Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan Pedestrian SafetyImprovementsattheTop20 High PedestrianCrashLocations Intersections March 2010
March 2010 In 2009,NewYorkCityexperiencedthe descriptions ofsignificant safetyimprovement aimed atyoung men,themost likely peopleto February of2010,DOT launchedanewanti impressions viatelevision, radio,directmail, report, available ontheDOTwebsite(www.nyc/dot.govreport, available 2001 alone.NewYorkCity century at 256. Annualtrafficfatalitiesha attention and disobeying traffic rules. Th attention anddisobeying trafficrules. cyclists:of and aggressionaims toreducerisky behaviorsofdrivers onthestreets,lack broadly throughtelevision, radio,outdoorandonlinemedia.DOT’s techni DOT isalsomarketing using social traffic lawsandthebesttechniquesforavoiding cycl senior citizens,drivers,pedestriansand DOT’s before turningvehicles getagreensignal Leading PedestrianIntervals(LPI reductions invehicular speeding.Signal ti changes havecontributedtosubstant These roadwaynarrowing,pedes bays, utilizing leftturn trafficDOT’s calmingprojectshavetransformed adjacent toschools. installed over1,300speedhumpsinneighborhoodscitywide, with a majority located for pedestriansatintermodaltransithubs.Inaddition,the program. TheDepartment’s Schools program andanother135schoolsareintheplanningphaseforroundtwoofthis improvements havealreadybeencompleted at adults. Already theprogramhasmadeimprovementsin six neighborhoods. Safety neighborhoods thathaveahigh numberofpedest the elderlyandchildren. Launched in 2008, to identify andaddress safetyproblemsexperienc Safe StreetsforSeniors DOT hasdevelopedamulti-face risk pedestrians. locations to focusitsresourcesonhighcrash me large as incrashesandinjuries,isdue Introduction Safety Education and programs provideinformationandguidancetoschoolchildren, (DOT)2008 Department ofTransportation’s Safe Routes to Transit Safe RoutestoTransit Safe Routes toSchools s) where pedestrians get a head start in crossing streets streets crossing in start s) wherepedestriansgetahead ted approach to improvingsafetycitywidethroughits have also contributed to improved safety. tohave alsocontributed improved ve decreased63% since1990,and35% lowest lowest ques topromoteitssafetymessages more asure to the Department’s data-driven efforts asure totheDepartment’sdata-drivenefforts as well as online and outdoor advertising. In as wellonlineand outdooradvertising. is campaignhasmade over 1.4 million ists, keeping NewYorkCityinformedabout and corridorsonparticulargroupsofat- ming modificationsandtheinstallationof projects. The decrease projects. The drink, drive andcrashinNewYork City. -drinking and drivingmarketingcampaign dangerandprotecting Safe StreetsforSeniorsfocuseson25 135 schoolsthroughtheSafeRoutesto ial reductionsincrashes,aswell several corridorsinto“completestreets” ed bythemostvulnerablepopulations– number ofannualtra rian fatalitiesorinjuriesinvolvingolder program improvessafetyandsecurity trian refuge islands andbikelanes. refuge trian programs whichusecrashstatistics ), providesdetailedstatisticsand Speed Reducer other roadusers. in fatalities, aswell in fatalities, Safe StreetsNYC LOOK ffic fatalities in a in ffic fatalities program has has program Campaign 2
March 2010 require furtherstudy. locations, becauseoftheircomplexroadway of the locations andsome arescheduledtobe have beenrecentlyimplementedatamajority improvements Safety injuries byborough. number oflocationsineachboroughisbased The toptwentyhighpedestriancrashlocationsfo Motor Vehiclesand“inspectc receiv of days involvingwithin 180 pedestrians” twenty highest crashlocationsbasedupon a r administrative codeoftheCi pedestrian crashlocations.LocalLaw11enactedonApril 1, 2008 amends the This reportspecificallyaddressesDOT’songoi 20Intersections Top Pedestrian SafetyImprovements atthe DOT iscommittedtofindingnew While trafficfatalitieshavecontinued todecrease,evenonedeathistoomanyand Introduction (con’t) ty ofNewYork(§19-180)to ways to further improve safe ways tofurtherimprove onduct auditsatsuchlocations.” geometry, land use and other constraints, geometry, landuseandotherconstraints, ng commitmenttoimprovesafetyathigh implemented in the near future.Other implementedinthe on theproportionof r 2007areaddressedin anking of thetotal number ofcrashes ing datafromtheState Departmentof require DOTto“identifythe ty onourCity’sstreets. citywide pedestrian thisreport.The 3
March 2010 Table ofContents Forest Avenue and Broadway Avenueand Forest STATEN ISLAND 35th Avenuean Kissena Parsons BoulevardandArcherAvenue Booth Memorial AvenueandMain Street QUEENS 7th AvenueandWest23rdStreet Boulevard andWest125thStreet Douglass Frederick Avenue and St Nicholas 9th AvenueandWest42ndStreet 8th AvenueandWest42ndStreet MANHATTAN Church Avenueand AvenueExtensi Flatbush Avenue Avenue HandFlatbush Linden Boulevard AvenueExtens Flatbush AvenueandRalph Flatlands Troy Avenue Empire Boulevardand BROOKLYN Fordham Road Jerome AvenueandEast Crames RoadandWhitePlains East GunHill BRONX Square andEast163rdStreet Boulevard and
d UnionStreet and Nostrand OceanAvenue SanfordAvenue West125thStreet ion andDeKalbAvenue on andWilloughbyStreet Avenue
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March 2010 Bronx E Gun Hill Rd & White Plains Rd Plains White & Rd Hill E Gun Jerome Avenue& E Fordham Rd EFordham Jerome Avenue& Crames Sq &E163 rd St 5
