersection or elsewhere distinctly newsstands), public and café seating, indicated for pedestrian crossing public art, and plantings. Their use by lines or other markings on the is generally authorized through surface. (New York State Vehicle and permits, revocable consents, and/or Traffic Law, Title 1, Article 1, Section maintenance agreements. 110) Concession CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) A grant made by an agency for A discharge of excess wastewater the private use of city-owned from a combined sewer system property for which the city receives (sewers that are designed to collect compensation other than in the rainwater runoff, domestic sewage, form of a fee to cover administrative and industrial wastewater in the costs, except that concessions shall same pipe) directly into nearby not include franchises, revocable streams, rivers, or other water bodies consents, and leases. (NYC Charter, during periods of heavy rainfall or Section 362(a); Rules of the City of snowmelt when the wastewater New York, Title 12) volume exceeds the capacity of the Corner sewer system or treatment plant. The area created by extending the www.epa.gov/npdes/combined- building line to the curb. sewer-overflows-csos (Mayor's Executive Order No. 22 dated April 13, 1995)
291 GLOSSARY
D E F Design Life Engineered Soil Flag (sidewalk) The life expectancy of an asset or A soil designed to achieve A flat slab of stone used as a paving product as determined during design. specific infiltration standards in a material. stormwater-capture installation. Design Speed Flood Wall A selected speed used to determine A fixed vertical structure designed to the various geometric design prevent inundation by waters from an features of the roadway. The adjacent river or waterway. assumed design speed should be Franchise a logical one with respect to the A grant by an agency of a right topography, anticipated operating to occupy or use the inalienable speed, the adjacent land use, and the property of the city (usually, streets functional classification of highway. or sidewalks) to provide a public (AASHTO: A Policy on Geometric service. (NYC Charter, Section Design of Highways and Streets) 362(b)) Design Vehicle Friction Coefficient A selected vehicle, with See Coefficient of Friction representative weight, dimensions, and operating characteristics, which Furnishing Zone is used to establish highway design The section of the sidewalk between controls for accommodating vehicles the curb and the through zone in of designated classes. (AASHTO: which street furniture and amenities, A Policy on Geometric Design of such as lighting, benches, wayfinding Highways and Streets) signs, utility poles, tree pits, and bicycle parking are provided. The Driver furnishing zone may also include Every person who operates or drives green infrastructure elements, such or is in actual physical control of a as rain gardens or flow-through vehicle. (New York State Vehicle and planters. In this Manual, the street Traffic Law, Title 1, Article 1, Section furniture/curb zone is considered to 113) be the same as the furnishing zone. Driveway (NACTO: Urban Street Design Guide, Every entrance or exit authorized 2013) pursuant to applicable law and used by vehicular traffic to or from lands or buildings abutting a highway. (Rules of the City of New York, Title 34, Chapter 4, Section 4-01(b))
292 GLOSSARY G H Gateway Greenstreet Hardening A combination of traffic calming and A vegetated area and its pathways Making infrastructure less visual measures used at the entrance within the right-of-way that are under susceptible to damage from external to a low speed street to slow entering DOT jurisdiction and maintained by security, safety, and climate threats, vehicles and discourage through- Parks pursuant to an agreement such as extreme wind, flooding, or traffic. between the two agencies. flying debris. Greenstreets do not include Green Book Highway Stormwater Greenstreets. www. See A Policy on Geometric Design of The entire width between the nycgovparks.org/greening/green- Highways and Streets boundary lines of every way publicly infrastructure maintained when any part thereof Green Infrastructure is open to the use of the public for An adaptable term used to describe purposes of vehicular travel. an array of products, technologies, (New York State Vehicle and Traffic and practices that use natural Law, Title 1, Article 1, Section 118) systems — or engineered systems that mimic natural processes — High Water Table to enhance overall environmental The highest level of the groundwater quality and provide utility services. in a given area, taking into account As a general principle, green seasonal and periodic storm event infrastructure techniques use fluctuations. This level can vary soils and vegetation to infiltrate, throughout the boroughs, and needs evapotranspirate, and/or detain to be taken into consideration when stormwater runoff. In addition to designing stormwater management effectively retaining and infiltrating practices/green infrastructure. rainfall, these technologies can Historic District (NYC) simultaneously help filter air Any area which (1) contains pollutants, reduce energy demands, improvements that have a special mitigate urban heat islands, and character or special historical or sequester carbon while also aesthetic interest or value; and providing communities with aesthetic represent one or more periods or and natural resource benefits. www. styles of architecture typical of one epa.gov/green-infrastructure or more eras in the history of the city; and cause such area, by reason of such factors, to constitute a distinct section of the city; and (2) has been designated as a historic district pursuant to Title 25 of the Administration Code of the City of New York. (Administrative Code of the City of New York, Title 25, Chapter 3, Section 25-302(h))
Horizontal Deflection The horizontal (sideways) movement of moving vehicles compelled through physical and/or visual changes to the roadway alignment, for example a bend in the road.
293 GLOSSARY
I L M IESNA (Illuminating Engineering LED (Light-Emitting Diode) Motor Vehicle Society of North America) A light source that converts Every vehicle operated or driven upon A professional organization of electricity to light through the a public highway which is propelled lighting engineers. The organization movement of electrons. It does by any power other than muscular has established recommended not have a filament and is more power, except as otherwise provided guidelines regarding levels of efficient than incandescent bulbs. in Section 125 of the Vehicle and illumination for street and pedestrian It consumes less energy, is more Traffic Law. (Rules of the City of New lighting. compact, and lasts longer than York, Title 34, Chapter 4, Section traditional light sources. 4-01(b)) Inclusive Design The process of creating convenient, Limited Use Street MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic safe, and accessible spaces for A legally mapped street to be Control Devices) everyone. Accessibility is a critical temporarily closed to motor vehicles A document incorporated by component of universal design. In this by the Department of Transportation, reference in 23 Code of Federal Manual, the term "inclusive design" is in accordance with lawfully Regulations (CFR), Part 655, Subpart used instead of "universal design." authorized signs or other traffic F that is recognized as the national control devices. (Rules of the City of standard for all traffic control devices Intersection New York, Title 34, Chapter 4, installed on any street, highway, The area contained within the grid Section 4-12(r)(4)) bikeway, walkway, parking facility, created by extending the curblines or private road open to public travel. of two or more streets at the point at Local Street Traffic control devices include signs, which they cross each other. A part of the street system that signals, markings, and other devices (Rules of the City of New York, Title comprises all facilities not on one used to regulate, warn, or guide 34, Chapter 2, Section 2-01) of the higher systems (collector or traffic. arterial). The local street system mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov serves primarily to provide direct access to abutting land and access to the higher order systems. Service to through-traffic movement is usually discouraged. (FHWA: Functional Classification Guidelines)
Local Traffic Vehicular traffic whose trip origin and/or destination are in the immediate area of a given street.
