Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about New York State DOT

City, State DOTs Ask Albany to Help Keep Road Workers Safe

By Brad Aaron | Apr 20, 2010 | No Comments

NYCDOT workers at Monday’s memorial dedication. Photo: nycstreets/Flickr On Monday DOT marked National Work Zone Awareness Week with a new PR campaign and a call for state legislators to adopt penalties for drivers who endanger road workers — and, ergo, city pedestrians and cyclists. There were 720 work zone fatalities nationwide in 2008, 80 percent […]

Downtown Brooklyn Already Bracing for BQE Reconstruction

By Ben Fried | Jan 28, 2010 | 20 Comments

Sometime around 2019, the state DOT will begin reconstructing the segment of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway that runs through downtown Brooklyn. There are years and years of review before a shovel goes in the ground, but when construction starts, local streets already jammed with trucks and car commuters heading for free East River bridges will […]

TSTC: Five City Streets Rank as Region’s Most Dangerous for Walking

By Brad Aaron | Jan 6, 2010 | 5 Comments

Nine pedestrians were killed on Third Ave. in Manhattan between 2006 and 2008. Streets in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island continue to be among the most dangerous in the region for pedestrians, says a new report from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. According to a TSTC analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data from 2006 […]

A Reason to Give Thanks: State DOT Won’t Widen the Deegan

By Ben Fried | Nov 24, 2009 | 9 Comments

This just in: The State DOT will not widen exit ramps from the Major Deegan Expressway, the Mott Haven Herald reports. NYSDOT Region 11 spokesperson Adam Levine confirmed to Streetsblog that the agency will also refrain from adding "auxiliary lanes" as part of its plan to fix a segment of the Deegan along the Harlem […]

To Snap Drivers Awake, State DOT May Sacrifice Cyclist Safety

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 24, 2009 | 11 Comments

Miles and miles of bike-friendly Westchester County roads may soon be scarred by a "safety enhancement" that could make cycling treacherous. A rumble strip threw NYPD Sergeant Richard Wilt off his bike and into the pavement. Photo: Joe Larese/Journal News The New York State Department of Transportation is considering gouging pavement ridges into road shoulders […]

$266 Million to Widen the Deegan. Crumbs for a More Livable Bronx River.

By Ben Fried | Nov 19, 2009 | 13 Comments

More lanes, or more housing and parks? Image of proposed Deegan Expressway widening: NYSDOT. Image of the community plan for a de-commissioned Sheridan Expressway: SBRWA. Last week we reported on the state DOT’s expensive plan to widen part of the Major Deegan Expressway in the southwest Bronx, even as the agency fails to maintain upstate […]

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