March 2010 3 Locations Bronx Location/Context Background 7 PedestrianCrashes East GunHillRoad&WhitePlains intersection under the elevated subway Road Plains &White Road Hill East Gun • • • • • • • •
Local TruckRoutes:WhitePlai 2 &5Subway Station Bus Routes:BX28,BX30,BX39andBX41;BxM11 Land Use:MixedUse,Commerci Neighborhood: Williamsbridge Seven pedestriancrashesin 2007 Ranked 2 Study Within boundariesCorridors WhitePlains ofCongested Road nd (tie)
ns RoadandEa al (retail) &Residential elevated subway subway elevated East Gun Hill Road at White Plains Road under the N st GunHillRoad Issues Identified During SafetyAudit • • • •
at East212th Street Midblock pedestrian crossing crosswalks creating pedestrian conflictsin Heavy vehicular volumes Free right turnsfrom slip East GunHillRoad Long pedestriancrossingat 6
March 2010 Council District 12 Bronx Community Board 12 Proposed Conditions East Gun Hill Road &WhitePlainsRoad East GunHillRoad Benefits the followingi Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Better managed traffic Improved vehicular access toWhitePlains Road Improved busservicewithsafer Reduced vehicle/vehicle and Safer andshorterped (nort Allow U-turn Provide BusLayover& Construct PedestrianRefugeIslands Signalize Right Turn Signalize Intersection Ban LeftTurn Reconstruct &Widen PedestrianSpace Construct Neckdowns Advanc Install Insta and Markings Refurbish south crosswalkande InstallBUS ONLY CurbsideLanes intersection Construct BusBulb crosswalk ( MTA planstoreconstructint mprovements) ed StopBars eastbound tonorthbound
hbound tosouthbound) on northboundWhitePlains Road northof southbound towestbound estrian crossings at East212th Street &WhitePlainsRoad astbound East GunHill Roadin thecenter on centersoutheastcorner
Turn-aroundAreas
vehicle/pedestrian conflicts ll High Visibility Crosswalks Visibility Crosswalks ll High boarding zonesandlayoverarea eastbound & northbound northbound & eastbound on northboundWhite
north ofintersection ersection in2010with south of213thStreet
(Cont.) Plains Road in east east s Im Planned pl em
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March 2010 Council District 12 Bronx Community Board 12 Location/Context Background Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Crames Square&East163 7 PedestrianCrashes Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Land Use: Mixed Use,Commercial (retail), Residential &Transpo Longwood/Morrisania Neighborhood: Seven pedestriancrashesin 2007 Ranked 2 Congested CorridorsStudy Project Local Truck Routes:East163rd St,Southern Boulevard, Bruckner No. 6SubwayStation Bus Routes:BX5,BX6andBX19 subway transfer multiple buslinesandto High pedestrianvolumes dueto Point Market Heavy trucktrafficservingHunts arterial uses vehicle volumes fromhighway and retail and transit uses, heavy from volumes pedestrian Heavy conflicts Disorganized tr intersection Irregular, wide Long pedestriancrossings
Numerous turning vehicle/pe Illegal turning movements Buses weave inand out oftrafficstream Refurbish markings Calm traffic with new markings Simplify signalphasing Realign traffic patterns Installpedestrian refugeislands nd (tie)
and complex affic flowand destrian crossing conflicts Benefits Crames N ...... rd
Square Aerial Square Street Reduces congestion fo Increases andenhances landscaped areas Eliminates dangerous weaving behavior Eliminates illegal u-turns Safer andshorterpedestrian crossings Improves trafficflow
rtation (highway) Boulevard Im Planned pl r multiple buslines em ented 8
March 2010 Council District 17 Bronx Community Board 2 East 163 East uncontrolled crosswalk uncontrolled East 163 East intersection Crames Square &East 163 rd rd Street at Hoe Avenue facing east – Street atCrames Street
Square – Square
wide wide
rd
Street crossing distances Southern Boulevard atEast163 Boulevard Southern (Cont.) rd Street facing south – south Street facing
Existing long long
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March 2010 Council District 17 Bronx Community Board 2 under the elevated subway East Fordham Road 5 PedestrianCrashes Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Location/Context Background Jerome Avenue&EastFordhamRoad • • • • • • • • • • • • N
Worn pavementmarkings Missing advancestopbars Heavy vehicle andpedestr No. 4Subwaystation Local TruckRoutes:FordhamRoad, JeromeAvenue Select BusServiceRoute on Fordham Road Bus Routes:BX12andBX32 Land Use:MixedUse,Commercial ( Heights Fordham/University Neighborhood: Safe StreetsforSeniors Area Five pedestrian Ranked 17th(tie) and
Jerome Avenue crashes in2007
ian volumes andconflicts uncontrolled crossing East Fordham Road free right turn onto Jerome Avenue with retail), &Transportation (ele vated subway) 10
March 2010 Council District 14 Bronx Community Boards 7 & 5 Jerome Avenue&EastFordhamRoad Improvements Improvements • Benefits • • •
Safer pedestriancrossings Road ontosouthboundJeromeAvenue Closure oftheeastbound slip from Fordham Installadvance stopbars Refurbish markings Slip ramp from eastbound W. Fordham Rd. onto southbound Jerome Wide right turn from southbound Jerome Avenue onto W. Fordham R (Cont.) Im Planned pl em ented Ave d 11
March 2010 Council District 14 Bronx Community Boards 7 & 5 Brooklyn Flatlands Avenue& RalphAvenue Avenue& Flatlands Church Avenue& OceanAve Church Avenue& Flatbush Avenue Ext & Prince St Ext&Prince Avenue Flatbush Flatbush Avenue& DeKalbAve Avenue& Flatbush Linden Blvd & Nostrand Ave Linden Blvd&Nostrand Ave H &FlatbushAve H Ave Empire Blvd &TroyAve 12
