Riverside Drive 116Th St to 135Th St Pedestrian Network Connections and Corridor Safety Improvements

Riverside Drive 116th St to 135th St Pedestrian Network Connections and Corridor Safety Improvements

2015

New York City Department of Transportation Presented by the Pedestrian Projects Group March 19, 2015 to the Community Board 9 Project Area

Playground

General Grant National Memorial

Riverside Church

Riverside Park

Columbia University

2 Project Background

Park and Bus Access • Parks request to improve bus connectivity to area attractions • Park access for neighborhood residents • 100,000 annual visitors to Grants Tomb Safety Riverside Drive and W120th St • Community request to normalize SE corner of W116th St and Riverside Dr • High Crash Corridor, ranking in the top third of Manhattan corridors

3 Injuries By location 2009-2013 3 12 8

3 10 1

10 4 Proposal Missing sidewalk W116th St Atypical extra large radius on SE corner

Normalize SE Add sidewalk to corner of W116th Claremont St and Riverside Dr Triangle

Wide parking One lane in each direction lanes with islands/flush median

W116th St 5 5 Proposed Proposal W120th St Low vehicular volumes

Wide roadbed Looking east from Riverside Dr.

Wide parking

lanes Proposed

Broadway

One lane in each direction 6 Build out median tip with islands/flush median Proposal Riverside Dr Triangles at Grant’s Tomb

North triangle: Add sidewalks and refuge to triangle

Northbound split: Add sidewalks and crosswalks

Grant’s Tomb

South triangle: Add sidewalk and crosswalks, build out median south to 120th

7 Gen. Grant Proposed Proposal National Memorial South Triangle

Add Riverside crosswalks Church

Mark wide parking lanes

Add sidewalk to triangle on Riverside Dr Northbound Build out median to 8 120th St W120th St

Proposal Proposed

Northbound Split Dr Riverside Riverside

Add crosswalk

Add sidewalk to triangle on Riverside Dr Northbound

Sakura Park 9 Proposal Proposed North Triangle

Add sidewalk and refuge to triangle

Riverside Drive northbound

10 Riverside Drive southbound Riverside Drive southbound Proposal Riverside Dr Viaduct

Existing

Proposed

Reduce speed limit to 25 mph

11 Reduce moving lanes Mark wide parking to one per direction lanes Proposal Riverside Dr and W. 135th St

70 Feet

Looking south

Proposed Median extension

12 Pedestrian island Data Thurs, Riverside Dr Viaduct 3/12/15 4-7pm Data Fri, Riverside Dr Viaduct 3/13/15 4-7pm Data Sat, Riverside Dr Viaduct 3/14/15 4-7pm Data Sun, Riverside Dr Viaduct 3/15/15 4-7pm Data Mon, Riverside Dr Viaduct 3/16/15 4-7pm Data Tues, Riverside Dr Viaduct 3/17/15 4-7pm Data Riverside Dr Viaduct

PM Congestion on Viaduct based on traffic camera data

Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues, 3/12/15 3/13/15 3/14/15 3/15/15 3/16/15 3/17/15 4:00PM 4:30PM 5:00PM 5:30PM 6:00PM 6:30PM 7:00PM

Key Free flowing traffic Congestion Data

Riverside Dr Viaduct

Volumes

Northbound

*ATR Counts taken 2/24/15 to 3/3/15 Midweek averages only Data

Riverside Dr Viaduct

Volumes

Southbound

*ATR Counts taken 2/24/15 to 3/3/15 Midweek averages only Summary

116th St • Normalize SE corner at Riverside Dr • Extend median tips on Riverside Dr • Remove a lane in each direction and construct green pedestrian safety islands • Construct sidewalks at Claremont Ave triangle

120th St • Remove a lane in each direction and construct green pedestrian safety islands • Extend median tip on Riverside Dr Grant’s Tomb Triangles • Construct sidewalks at Grant’s Tomb north and south island slip roads, Riverside Dr NB split at Sakura Park • Mark crosswalks at southern slip road and Riverside Dr NB split at Sakura Park Viaduct • Remove a lane in each direction and install wide parking lanes and painted median • Construct green pedestrian safety island and extended median tip at W. 135th St

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