LOS (Level of Service) A methodology for measuring traffic flow based on traveler delay and congestion, defined in the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). Grades from A to F are used, from free flow to traffic jam conditions. Historically used primarily for motor vehicle traffic, LOS methodologies have also been devised for pedestrian, bicyclist, and transit operations.
294 GLOSSARY N P NACTO Park Pedestrian Plaza (National Association of City Parking An area designated by DOT for Transportation Officials) The standing of a vehicle, whether pedestrian circulation, use, and A 501(c)(3) nonprofit association that occupied or not, otherwise than enjoyment on property under DOT’s represents large cities on temporarily for the purpose of and jurisdiction including but not limited transportation issues of local, while actually engaged in loading or to property mapped as public place regional, and national significance, unloading property or passengers. or property within the bed of a and facilitates the exchange of ideas, (Rules of the City of New York, Title roadway, and which may contain data, and best practices. NACTO 34, Chapter 4, Section 4-01(b)) amenities such as tables, seating, publishes numerous design guidance trees, plants, lighting, bike racks, or Peak Hour(s) publications, including the Urban public art. (Administrative Code of The hour or hours of greatest Street Design Guide. nacto.org/about the City of New York, Section 19- vehicular traffic volumes on a given 157) street or intersection, usually defined for weekday AM, MD (mid-day) and A Policy on Geometric Design of PM, and Saturday MD peak periods. Highways and Streets The peak hours, rather than an entire A document published by AASHTO, day, are typically analyzed in a traffic often referred to as the “Green Book,” analysis. that contains “design practices O in universal use as the standard Pedal-Assist Bicycle Operating Speed for highway geometric design.” A bicycle equipped with fully The speed at which drivers are store.transportation.org/item/ operable pedals and an electric observed operating their vehicles collectiondetail/180 motor of less than seven hundred during free-flow conditions. The fifty watts (one horsepower) whereby Public Highway 85th percentile of the distribution such electric motor engages only Any highway, road, street, avenue, of observed speeds is the most when the operator is pedaling and alley, public place, public driveway, frequently used measure of the the rate of speed of the bicycle is or any other public way. (New York operating speed associated with less than 20 miles per hour, and State Vehicle and Traffic Law, Title 1, a particular location or geometric disengages or ceases to function Article 1, Section 134) feature. (AASHTO: A Policy on when (i) the operator applies the Geometric Design of Highways and brakes, (ii) the operator stops Streets) pedaling, or (iii) the bicycle achieves a speed of twenty miles per hour. A pedal-assist bicycle shall not be equipped with any throttle capacity or have any additional motorized equipment affixed to it. (Rules of the City of New York, Title 34, Chapter 4, Section 4–01(b))
Pedestrian Any person afoot or in a wheelchair. (New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, Title 1, Article 1, Section 130)
295 GLOSSARY
R S Rain Garden Road SBS (Select Bus Service) A planted depression that captures An open way for the passage of New York City’s application of BRT, and absorbs rainwater that would vehicles, persons, or animals on land. providing a complementary service to otherwise flow into a storm drain. (FHWA) the subway system by connecting Infiltration and evapotranspiration those neighborhoods with limited Roadbed are the primary means for water transit options to subway stations The graded portion of a highway management in these systems. and major destinations. To improve within top and side slopes, prepared reliability and service along these high Resiliency as a foundation for the pavement ridership corridors, a combination of The ability of people, the places structure and shoulder. (FHWA) tools are implemented. This includes where they live, and infrastructure Roadway off-board fare payment, bus lanes, systems—such as transportation That portion of a street designed, Transit Signal Priority, and longer and energy—to withstand a stress or improved, or ordinarily used for spacing between stops. www1.nyc. shock event, to recover, and to vehicular travel, exclusive of the gov/html/brt/html/home/home.shtml emerge even stronger. In this Manual, shoulder and slope. (Rules of the City resiliency is used in the context of Scoring (concrete) of New York, Title 34, Chapter 2, climate-related threats including Marking the surface of concrete for Section 2-01) sea-level rise, coastal storms, and visual or textural effect. “Tooled joint” extreme precipitation and heat. scoring refers to concrete sidewalk (NYC: One New York: The Plan for a flag joints finished with a hand- Strong and Just City, 2015) trowelled border. “Simulated saw-cut joint” scoring refers to concrete Restricted Use Street sidewalk flag joints finished using a A legally mapped street to be spacer to simulate the appearance of permanently closed to motor vehicles joints cut with a masonry saw. by the Department of Transportation, and open to use by pedestrians. Shared-Use Path (Rules of the City of New York, Title A bikeway physically separated 34, Chapter 4, Section 4-12(r)(4)) from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier and either Revocable Consent within the highway right-of-way or A grant by the city of a right, within an independent right-of-way. revocable at will…to an owner of real Shared-use paths may also be used property or, with the consent of the by pedestrians, skaters, wheelchair owner, to a tenant of real property users, joggers, and other non- to use adjacent inalienable property motorized users. (AASHTO: Guide for (usually, streets or sidewalks) for the Development of Bicycle Facilities) such purposes as may be permitted by rules of DOT or DoITT. (For full definition, see NYC Charter, Section 362(c)(2); Rules of the City of New York, Title 34, Chapter 7, Section 7-01.)