March 2010 7 Locations Brooklyn Location/Context Background 7 PedestrianCrashes Empire Boulevard&TroyAvenue • • • • • • • • • • Issues Identified During SafetyAudit • • • •
Avenue Bike Route: Class2 Avenue &EastNewYork Boulevard, Rogers Local TruckRoutes:Empire and B46 Bus Routes: B12,B14,B17,B43, Commercial (retail)and Industrial Land Use:Residential, MixedUse, Heights/Wingate Crown Neighborhood: Avenue between BedfordAv Project area:EmpireBoulevard Seven pedestriancrashesin 2007 Ranked 2nd (tie) Vehicles traveling through left turnathigh speeds and failing speeding Empire Boulevard: 60-foot wide roadway withexcesscapacity and Difficult forpedestrians to Low pedestrianvisibilityon Boulevard Visibility issuesforthenorth Avenue Troy northbound on speeding Observed Avenue, Nostrand enue andUtica lanes onBedford crossEmpire Boulevard south legofTroyAvenue bound towestbou Troy Avenue Troy High pedestrian crash location of Empire Boulevard and
nd turnfromTro toyield topedestrians y Avenue ontoEmpire highincidenceof
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March 2010 Council District 35 Brooklyn Community Board 9 Empire Boulevard & Troy Avenue &Troy Empire Boulevard Improvements Improvements Benefits • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Upgrade crosswalks to High Visibilitycrosswalks to Upgrade Install10’ InstallBike Box and SchenectadyAvenues Bays Turn Right Install Boulevard AvenueandUtica between Avenue Bedford Provide Class 2Bike Lanes and TroyAvenuesin t the westbounddirections andRo Bedford, Nostrand, B Create LeftTurnBays Construct PedestrianRefugeIslands each direction toonein eachdi Reduce Travel lanes crosswalks crosswalks andNew York, KingstonandTroyAvenuesintheeast Schenec and Brooklyn Nostrand, Utica Avenue intersections ofRogers, B Additional on-street angle parking Expanded bikenetwork More organized traffic flow Safer pedestriancrossings Traffic calmedonEmpireBoulevardandLefferts Provide AngleParking Avenue andUtica (All implemented Summer 2009) Summer implemented (All Advance Stop Bars
on EmpireBoulevard atB rooklyn, AlbanyandS on EmpireBoulevard fro he eastbounddirection on Empire Boulevard attheintersections of on Lefferts in theeastbounddirection atNostrand, Troy
rooklyn andKi
eastbound andwest at all approaches on approaches all at rection between gers, New YorkAvenue,Kingston tady Avenuesin thewest
Avenue betweenSchenectady
along EmpireBoulevard on EmpireBoulevardat ngston Avenues ngston
(Cont.) chenecatady edford Avenue,eastbound m twomovinglanes in Bedford Avenue bound onEmpire Avenue Empire Boulevard Empire
Avenues in
at the and and
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March 2010 Council District 35 Brooklyn Community Board 9 Top 20HighPedestrianCrashLocations:2007 Empire Boulevard&TroyAvenue
Before ConditionsAlong theCorridor -
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March 2010 Council District 35 Brooklyn Community Board 9 Empire Boulevard & Troy Avenue &Troy Empire Boulevard AFTER: Empire Boulevard at Troy Avenue facing east, Traffic ali Traffic east, facing Avenue Troy at Boulevard AFTER: Empire BEFORE: Empire Boulevard at Troy Avenue facing east, Wide open Wide east, facing Avenue atTroy Boulevard BEFORE: Empire (Cont.) gned and pedestrians protected lanes with excesscapacity lanes The Plan 16
March 2010 Council District 35 Brooklyn Community Board 9 6 PedestrianCrashes Location/Context Background Flatlands Avenue&Ralph
Avenue Flatlands Avenue and Ralph
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legal right turning vehicles overtaking queue, right-turning bypass vehicles illegally usemiddlelane to Northbound toeastbound right turning excessive speeds vehicles failing toyield topedestrians at Northbound toeastbound right turning Skewed crosswalks y on AvenueI
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March 2010 Council District 46 Brooklyn community Board 18 long crossing distances Flatlands Avenue and Ralph Avenue facing north – Flatlands Avenue&Ralph Benefits Improvements Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Improve visibility Better manage traffic water standing of accumulation Reduce separates vehicleRealignment better s andpedestrian Slow turning vehicles Provide shorter,saf Reduce vehicle/vehicle and vehicle/pedestrian conflicts Regrade Install signal timing modifica Peg-a-Tracs Install Realign northcrosswalk Shorten crosswalks Remove Right-turn signal Convert Paerdegat Refurbish Markings roadway
at southwestcorner er pedestriancrossing onallcrosswalks forall leftturning movements Avenue S
(currently skewed)withmarkings from southbound Paerdegat southbound from
tions tobenefitpedestrians
outh to1-waynorthbound
(Cont.) heavy vehicle volumes – north facing Avenue Ralph West crosswalk of Flatlands Avenue and Avenue
Im Planned pl em
ented 18
March 2010 Council District 46 Brooklyn community Board 18 Flatbush AvenueExtension&DeKalb 6 PedestrianCrashes Location/Context Background DeKalb Avenue DeKalb Flatbush Avenue Extension and • • • • • • • •
B, M,Q,R,2,3,4& Parking Shelter Bike Routes: ClassTwolanes on D Local TruckRoutes:Flatbus Bus Routes:B54andB38 Land Use: Institutional, Commercial and Mixed Use Neighborhood: Downtown Brooklyn Six pedestriancrashesin2007 Ranked 9 th (tie)
EDC Proposed Plan 5SubwayStations h Avenue,DeKalb Avenue eKalb Avenue, AshlandPlacewi N Issues • • •
