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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 19 1 3 10 1 2 3 2 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 NB 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 22 Thank www.nyc.gov/dot You .
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