Right-of-Way A general term denoting land, property, or interest therein, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes. (AASHTO: Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities)
296 GLOSSARY T Sidewalk Stop Target Speed That portion of a street, whether Stopping The speed at which vehicles should paved or unpaved, between the curb Any halting even momentarily of a operate on a thoroughfare in a lines or the lateral lines of a roadway vehicle, whether occupied or not. specific context, consistent with the and the adjacent property lines (Rules of the City of New York, Title level of multimodal activity generated intended for the use of pedestrians. 34, Chapter 4, Section 4-01(b)) by adjacent land uses, to provide Where it is not clear which section is both mobility for motor vehicles and a Storm Surge intended for the use of pedestrians, safe environment for pedestrians and The abnormal rise of water generated the sidewalk will be deemed to be bicyclists. The target speed is usually by a storm, over and above the that portion of the street between the posted speed limit. (ITE: Context predicted astronomical tides. the building line and the curb. (Rules Sensitive Solutions in Designing of the City of New York, Title 34, Street Major Urban Thoroughfares for Chapter 4, Section 4-01(b)) A street, avenue, road, alley, lane, Walkable Communities) highway, boulevard, concourse, Simulated Saw-Cut Joint Temporary Flood Protection parkway, driveway, culvert, sidewalk, See Scoring (concrete) Measure crosswalk, boardwalk, and viaduct, A network of devices that can be Source Control and every class of public road, square deployed on surfaces to support An action to prevent pollution where and place, except marginal streets. reduction of flood impacts to it originates. (New York City Charter Section buildings, roadways, and other 210.7) Source Reduction assets. The technique of stopping and/or Street Tree Through Traffic reducing pollutants at their point of A tree growing in the public right-of- Vehicular traffic whose trip origin and generation so that they do not come way. These trees provide a range of destination are not in the immediate into contact with stormwater. benefits, from increased property area of a given street. values to stormwater capture and Stand urban heat island mitigation. www. Traffic Standing nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/ Pedestrians, ridden or herded The stopping of a vehicle, whether trees_greenstreets/faq.html animals, vehicles, bicycles, and other occupied or not, otherwise than conveyances either singly or together temporarily for the purpose of and Supplementary Cementitious while using any highway for purposes while actually engaged in receiving or Materials (SCM) of travel. (New York State Vehicle and discharging passengers. Industrial by-products that would Traffic Law, Title 1, Article 1, Section (New York State Vehicle and Traffic otherwise have to be disposed of in 152) Law, Title 1, Article 1, Section 145; landfills, providing cost savings to Rules of the City of New York, Title concrete manufacturers and reducing Tooled Joint 34, Chapter 4, Section 4-01(b)) environmental impact by averting See Scoring (concrete) disposal. (DDC: High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines, 2005)
Swale See Bioswale
297 GLOSSARY U V Traffic Calming Unit Paver Vehicle A speed management practice whose A paving material that is precast, Every device in, upon, or by which primary purpose is to support the such as a hexagonal asphalt paver, or any person or property is or may be livability and vitality of residential individually hewn, such as a granite transported or drawn upon a highway, and commercial areas through block, such that each paver is a except devices moved by human improvements in non-motorist single unit that can be removed or power or used exclusively upon safety, mobility, and comfort. These replaced. stationary rails or tracks. (New York objectives are typically achieved by State Vehicle and Traffic Law, Title 1, Universal Design reducing vehicle speeds or volumes Article 1, Section 159; Rules of the See Inclusive Design on a single street or a street network. City of New York, Title 34, Chapter 4, Traffic calming measures consist of Urban Heat Island Effect Section 4-01(b)) horizontal, vertical, lane narrowing, The phenomenon wherein many Vertical Deflection and roadside interventions as well as urban and suburban areas experience The vertical (upward) displacement of other features that use self-enforcing elevated temperatures compared to moving vehicles by way of a raising physical or psycho-perception means their outlying rural surroundings; this of the roadbed surface, for example to produce desired effects. (ITE and difference in temperature is what with a hump, table, or other raised FHWA: Traffic Calming ePrimer; constitutes an urban heat island. element. safety.fhwa.dot.gov/speedmgt/ The annual mean air temperature traffic_calm.cfm) of a city with one million or more Vision Zero people can be 1.8 to 5.4 degrees F New York City’s action plan to Traffic Control Devices (1 to 3 degrees C) warmer than its improve street safety in every All signs, signals, markings, and surroundings, and on a clear, calm neighborhood and in every borough – devices placed or erected by night, this temperature difference with expanded enforcement against authority of a public body or official can be as much as 22 degrees F dangerous moving violations like having jurisdiction for the purpose of (12 degrees C). (US EPA: Reducing speeding and failing to yield to regulating, warning, or guiding traffic. Urban Heat Islands: Compendium of pedestrians, new street designs (New York State Vehicle and Traffic Strategies) and configurations to improve Law, Title 1, Article 1, Section 153) safety, broad public outreach and Useful Life Truck communications, and a sweeping The period over which an asset Except as otherwise specified in the legislative agenda to increase or component is expected to be Rules of the City of New York, Title penalties for dangerous drivers and available for use by an entity, 34, Chapter 4, Section 4-01(b), any give New York City control over the assuming regular and adequate vehicle or combination of vehicles safety of our own streets. www1.nyc. maintenance. designed for the transportation of gov/site/visionzero/index.page property, which has either of the following characteristics: two axles, and six tires; or three or more axles. (Rules of the City of New York, Title 34, Chapter 4, Section 4-13(a)) # 100-Year Floodplain The area with a 1% or higher chance of flooding in any given year.