volumes vehicle and pedestrian Heavy to pedestrians Avenue Extension failing toyield vehicles turning onto Flatbush High volume ofwestbound Flatbush Avenue Extension Long anddifficultcrossingon th Bike 19
March 2010 Council Districts 33 & 35 Brooklyn Community Board 2 protection through the crosswalk to provide more pedestrian facing south – Avenue at DeKalb Extension Avenue Flatbush Flatbush Avenue Extension & DeKalbAvenue Benefits Improvements Improvements • • • • • • • •
Allow more conflict-free crossing timefor pedestrians Provide saferpedestrian crossing Slow turning vehicles Install signal timing modificati Construct mediantip Avenue Extension nort Widen sidewalk DeKalb Avenue atwestbound Widen sidewalk Refurbish Signs a median tip will be extended
(Capital improvements par improvements (Capital (road widthreduction)on at north, southsidewalk (road widthreduction) on
at southlegcrosswalk median h ofDeKalb Avenue
ons tobenefitpedestrians approach toFla t ofEDCproject 2010-2011*) southeast – southeast Flatbush and Avenue DeKalb widened east sideofFlatbush tbush Avenue DeKalb road width will be reduced and sidewalks sidewalks and reduced be will width DeKalb road
(Cont.) Avenue Extension facing Extension facing Avenue Im Planned* pl em ented 20
March 2010 Council Districts 33 & 35 Brooklyn Community Board 2 Linden Boulevard & Nostrand Avenue Linden Boulevard&Nostrand 6 PedestrianCrashes Background Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Location/Context Nostrand and Boulevard Linden neckdown treatment neckdown crosswalk – • • • • • • • • • •
Nostrand Six pedestriancrashesin2007 Ranked 9 Heavy truckvolumes Heavy southboundtu No. 2&5Subway lines Nostrand Local TruckRoutes:LindenBoulevard, Bus Route:B44 Land Use:MixedUseandResidential Flatbush Neighborhood: Transit (BRT) Route Avenue north north Avenue possible
th Avenue Avenue isp (tie)
guide turning movements Nostrand and Boulevard Linden rning movements lanned Bus Rapid Bus lanned Linden Boulevard and Nostrand and Boulevard Linden Ave
nue facing north – peg-a-trac
Avenue
wil l help l help
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March 2010 Council District 40 Brooklyn Community Board 17 Linden Boulevard & Nostrand Avenue &Nostrand Linden Boulevard Benefits Improvements Improvements Linden Boulevard atNostrand Boulevard Linden crosswalk, making it easier fo iteasier crosswalk, making • • • • • • • •
Reduce pedestrian crossing wait times Provide additi Calm through traffic Slow turning vehicles pedestriancrossings Provide safer,shorter Installadvance stopbars Install high visibility crosswalks high Install Installneckdows onal parking onal to shorten crossing distances atallfour corners r turning vehicles to see them. tosee vehicles r turning Ave
nue facing east– facing nue at all approaches
at alllegs ofintersection
LPIs
help pedest help
(Cont.) rians establish themselves in the in the themselves establish rians Im Planned pl em ented 22
March 2010 Council District 40 Brooklyn Community Board 17 intersection heavy generates store volumes Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H facing south – Flatbush Avenue&H 6 PedestrianCrashes Location/Context Background Issues Identified During SafetyAudit • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
No. 2&5Subway stations Avenue I Bike Route:Class3facilityon Local TruckRoute:FlatbushAvenue and Q35 Bus Routes: B41,B44,B103,BM2 on SWcorner Commercial withlargeTargetStore Land Use:MixedUseand Flatbush/Midwood Neighborhood: Six pedestriancrashesin2007 Ranked 9 Avenue HandNostrand High incidenceofmid-blockpedestriancrossings crosswalk encou Wide approachtoEast31 Avenue H Long pedestriancrossingdistance Failure toyield topedestrians Westbound tosouthbound leftturning vehicles intoskewed crosswalk Multi-legged, skewedintersection th (tie)
rages speeding andwide turns of pedestri Avenue st an traffic atthis bus an traffic
Street isanuncontrolled and free-right turnwithno
Target department
atthenorthcrosswalk ofFla y N
onFlatbushAv Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H tbush Avenueand enue between 23
March 2010 Council District 45 Brooklyn Community Board 14 Flatbush Avenue&H Benefits in 2010) Improvements • • • • • • • • •
Install “Yield toPedestrians inCrosswalk” Better manage traffic Create shorter, safer pedestri mall entrance Provide morepedestrian spaceatbusiestpe Slower turns throug trees street and curbs granite Install Install leftturnbay large planting bed with area striped and ramp slip the existing H across Avenue Extend curb Street Construct neckdown (will beinstalled aspartofEDC on northwest corner ofFlatbush Avenue and
on thewestboundap h uncontrolledped in westcrosswalk ofAvenue HatE.31
an crossing ofFlatbushAvenue (Cont.) estriancrossing FlatbushJunction project proach of Avenue H Avenue of proach signage at East31 destrian crossing si
st st Street
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Im Planned pl em ented 24
March 2010 Council District 45 Brooklyn Community Board 14 Flatbush Avenue&H Flatbush Avenue and East 31 pedestrians from turning vehicles protec more provide will crosswalk installation of and neckdown Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H facing north – north Hfacing Avenue and Avenue Flatbush Flatbush Avenue to waiting topedestrians protection no provides configuration st Street facing north – north facing Street (Cont.)
current painted slip painted current
construction of a a of construction
cross tion for tion
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March 2010 Council District 45 Brooklyn Community Board 14 6 PedestrianCrashes Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Location/Context Background Flatbush Avenue&WilloughbyStreet Flatbush Avenue and Willoughby Street • • • • • • • • • N
Low yield compliance atunsignalized Long crosswalks an pedestrians for condition dangerous create crosswalks Skewed Local TruckRoute:Flatbus Bus Route:B54,B57andB61 Land Use: Institutional, Commercial &Mixed Use Neighborhood: Downtown Brooklyn Six pedestriancrashesin2007 Ranked 9 th (tie)
h Avenue and Myrtle Avenue Myrtle and Avenue h vehicles prot with no distance crossing – south Street facing Willoughby at Avenue Flatbush southeast cornerofinterse
N ection at median from turning turning from at median ection ction d turning vehicles
long long
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March 2010 Council Districts 33 & 35 Brooklyn Community Board 2 Flatbush Avenue&WilloughbyStreet Benefits Improvements Improvements • • • • • • • • • • •
More accessible sidewalks Less pedestrian/vehicularconflict pedestriancrossings Provide safer,shorter Flatbush Avenue InstallLeading pedestr Installpedestrian ramps Skew westlegcrosswalk Expand northwestcornercrosswalk Extend southlegcrosswalk Street Installpedestrian refugeisland Street Willoughby Widen Refurbish Markings (Capital improvements par improvements (Capital ian interval(LPI) west ofFlatbushAvenue Extension away fromsouthboundvehicles median
in newlywidened portion ofWilloughby
t ofEDCproject 2010-2011*) into protectedcrosswalk
traffic signalphaseacross
(Cont.) Im Planned pl em ented 27
March 2010 Council Districts 33 & 35 Brooklyn Community Board 2 Flatbush Avenue & Willoughby Street Flatbush Avenue&Willoughby pedestrian and vehicle volumes Street – Willoughby and Avenue ofFlatbush corner Northwest Skewed south crosswalk of Flatbush Avenue and Willoughby Street (Cont.) heav
y facing east facing 28
March 2010 Council Districts 33 & 35 Brooklyn Community Board 2 5 PedestrianCrashes Background Church Avenue&Ocean Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Location/Context Avenue Ocean Avenue and Church • • • • • • • • • N
Vehicular/pedestrian conflicts high volumes ofturning vehicles Intersection ispart oftheChur Five pedestrian Ranked 17 Ocean Avenue isawide two-lane roadway thatisdifficult forp Local TruckRoute:Church Avenue Bus Route:B35 Commercial(Retail) Land Use:MixedUse& South Park Prospect Neighborhood: th (tie)
crashes in 2007 in crashes cross the street in one cycle. ifth wait to place asafe and vehicles fromturning protection Ocean Avenue Island – Island Avenue Ocean due toheavy vehiclevolumes and ch AvenueCongested Corridors S This island implemented in 2009 gives pede gives in2009 implemented This island
edestrians to turning movements tudy ey are unable to cross due to strians 29
March 2010 Council District 40 Brooklyn Community Board 14 Church Avenue&Ocean Benefits Improvements • • • • • • • •
conflicts vehicle/pedestrian Reduce Organize trafficflow pedestrian sightlines Create bettervehicle and pedestrian crossings Provide safer,shorter Bars refuge island InstallLeft Turn Bay Upgrade to Upgrade to maneuver around cars waiting tomake turns Daylight Corners Green PedestrianRefugeIsland Avenue at allapproaches
High Visibility Crosswalks High
(remove parking) toprov
for northboundOceanin combination with
Proposed Conditions in northcrosswalkonOcean
and install
ide spaceforvehicles (Cont.) Advance Stop Im Planned pl em ented 30
March 2010 Council District 40 Brooklyn Community Board 14 Ocean Avenue at Church Avenue facing north – north facing Avenue at Church Avenue Ocean Ocean Avenue at Church Avenue facing south – south facing Avenue at Church Avenue Ocean Church Avenue&Ocean wide travel lanes travel wide heavy traffic volum traffic heavy
(Cont.) es on Ocean Avenue 31
March 2010 Council District 40 Brooklyn Community Board 14 Manhattan 9th Av enue & St Ni cholas A W 42ndS v enue treet &
W 125thS t reet 7th A v 8th Av e n ue & W Freder & enue & 125th W 23r i ck DouglassBoul d W S St t 42ndS t ev ard 32
March 2010 5 Locations Manhattan 11 PedestrianCrashes Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Location/Context Background 8th Avenue&West42ndStreet Implementation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Long crossing distanceforpe High pedestrianandvehiclevolumes Hell’s KitchenArea Midtown WestSenior PedestrianFocusArea Bike Route: Class2lanes on 8 Port Authority BusTerminal A, C&ESubway Station Local TruckRoute:9thAvenue, West42ndStreet Bus Routes: M10,M16, M20, M27, M104 Land Use: Mixed Use&Commercial (office and retail) Neighborhood: TimesSquare/Midtown Eleven pedestriancrashesin 2007 Ranked 1st Shortened crossing Refurbish Markings Taxi stand Vehicle /Pedestrian conflicts wide PlanningStudy destrians onallcrosswalks Im Planned th Avenue pl em
ented 33