298 Appendices A Agency Roles on the City’s Streets 300 B Legal & Design Guidance References 304 C Acknowledgments: Previous Editions 308 A. Agency Roles on the City’s Streets APPENDICES
Agency Roles on This diagram summarizes the roles and responsibilities of city agencies and the City’s Streets other entities related to the most visible aspects of the city’s streets. It does not include all agencies with street–related roles and is not intended to be a literal representation of appropriate street furniture locations.
An expanded listing follows. Street Reconstruction Street Seats Revocable Consent DDC DOT DOT DOT Sidewalk or Roadway Sidewalk Façade, Marquee, Community DOB Plaza DEP Construction Permit Maintenance Awning and Signage Partner DOT DOT and Repair DOB Community Property Owners Partner Coordinated Street Street Lighting City* Furniture Franchise and Traffic Control Street Tree Permit DOT DOT and Design Standards Street Vendor DCWP Street Furniture Subway Parks Permit DOT & Bus DCWP DOITT Operation Street Parking DOHMH MTA DOT
Curb Cut DOB
Sewer/Water DEP
Other Utilities Hydrant Private Utility FDNY Companies DEP
Vestibule, Bus Stop Cellar Door and and Signage Sidewalk Shed Sidewalk Café Public Art MTA DOB DCWP Roadway DOT DOT Canopy and Repair PDC Vault Street Cleaning, DOT DCLA * Pursuant to the New York City Administrative DOT Snow Removal Code, property owners are DOB and Litter Roadway Marking generally responsible for the Removal and Signage installation, maintenance, Greenstreets and repair of the sidewalk DSNY DOT adjacent to their property, Parks Special Event DOT including but not limited to DOT CECM/SAPO the intersection quadrant for Parks NYPD a corner property. For 1, 2, 3 Stormwater BIDs family homes, the City may Pedestrian Ramp* FDNY make repairs to the adjacent Management DOT DSNY sidewalks if the property Practices owner fails to maintain them, DOB and will charge the property DEP Drainage, Sewer, DOT owner. Property owners will Parks and Catch Basin not be charged for repair of defects that are solely related DOT DEP to street trees.
300 APPENDICES A. Agency Roles on the City’s Streets
The following are agencies, Street Planning, Parks www.nycgovparks.org authorities, and other organizations Design & Construction that are frequently involved in the DOT www.nyc.gov/dot design of streets in New York City. Street Capital Projects Greenstreets This list is provided as a reference DOT tool, for informational purposes only, Parks www.nycgovparks.org (initiation, scoping, conceptual and is not an exhaustive list. design) DOT www.nyc.gov/dot www.nyc.gov/dot Land Acquisition DEP (initiation, scoping) DCAS www.nyc.gov/dcas www.nyc.gov/dep DDC www.nyc.gov/ddc EDC SBS www.nyc.gov/sbs (initiation, scoping, conceptual design, final design, agency Law Department alignment & construction) www.nyc.gov/law www.nycedc.com DCP (ULURP) www.nyc.gov/planning DDC Non–Capital Street Projects (conceptual design, final design, agency alignment & construction) DOT (design and implementation) www.nyc.gov/ddc www.nyc.gov/dot
Parks Universal Design (parks, greenstreets) MOPD (Mayor’s Office for People www.nycgovparks.org with Disabilities) www.nyc.gov/mopd NYSDOT Street Tree & (state highways within New York City) Tree- Bed Design Standards dot.ny.gov Parks www.nycgovparks.org Other city, state, and federal agencies and authorities for individual, typically site–specific projects
Comprehensive Street Planning
DOT (for most public streets) www.nyc.gov/dot
DCP (zoning, private streets, transportation studies) www.nyc.gov/planning
NYSDOT (for state and federal routes) dot.ny.gov
Design of Stormwater Best Management Practices/ Source Controls
DDC www.nyc.gov/ddc
DEP www.nyc.gov/dep
301 A. Agency Roles on the City’s Streets APPENDICES
Reviews, Approvals & Permits Sidewalk Shed Permits
Coastal Erosion Permits DOB www.nyc.gov/dob NYSDEC www.dec.ny.gov Sidewalk Work Permits Construction on Sidewalk or in Roadway, Permits DOB (Builder’s Pavement Plan) DOT www.nyc.gov/dot www.nyc.gov/dob Curb Cut, Existing Cellar Door, DOT Marquee & Awning Permits www.nyc.gov/dot DOB www.nyc.gov/dob Special Event/Street Fair Permits Environmental Review CECM www.nyc.gov/cecm (CEQR/SEQR/NEPA) NYPD www.nyc.gov/nypd Lead agency and involved agencies vary by project Street Tree Permits (including Tree Guards) Emergency Vehicle Access Review Parks FDNY www.nyc.gov/fdny www.nycgovparks.org Historic District Review Street Vendor Permits LPC www.nyc.gov/landmarks DCWP Light Pole Banner Permits www.nyc.gov/dcwp
DOT www.nyc.gov/dot DOHMH www.nyc.gov/health Newsracks Vaults & Canopies: Permits DOT www.nyc.gov/dot DOT Review of Works of Art and www.nyc.gov/dot Structures (as defined in Chapter 37, Section 854 of the NYC Water Quality Permits/Approvals Charter) NYSDEC PDC www.dec.ny.gov www.nyc.gov/designcommission DEP Revocable Consents www.nyc.gov/dep DOT www.nyc.gov/dot Wetlands Permits
DCWP United States Army Corps of (sidewalk cafés) Engineers www.usace.army.mil www.nyc.gov/dcwp NYSDEC DoITT www.dec.ny.gov (telecommunications) www.nyc.gov/doitt
Sewers, Catch Basins & Drainage Approval
DEP www.nyc.gov/dep