March 2010 Council District 3 Manhattan Community Boards 4 & 5 7 PedestrianCrashes Benefits Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Location/Context Background 9th Avenue&West42ndStreet Implementation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Provides saferpe Allows platoon ofpedestrians tocrossthe streetbefore leftturnsaremade westbound 42 Modify signal toprovide laggi Long crossing distanceforpe High pedestrianandvehiclevolumes Hell’s KitchenArea Midtown WestSenior PedestrianFocusArea 39th Street Bike Route: Class2lanes on 8 avenue, West42ndStreet Local TruckRoutes:9th Bus Routes: M11,M16, M42 Land Use: Mixed Use,Residential Kitchen Hell’s Neighborhood: Seven pedestriancrashesin 2007 Ranked 2 Install left turnbayfor westbound 42 Heavy turnvolumesto nd (tied) nd
Street instead ofleading left turnand through destrian crossing wide PlanningStudy
ward Lincoln Tunnel ng left turnand through phase fo destrians onallcrosswalks th Avenue, proposedlaneson &Commercial (office and retail)
nd Street
West 40thStreet &West r
Im Planned pl em ented 34
March 2010 Council District 3 Manhattan Community Board 4 and turning vehicles i West 125 West and Avenue of St.Nicholas crosswalk North 7 PedestrianCrashes Implementation Issues Location/Context Background St. NicholasAvenue&West125 • • • • • • • • • • • •
Install Neckdowns Install Refurbish intersection markings Faded markings Left turns are banned atrush hour butheavyvehicular/pedestrian conflict atothertimes High pedestrianvolumes Bike Route: Class2lanes on St.Nicholas Local Truck Route:West125th Street Bus Routes: M18,M60, M1 Land Use:MixedUse,commercial &residential Harlem Neighborhood: Seven pedestriancrashesin 2007 Ranked 2 th Street facing east – east Street facing
nd nd n constant conflict n constant (tie) to shortencrossingdistances pedestrians pedestrians
00, M101,M103andBx15 West 125 West despite left turn restrictions turn left despite th Street at St. Nicholas Avenue facing west - west facing Avenue atSt.Nicholas Street
th Street , vehicles still make turns. turns. still make , vehicles Im Planned pl em ented
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March 2010 Council Districts 7 & 9 Manhattan Community Boards 9 & 10 St. NicholasAvenue & West 125 St. Nicholas Avenue at West 125 atWest Avenue St. Nicholas St. Nicholas Avenue at West 125 atWest Avenue St. Nicholas th th Street facing north – north facing Street Street facing north – north facing Street
th Street Heavy vehicle volumes vehicle Heavy Long crossing distances crossing Long
(Cont.) 36
March 2010 Council Districts 7 & 9 Manhattan Community Boards 9 & 10 Frederick DouglassBoulevard&West125 7 PedestrianCrashes Location/Context Background West 125 West and Boulevard Douglass Frederick • • • • • • N
Local Truck Route:West125th Street Bus Routes: M10,M60, M Land Use: Mixed Useand Commercial Harlem Neighborhood: Seven pedestriancrashesin 2007 Ranked 2 th Street
nd nd (tie)
Fre der ick D oug las B oule vard West 125 West 100, M101andBx15 Turning vehicles and pedestrians in constant conflict inconstant pedestrians and vehicles Turning 125 West th Street
th Street at Frederick Dougla at Frederick Street
Issues Identified During SafetyAudit • • • • •
right turning vehicles visibility ofcrossing pedestrians for Bus stopsatintersection limit Long pedestriancrossingdistances Faded markings conflicts exist atother times but heavyvehicular/pedestrian Existing peak hour left turnbans High pedestrianvolumes ss Boulevard facing south – facingsouth ss Boulevard th Street
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March 2010 Council District 9 Manhattan Community Board 10 Frederick DouglassBoulevard& West 125 Benefits Improvements Street facing east – east facing Street atWest 125 Boulevard Douglass Frederick • • • • • • • • • •
Create greater pedestrian visibility forright turning vehicles Reduce vehicle/vehicle and vehicle/pedestrian conflicts Organize trafficflowand visibility Allow more conflict-free pedestrian crossing time Provide saferandsh Relocate busstop Ban leftturns crossing Shortened LPI Install Refurbish markings Boulevard Boulevard long crossing distance crossing long
from FrederickDouglass Boulevardatall times
from neartofarsideonFrederickDouglass orter pedestrian crossing ofFrederickDoug
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Frederick Douglass Boulevard atWest 125 Boulevard Douglass Frederick north – north crossing the wide boulevard to do so. Many area residents fr residents area Many
th Street Im Planned pl em equently use busservices, equently lass (Cont.) ented th Street facing facing Street
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March 2010 Council District 9 Manhattan Community Board 10 6 PedestrianCrashes Background 7th Avenue&West23rdStreet Location/Context 7 • • • • • • • • • N th Avenue and East23 and Avenue
Safe RoutestoSchool Crossing No. 1SubwayStation Avenue, West21 Ranked 9th Bike Route:Class1laneson8thAvenue, 2laneson6 Local TruckRoutes:7thAv Bus Routes: M20,M23 Land Use:MixedUse,Commercial &Residential Chelsea Neighborhood: Six pedestriancrashesin2007
(tie) rd
Street st
Street and West 20
enue andWest23rdStreet th Street
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pedestrian volumes Heavy vehicle and Vehicle/Pedestrian conflicts
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March 2010 Council District 3 Manhattan Community Board 4 7th Avenue&West 23rdStreet Benefits Improvements • • • • • • • • th Avenue and West 23 West and North crosswalk of 7thAvenue volumes and existing audible signal signal audible existing and volumes
Provides protected cro Organize trafficflow opportunities crossings Provide saferpedestri be installed Additional audiblesignals Install right turnlane provide protec Modify Signal Timing Ban leftturns signs Refurbish ma traffic eastbound and southbound phases approach atalltimes rkings and for westbound ted crossing
for to an ssing
to rd North crosswalk of 7 Street facing west – west Street facing
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Avenue and West 23rd Street facing west Streetfacing 23rd West and Avenue
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March 2010 2010 Project Manhattan Community Board 4 Queens 35th Avenue& Union St Union 35th Avenue& Booth Memorial Avenue Ext & Main St AvenueBooth Memorial Ext&Main Parson Blvd &ArcherAve Blvd Parson Kissena &ArcherAve Blvd 41
March 2010 4 Locations Queens Booth Memorial Avenue and Main Street 7 PedestrianCrashes Location/Context Background Booth MemorialAvenue&MainStreet Issues Identified During SafetyAudit N • • • • • • • • •
Neighborhood: Queensboro Seven pedestriancrashesin 2007 Ranked 2 Skewed crosswalks Loitering cabspark pedestrians to yield to failing Vehicles traveling through left turnatexcessive speed and Local TruckRoute:MainStreet Q44andX51 Bus Routes:Q20A,Q20B, Land Use:Commercial(R nd (tie)
ed intravellanes etail) with Hospital onnortheastcorner etail) withHospital Hill
crosswalks create long crossing distances – west Streetfacing at Main Avenue Memorial Booth Skewed Skewed
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March 2010 Council District 20 Queens Community Board 7 Booth MemorialAvenue & MainStreet Benefits Improvements Newly Implemented Markings Plan, 2009 Plan, Markings Implemented Newly • • • • • • •
Organize trafficflow Provide saferpedestrian crossings in front of hospital entrance between Main Streetand 141 Stree Midblockcr Install directions InstallLane Designation Markings Install “Yield toPedestrian” InstallAdvance Stop Bars Visibility Crosswalks High to Upgrade ossing andsignal at allapproaches Signage
for eastboundandwestbound on BoothMemorial Avenue
at all approaches
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March 2010 Council District 20 Queens Community Board 7 Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue 6 PedestrianCrashes Location/Context Background Parsons Boulevard&ArcherAvenue • • • • • • •
Land Use:Commercial(Ret Center Jamaica Neighborhood: Six pedestriancrashesin2007 Ranked 9th (tie) Bike Route:ProposedClass2lane on160 Subway Station E, JandZ Bus Route:Q20A,Q20B,Q24,Q25,Q30, Q31, Q34, Q44,Q65, Q83, andLongIslandRailroad head start – Boule ofParsons crosswalk North ail) andInstitutional Pedestrians must cross five lanes of traffic, an LPI would giv LPI an would of traffic, lanes five cross must Pedestrians
N th Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Street • • • • •
to yield topedestrians vehicles ontoArcherAvenuefailing Southbound leftand right turning stop storage atnortheastsubway exit/bus Narrow sidewalk andlittle pedestrian southwest tonortheastcorners Diagonal pedestrian crossings from on eastsideofParsonsBoulevard Double parkedcomm with along pedestriancrossing Archer Avenueisa60-footwide road vard and Archer Avenue facing e Q111, Q112,Q113 uter vansstand e them a them ast
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March 2010 Council District 27 Queens Community Board 12 Parsons Boulevard&ArcherAvenue Benefits Improvements • • • • • • • • • • • New Design New
Prevented busstopsfromqueui Reduced vehicle/pe Provided shorter,safer Provided additional space for space forovercrowded sidewalks pedestrian additional Created Refurbished Markings intersection by20feet Extended bus stop Parsons Boulevard andinstal Banned leftturn Installed LeadingPedestrian Installed “painted Narrowed Avenues (All ImplementedFall2008) Parsons Boulevard
from westboundJamaica sidewalk extension” on ParsonsBlvd.northoftheJamaicaAvenue
destrian conflicts
pedestriancrossings led pedestrian refugeisland Interval (LPI) for Archer Avenue commuter van pickup/dropoff between ArcherandJamaica ng inthepedestrian crossing
on ParsonsBoulevard
Avenue ontosouthbound (Cont.) New Design New Im Planned pl em ented 45
March 2010 Council District 27 Queens Community Board 12 Parsons Boulevard&ArcherAvenue Before &AfterPhotos AFTER: Parsons Boulevard between Archer Avenue and Jamaica Aven BEFORE: Parsons Boulevard and BEFORE: Boulevard Parsons Archer Avenuefacingnorth (Cont.) ue facing north facing ue 46
March 2010 Council District 27 Queens Community Board 12 Parsons Boulevard&ArcherAvenue AFTER: Jamaica Avenue and Parsons Boulevard facing north Before & After Conditions After & Before BEFORE: Jamaica Avenue and Parsons Boulevard facing north (Cont.) 47
March 2010 Council District 27 Queens Community Board 12 6 PedestrianCrashes Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Location/Context Background Boulevard &SanfordAvenue Kissena Kisena • • • • • • • • • • • •