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Operation & Maintenance Street Operations (Street Lighting, Traffic Controls, etc.) Coordinated Street Furniture Franchise (bus stop shelters, DOT newsstands, automatic public www.nyc.gov/dot toilets, bike shelters) Supplementary Maintenance & DOT Services, Street Furniture www.nyc.gov/dot SBS DCWP www.nyc.gov/sbs www.nyc.gov/dcwp BIDs Greenstreets Maintenance (Business Improvement Districts) www1.nyc.gov/site/sbs/ Parks neighborhoods/bids.page www.nycgovparks.org Tree-Bed Maintenance Roadway Maintenance and Repair Parks DOT (first two years from planting) www.nyc.gov/dot www.nycgovparks.org Roadway & Retaining Wall Property owners Inspection (after two years from planting) DOT Transit (Bus) Operations www.nyc.gov/dot MTA NYCT DDC www.mta.info/nyct www.nyc.gov/ddc Utilities Sidewalk Maintenance and Repair DEP Property Owners www.nyc.gov/dep DOT Private Utilities (in certain zoning districts or through prior notice) www.nyc.gov/dot Empire City Subway www.empirecitysubway.com Street Cleaning, Snow Removal & Litter Removal Enforcement DSNY Enforcement of Construction www.nyc.gov/dsny Permits DOT DOT www.nyc.gov/dot www.nyc.gov/dot Parks Enforcement of Traffic Rules www.nycgovparks.org (including parking regulations) BIDs NYPD (Business Improvement Districts) www.nyc.gov/nypd www1.nyc.gov/site/sbs/ neighborhoods/bids.page Stoop Line Enforcement
DCWP www.nyc.gov/dcwp
303 B. Legal & Design Guidance References APPENDICES
Legal & Design Federal Laws and Regulations New York State Department of Guidance Transportation (Title 17) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) www.dos.ny.gov/info/nycrr.html References govinfo.gov/help/cfr New York State Environmental Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Conservation Law (ECL) Devices (MUTCD) The following are laws, rules, public.leginfo.state.ny.us mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov regulations, and design guidance New York State Highway Law documents that may be relevant to United States Code (USC) public.leginfo.state.ny.us the design of streets. This list is uscode.house.gov provided as a reference tool, for New York State Transportation Law Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) informational purposes only, and is public.leginfo.state.ny.us www.ada.gov/regs2010/2010ADA not an exhaustive list. All public and Standards/2010ADAStandards_prt. New York State Vehicle and private actions must comply with all pdf Traffic Law (VTL) applicable laws, rules, and public.leginfo.state.ny.us regulations, not solely those listed Clean Air Act (CAA) below. www.epa.gov/air/caa Local Laws and Regulations Clean Water Act (CWA) New York City Charter www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/ www.amlegal.com/codes/client/ summary-clean-water-act new-york-city_ny National Environmental Policy Act City Planning (Chapter 8) (NEPA) www.epa.gov/nepa Department of Buildings (Chapter 26)
National Historic Preservation Act, Department of Citywide Section 106 Administrative Services (Chapter 35) www.nps.gov/history/tribes/ Department of Consumer Affairs Documents/106.pdf (Chapter 64) Department of Transportation Act, Department of Design and Section 4(f) Construction (Chapter 55) www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ env_topics/4f_tutorial/default.aspx Department of Environmental Protection (Chapter 57) State Laws and Regulations Department of Health (Chapter 22) New York State Code of Department of Parks and Recreation Rules and Regulations (Chapter 21) www.dos.ny.gov/info/nycrr.html Department of Sanitation New York State Department of (Chapter 31) Environmental Conservation (Title 6) www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/ Department of Small Business regulations.html Services (Chapter 56)
New York State Environmental Department of Transportation Quality Review Act (SEQR) (Chapter 71) www.dec.ny.gov/permits/357.html Fire Department (Chapter 19) New York State Historic Preservation Franchises, Revocable Consents, and Act, Section 14.09 Concessions (Chapter 14) parks.ny.gov/shpo/environmental- review/state-regulations.aspx Landmarks Preservation Commission (Chapter 74)
304 APPENDICES B. Legal & Design Guidance References
Local Laws and Regulations (cont.) Department of Consumer Affairs A Policy on Geometric Design of (Title 6) Highways and Streets, 7th Edition Police Department (Chapter 18) (AASHTO: 2018; store. Department of Health (Title 24) Public Design Commission/Art transportation.org/item/ Commission (Chapter 37) Department of Parks and Recreation collectiondetail/180) (Title 56) Administrative Code of the City A Guide for Achieving Flexibility in of New York Department of Sanitation (Title 16) Highway Design (AASHTO: 2004; www.amlegal.com/codes/client/ store.transportation.org/item/ Department of Small Business new-york-city_ny collectiondetail/31) Services (Title 66) Budget; Capital Projects (Title 5) Guide for the Planning, Design, and Department of Transportation NYC Traffic Rules Operation of Pedestrian Facilities (Title 34) (AASHTO: 2004; store. Construction and Maintenance NYC Traffic Rules (Chapter 4) transportation.org/item/ (Title 27) NYC Highway Rules (Chapter 2) collectiondetail/131) Revocable