Boulevard and Sanford Avenue Sanford and Boulevard Sanford Avenuewest ofKissena No. 7Subwaystation Bike Route:ProposedClass2 Local TruckRoute:Kissena Bus Route:Q17,Q25,Q27,Q34an Land Use:Commercia Flushing Neighborhood: Safe StreetsforSeniors Area Six pedestriancrashesin2007 Ranked 9th (tie) Buses atstopsconstrain driversightlines atcrosswalks Heavy volume ofturning vehicles
l andResidential Boulevard lanes forSanfordAvenue
B Long, skewed crosswalk Kisena oulevard hasalo
d Q65;X32 andX51;N20N21
N Boulevard and Sanford Avenue facing northwest – northwest facing Avenue Sanford and Boulevard
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March 2010 Council District 20 Queens Community Board 7 Kissena Boulevard &SanfordAvenue Improvements Improvements Benefits Street - Street Kissena • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Relocate busstop Install signal timing modifica Boulevard toCollege PointAvenue Installbuffered bike lane College Point Avenue Narrow roadway Relocate busstop northeast corner Organize trafficflow pedestrians and vehicles for sightlines better Create conflicts bus/pedestrian and bus/vehicle Reduce Provide saferpedestrian crossings Calm traffic Peg-a-trac Daylight corner Allowparking Boulevard northeastcorner proposed buffered bike lane bike buffered proposed Boulevard from Sanford Avenue to Main toMain Avenue Sanford from Boulevard
(All Implemented2009) southeast cornerofKissena westbound SanfordAven
in placeofbusstopon Ki
on Sanford Avenuewesto on Kissena on Sanford Avenue northeast toKissena
on SanfordAvenuewest ofKissena
tions tobenefitpedestrians Boulevard
ue throughintersection Blvd proposed improvements Kissena ssena
southeast cornerto f Kissena Boulevard and Sanford Avenue - Avenue Sanford and Boulevard Boulevard southeast (Cont.)
Boulevard to
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March 2010 Council District 20 Queens Community Board 7 Kissena Boulevard &SanfordAvenue pedestrian conf Kissena pedestrian volumes Kissena Boulevard and Sanford Avenue, east crosswalk facing nort facing crosswalk east Avenue, Sanford and Boulevard Boulevard and Sanford Avenue , north crosswalk facing ea facing crosswalk ,north Avenue Sanford and Boulevard
licts occur atthisacute corner (Cont.) h – st – vehicle / vehicle heavy
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March 2010 Council District 20 Queens Community Board 7 5 PedestrianCrashes Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Location/Context Background 35 35th Avenue and Union Street N • • • • • • • • • • th
Nearside bus stopsblock restric Crashes: 38%during schoolhours Heavy truck traffic Local TruckRoute:N Bus Routes: Q14,Q16,Q20A,Q20B,Q44andX32 Land Use: Institutional, M Flushing Neighborhood: Safe StreetsforSeniors Area Five pedestrian Ranked 17th(tie) Avenue &UnionStreet crashes in2007 on non-truckroutes orthern Boulevard ixed Useand Residential t ofpedestrians in crosswalk 35 heavy v createspoor heavy vehicles th Avenue and Union Street facing south – south facing Street Union and Avenue
isibility ofpedestrians isibility Presence of Presence
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March 2010 Council District 20 Queens Community Board 7 Improvements Benefits 35th Avenue&UnionStreet • • • • • • 35th Avenue & Union Street facing north facing Street &Union Avenue 35th
Upgrade crosswalks Reduce bus/vehicle and bus/pedestrian conflicts conflicts bus/pedestrian and bus/vehicle Reduce Organize trafficflow Provide saferpedestrian crossings Relocate busstop through and right lane Install lane designation markings High visibility markings would stand would markings visibility High 35 th Avenue from Union Streetsouthofinter (north, eastandwest
out better to drivers in th drivers to out better for eastbound 35th Avenue: left lane,
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Un i ) tohighvisibility on S 35th Avenue & Union Street west crosswalk facing south facing west crosswalk Street &Union Avenue 35th t reet section to north ofintersections is constantly-shadowed intersection is constantly-shadowed Im Planned pl em ented 52
March 2010 Council District 20 Queens Community Board 7 Staten Island Forest Avenue& Broadway Avenue& Forest 53
March 2010 1 Location Staten island Improvements Issues Identified During SafetyAudit Location/Context Background 4 PedestrianCrashes Forest Avenue&Broadway Forest Avenue and Broadway • • • • • • • • • • • N
Refurbish Crosswalks Refurbish Weaving aroundbusstops Narrow lanes Safe RoutestoSchool crosswalk Bike route: Proposed ClassIIlanes onPurcell Street and West Local TruckRoute:For Bus Routes:X16,X30,S53andS98 Land Use:MixedUse,Commerci Neighborhood: WestNewBrighton Four pedestriancr Ranked 20th ashes in2007 est Avenue, Broadway Im Planned al (Retail) & Residential & (Retail) al pl em ented pedestrians roadway curvature creates poo Forest Avenue and Broadway facing southwest – Raleigh Avenue r visibility conditions of
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March 2010 Council District 49 Staten island Community Board 1