Consents (Chapter 7) Consumer Affairs (Title 20) Guide for the Development of Bicycle Fire Department (Title 3) Contracts, Purchases and Franchises Facilities, 4th Edition (AASHTO: (Title 6) Franchise and Concession Review 2012; store.transportation.org/ Committee (Title 12) item/collectiondetail/116) Environmental Protection and Utilities (Title 24) Landmarks Preservation Commission American Planning Association (Title 63) (APA) Fire Prevention and Control (Title 15) Police Department (Title 38) U.S. Traffic Calming Manual Health (Title 17) (APA and American Society of Civil Public Design Commission/Art Housing and Buildings (Title 26) Engineers: 2009) Commission (Title 57) Land Use (Title 25) Federal Highway Administration Zoning Resolution of the (FHWA) Parks (Title 18) City of New York www.fhwa.dot.gov www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/zoning/ Police (Title 14) about-zoning.page BIKESAFE: Bicycle Safety Guide and Sanitation (Title 16) Countermeasure Selection System City Environmental Quality Review www.pedbikesafe.org/bikesafe Transportation (Title 19) www1.nyc.gov/site/oec/ environmental-quality-review/ PEDSAFE: Pedestrian Safety Guide Rules of the City of New York environmental-quality-review.page and Countermeasure Selection www.amlegal.com/codes/client/ System new-york-city_ny CEQR Technical Manual www.pedbikesafe.org/pedsafe www1.nyc.gov/site/oec/ City Planning (Title 62) environmental-quality-review/ Pedestrian Facilities Users Guide Community Assistance Unit (Tile 50) technical-manual.page (FHWA: 2002; www.fhwa.dot.gov/ publications/research/ Department of Buildings (Title 1) New York City Charter (Chapter 8) safety/01102/01102.pdf) Department of Citywide Rules of the City of New York Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Administrative Services (Title 55) (Title 43 and 62) Access (FHWA: 2001; www.fhwa. Department of Environmental National Design Guidance Sources dot.gov/environment/bicycle_ Protection (Title 15) pedestrian/publications/sidewalks/ Rules Governing the Construction of American Association of State index.cfm) Private Sewers Highway and Transportation Flexibility in Highway Design Rules Governing the Use of the Water officials (AASHTO) (FHWA: 1997; www.fhwa.dot.gov/ Supply www.transportation.org environment/publications/flexibility/ index.cfm)
305 B. Legal & Design Guidance References APPENDICES
National Design Guidance Sources The Americans with Disabilities Act DOT (cont.) Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings www.nyc.gov/dot and Facilities Public Involvement Techniques for Under the Elevated: Reclaiming (US Access Board: 2002; www. Transportation Decision–Making Space, Connecting Communities access-board.gov/attachments/ (FHWA and FTA: 2015; www.fhwa. (DOT and Design Trust for Public article/1350/adaag.pdf) dot.gov/planning/public_ Space: 2015) involvement/publications/pi_ Accessible Rights–of–Way: A Design El-Space Toolkit: Strategies for techniques) Guide (US Access Board: 1999; Reclaiming Sites Beneath Elevated safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/ MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Transportation Infrastructure, other_topics/fhwasa09027/99.htm) Control Devices) Version 1.0 (DOT and Design Trust mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov Local Design Guidance Sources for Public Space: 2019; designtrust. org/media/files/DesignTrust_El- Institute of Transportation DCP SpaceToolkit_v5.pdf) Engineers (ITE) www.nyc.gov/planning www.ite.org Standard Highway Specifications New York City Bicycle Master Plan (DOT: 2015; www1.nyc.gov/site/ Urban Street Geometric Design (DCP and DOT: 1997; ddc/resources/publications. Handbook (ITE: 2008; ecommerce. nacto.org/references/new-york-city- page#infra) ite.org/IMIS/ItemDetail?iProductCo bicycle-master-plan-1997) de=TB-018) Standard Details of Construction DDC (DOT: 2010; www1.nyc.gov/site/ Designing Walkable Urban www.nyc.gov/ddc ddc/resources/publications. Thoroughfares: A Context Sensitive Active Design Guidelines: Promoting page#infra) Approach Physical Activity and Health in Design (ITE: 2010; www.ite.org/ Street Lighting Specifications and (DDC, DOHMH, DOT, DCP & OMB: pub/?id=E1CFF43C-2354-D714- Standard Drawings 2010) 51D9-D82B39D4DBAD) www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/ High Performance Infrastructure dotlibrary.shtml#spec The Design and Safety of Guidelines: Best Practices for the Pedestrian Facilities Instructions for Filing Plans and Public Right–of–Way (DDC and Design (ITE: 1998; safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ Guidelines for the Design of Trust for Public Space: 2005) ped_bike/docs/designsafety.pdf) Sidewalks, Curbs, Roadways and Sustainable Urban Sites Design Other Infrastructure Components National Association of City Manual (DDC: 2008; www.nyc.gov/ www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/ Transportation Officials (NACTO) html/ddc/downloads/pdf/ddc_sd- permits/stpermit.shtml#instructions www.nacto.org sitedesignmanual.pdf) Specifications for Furnishing All Urban Street Design Guide (NACTO: DEP Labor and Material Necessary and 2013; www.nacto.org/publication/ www.nyc.gov/dep Required for the Installation, Removal urban-street-design-guide) or Relocation of Street Lighting Standard Designs and Guidelines for United States Access Board Equipment in the City of New York Green Infrastructure Practices (DEP: www.access–board.gov (DOT: 1992; www.nyc.gov/html/dot/ 2017; www1.nyc.gov/assets/dep/ html/about/dotlibrary.shtml#spec) Accessible Public Rights–of–Way: downloads/pdf/water/stormwater/ Planning and Designing for green-infrastructure/green- Typical Pavement Markings Drawings Alterations (US Access Board: 2007; infrastructure-standard-designs. www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/ www.access-board.gov/ pdf) dotlibrary.shtml attachments/article/756/guide.pdf) PlaNYC Sustainable Stormwater ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines Management Plan (US Access Board: 2004; www. (NYC: 2008; www.nyc.gov/html/ access-board.gov/attachments/ planyc/downloads/pdf/publications/ article/412/ada-aba.pdf) nyc_sustainable_stormwater_ management_plan_final.pdf)
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Local Design Guidance Sources Street Planning Resources (cont.) Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming MOPD Study (NYCDOT: 2004; www1.nyc. www.nyc.gov/mopd gov/html/dot/html/motorist/ dntnbklyntraf.shtml) Inclusive Design Guidelines: New York City (MOPD and International Code Project Development & Design Guide Council: 2010) (Massachusetts Highway Department: 2006; www.mass.gov/ NYSDEC files/documents/2018/08/08/pddg. www.dec.ny.gov pdf) New York State Stormwater San Francisco Better Streets Plan Management Design Manual (City and County of San Francisco; (NYSDEC: 2015; www.dec.ny.gov/ www.sfbetterstreets.org) chemical/29072.html) Smart Transportation Guidebook: Parks Planning and Designing Highways www.nycgovparks.org and Streets that Support Sustainable Tree Planting Standards and Livable Communities (Parks: 2016; www.nycgovparks. (New Jersey DOT/Pennsylvania DOT: org/pagefiles/53/Tree-Planting- 2008; www.dvrpc.org/ Standards.pdf) reports/08030A.pdf)
Park Design for the 21st Century: High Performance Landscape Guidelines (Parks and Design Trust for Public Space: 2010; www. nycgovparks.org/sub_about/ sustainable_parks/design_guidelines. pdf)
307 C. Acknowledgments: Previous Editions APPENDICES
Acknowledgments: First Edition
Janette Sadik-Khan, COMMISSIONER, DOT
Lori Ardito, FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DOT
Street Design Manual Team, 1st Edition Wendy Feuer Michael Flynn Ed Janoff Margaret Newman Bruce Schaller Andy Wiley–Schwartz
With Special Thanks to: Kathryn Garcia, DEP Paul Nelson, SBS Adrian Benepe, COMMISSIONER, DPR Anita Garrison, DOT Yun Poy “Dino” Ng, DDC Amanda Burden, DIRECTOR, DCP Kanda Gordon, DOB Signe Nielsen, DC David Burney, COMMISSIONER, DDC Meredith Griffin,DC Ted Oberman, DOT Emily Lloyd, FORMER COMMISSIONER, DEP Bram Gunther, DPR Flavia Orlandi, OMB Bruce Hendler, DDC Galileo Orlando, DOT Claudia Herasme, DCP Joseph Palmieri, DOT Special Contributors Leon Heyward, DOT Ghanshyam Patel, DOT Patricia Browne Christopher Hrones, DOT Robert Piccolo, MOPD Emily Colasacco† Terra Ishee, DOT Michael Primeggia, DOT John Dulac Adriana Jacykewycz, DPR Marguerite Riskalla, DOT Joseph Jarrin David Jehn, DOT Matthew Roe, DOT Jon Orcutt Michael Johnson, DOT Gale Rothstein, EDC Susan Pondish Laurie Kerr, OLTPS Scott Roveto, DOT Jared Knowles, LPC Charles Rudesill, DPR Streetscape Task Force and Aaron Koch, OLTPS Ryan Russo, DOT Other Contributors Anne Koenig, DOT Ali Sadriyoun, DOT John Albin, DOT Joshua Kraus, DOT Luis Sanchez, DOT Orly Amir, DOT Ziv Lavi, DCP Lynette Baptist, DOT Steve Levine, OMB Joe Barr, DOT Rozella Logan, DOT Eric Beaton, DOT Chris Lucas, DOT Josh Benson, DOT Tim Lynch, DDC Simon Bertrang OCPD Patricia Lyons, DOT Maurice Bruet, DOT Tom Maguire, DOT Joseph Cannisi, DOT Vincent Maniscalco, DOT Kerry Carnahan, DDC Mike Marsico, DOT Tom Cocola, DOT John Martin, DOT Philip Damashek, DOT Wanda Matos, DOT Skye Duncan, DCP Robert Mayer, OMB Anthony Fiore, DEP Maura McCarthy, DOT Margaret Forgione, DOT Charles McKinney, DPR Jennifer Lex Furioli, SBS John McLaughlin, DEP Neil Gagliardi, DOT Connie Moran, DOT Steve Galgano, DOT John Murray, OMB
† Correction - Member of Street Design Manual Team
308 APPENDICES C. Acknowledgments: Previous Editions
Acknowledgments: Second Edition
Janette Sadik-Khan, COMMISSIONER, DOT
Lori Ardito, FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DOT
Street Design Manual Team, 2nd Edition Wendy Feuer Margaret Newman Nicholaas Peterson Nicholas Pettinati
The completion of the second edition would not have been possible without the participation of the following individuals:
Special Contributors Mikhail Fridman, DOT Joseph Palmieri, DOT Jeremy Barrick, DPR Steve Galgano, DOT Ghanshyam Patel, DOT Patricia Browne, DOT Jim Garin, DEP Susan Pondish, DOT Nette Compton, DPR Hilary Gietz, DOT Vadeannand Prashad, DOT Michael Flynn, DOT† Shari Glickman, DOT Nancy Prince, DPR Neil Gagliardi, DOT Jennifer Greenfeld, DPR David Ramia, DEP* Steve Gomez, DOT Bram Gunther, DPR Marguerite Riskalla, DOT Terra Ishee, DOT Nina Haiman, DOT Gale Rothstein, EDC Adriana Jacykewycz, DPR Dalila Hall, DOT Scott Roveto, DOT Jeff Malamy, DOT Leon Heyward, DOT Ryan Russo, DOT Lynden Miller, PUBLIC GARDEN DESIGNER Christopher Hrones, DOT Ashley Ryan, DEP Kim Mulcahy, DOT Christopher James, DCAS Luis Sanchez, DOT Sean Quinn, DOT Ed Janoff, DOT* Vaidila Satvika, DOT* Matthew Roe, DOT Joseph Jarrin, DOT Brandon Schmitt, DPR Bruce Schaller, DOT David Jehn, DOT* Lacy Shelby, DOT David Vega-Barachowitz, NACTO§ Laurie Kerr, OLTPS* Jeff Shumaker, DCP Matthew Wells, DPR Jared Knowles, LPC Kate Slevin, DOT Andy Wiley-Schwartz, DOT† Aaron Koch, OLTPS Jackie Snyder, PDC Joshua Kraus, DOT* Joseph Sopiak, DDC Streetscape Task Force and George Kroenert, DPR Julie Stein, DEP Other Contributors Jennifer Leung, DOT Carter Strickland, DEP Magary Aime, DPR Timothy Lynch, DDC Maria Termini, DSNY Fekry Azer, DOT Patricia Lyons, DOT* Sandy Tomas, EDC* Sameeh Barkho, DOT Alan Ma, DOT Keri Tyler, DOT Barbara Barnes, DPR* Tom Maguire, DOT Amie Uhrynowski, DPR Eric Beaton, DOT Vincent Maniscalco, DOT Randy Wade, DOT Mike Bellew, DSNY* Michael Marsico, DOT Margot Walker, DEP Matthew Best, OCPD John Martin, DOT Brett Wallace, DOT* Maurice Bruet, DOT* Maura McCarthy, DOT* Alex Washburn, DCP Kerry Carnahan, DDC Charles McKinney, DPR Andrew Weeks, DOT Tom Cocola, DOT John McLaughlin, DEP Emily Weidenhof, DOT Emily Colasacco, DOT Kate Mikuliak, DOT Keith Wen, DOB Michelle Craven, DOT Yelena Minevich, DOT Alicia West, PDC Philip Damashek, DOT Connie Moran, DOT Louann Dunbar, DOT Michael Murphy, DSNY Copy Editor and Indexer Skye Duncan, DCP Kass Negash, DDC Thomas F. Reynolds Alex Engel, DOT Dino Y.P. Ng, DDC Graphic Design Magdi Farag, DEP Signe Nielsen, PDC Pure+Applied Margaret Forgione, DOT Jon Orcutt, DOT Elisabeth Franklin, DOT Galileo Orlando, DOT
† Correction - Member of Street Design Manual Team
* No longer works at the agency indicated §National Association of City Transportation Officials
309 C. Acknowledgments: Previous Editions APPENDICES
Acknowledgments: Updated Second Edition
Polly Trottenberg, COMMISSIONER, DOT Streetscape Task Force and Other Contributors Lori Ardito, FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DOT Magary Aime, DPR Yelena Minevich, DOT* Fekry Azer, DOT Connie Moran, DOT Janette Sadik-Khan, FORMER COMMISSIONER, DOT* Sameeh Barkho, DOT Michael Murphy, DSNY Barbara Barnes, DPR* Kass Negash, DDC Street Design Manual Team, Updated 2nd Eric Beaton, DOT Dino Y.P. Ng, DDC Edition Mike Bellew, DSNY* Signe Nielsen, PDC Wendy Feuer Matthew Best, OCPD Jon Orcutt, DOT* Margaret Newman*† Maurice Bruet, DOT* Galileo Orlando, DOT Nicholaas Peterson*† Kerry Carnahan, DDC Joseph Palmieri, DOT* Nicholas Pettinati Tom Cocola, DOT Ghanshyam Patel, DOT Patrick Smith Emily Colasacco, DOT Susan Pondish, DOT Michelle Craven, DOT Vadeannand Prashad, DOT The completion of the second edition and its Philip Damashek, DOT Nancy Prince, DPR update would not have been possible without the Louann Dunbar, DOT* David Ramia, DEP* participation of the following individuals: Skye Duncan, DCP* Marguerite Riskalla, DOT Alex Engel, DOT* Gale Rothstein, EDC Special Contributors Magdi Farag, DEP* Scott Roveto, DOT Quemuel Arroyo, DOT Margaret Forgione, DOT Ryan Russo, DOT Jeremy Barrick, DPR* Elisabeth Franklin, DOT Ashley Ryan, DEP Patricia Browne, DOT Mikhail Fridman, DOT* Luis Sanchez, DOT Nette Compton, DPR* Steve Galgano, DOT Vaidila Satvika, DOT* Michael Flynn, DOT*† Jim Garin, DEP Brandon Schmitt, DPR Neil Gagliardi, DOT Hilary Gietz, DOT* Lacy Shelby, DOT* Steve Gomez, DOT Shari Glickman, DOT Jeff Shumaker, DCP Staci Haber, DOT Jennifer Greenfeld, DPR Kate Slevin, DOT* Terra Ishee, DOT Bram Gunther, DPR* Jackie Snyder, PDC* Adriana Jacykewycz, DPR Nina Haiman, DOT Joseph Sopiak, DDC* Quinn Kelly, DOT Dalila Hall, DOT Julie Stein, DEP Kleo King, MOPD Leon Heyward, DOT Carter Strickland, DEP* Jeff Malamy, DOT Christopher Hrones, DOT* Maria Termini, DSNY Lynden Miller, PUBLIC GARDEN DESIGNER Christopher James, DCAS Sandy Tomas, EDC* Kim Mulcahy, DOT* Ed Janoff, DOT* Keri Tyler, DOT Sean Quinn, DOT Joseph Jarrin, DOT Amie Uhrynowski, DPR Matthew Roe, DOT* David Jehn, DOT* Randy Wade, DOT Suchitra Sanagavarapu, DOT Laurie Kerr, OLTPS* Margot Walker, DEP Bruce Schaller, DOT* Jared Knowles, LPC Brett Wallace, DOT* David Vega-Barachowitz, NACTO§ Aaron Koch, OLTPS Alex Washburn, DCP* Matthew Wells, DPR* Joshua Kraus, DOT* Roger Weld, DOT Andy Wiley-Schwartz, DOT*† George Kroenert, DPR Andrew Weeks, DOT Elisabeth Wooton, DOT Jennifer Leung, DOT Emily Weidenhof, DOT Timothy Lynch, DDC Keith Wen, DOB Patricia Lyons, DOT* Alicia West, PDC* Alan Ma, DOT* Nicholas Magilton, DOT* Copy Editor and Indexer Tom Maguire, DOT* Thomas F. Reynolds Vincent Maniscalco, DOT Graphic Design Michael Marsico, DOT Pure+Applied John Martin, DOT Maura McCarthy, DOT* Charles McKinney, DPR † Correction - Member of 2013 Street Design Manual John McLaughlin, DEP Team Kate Mikuliak, DOT* * No longer works at the agency indicated §National Association of City Transportation Officials
RIGHT: "Impulse" by Lateral Office and CS Design in partnership with the Garment District Alliance: Broadway between 37th and 38th Streets, Manhattan (Credit: Alexandre Ayer)
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