Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

Ferreras: “My Focus Is to Make 111th Street One Hundred Percent Safe”

By Stephen Miller | Jul 1, 2015 | 8 Comments

A grassroots effort to improve safety on extra-wide 111th Street in Corona yielded a DOT plan for a road diet, better pedestrian crossings, and a protected bike lane this spring. Then two members of Queens Community Board 4 stymied the proposal, at least for the time being. To keep the project moving forward, Council Member Julissa Ferreras has organized two neighborhood […]

33rd Street at Penn Station Will Go Car-Free This Summer

By Stephen Miller | Jun 2, 2015 | 40 Comments

Real estate giant Vornado Realty Trust last night unveiled plans to open up space for people on a couple of busy blocks near Penn Station. The proposed car-free zones include a new pedestrian plaza on 33rd Street west of Seventh Avenue. Phase one will consist of a three-month trial this summer and fall, and the changes could be made permanent […]

DOT Waffles on Bed-Stuy Ped Safety Project After Resistance From CB 3

By Stephen Miller | May 22, 2015 | 3 Comments

A plan to improve safety at a busy Bedford-Stuyvesant intersection [PDF] may not move forward after members of Brooklyn Community Board 3 opposed it, according to two CB 3 transportation committee members. DOT’s Claudette Workman revealed the news at the CB 3 transportation committee meeting on May 13, said Shawn Onsgard, a public member of the committee. “She just said […]

How Much Does DOT Use Daylighting to Reduce Dangerous Turns?

By Brad Aaron | May 15, 2015 | 29 Comments

Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg told the City Council there’s only so much DOT can do to prevent drivers from hitting people while turning, but there’s a relatively simple safety measure the agency could put to widespread use: keeping parked cars away from intersections. Last week, Kate Hinds at WNYC reported on the problem of motorists fatally striking people while turning left. According to crash data compiled […]

DOT Plans Safety Upgrades at Foot of Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown

By Stephen Miller | May 13, 2015 | 19 Comments

Choked with car and truck traffic, the Manhattan Bridge ramps around Canal Street are a danger zone. DOT has a plan to tame some of the chaotic crossings for people on foot, which the Manhattan Community Board 3 transportation committee voted in favor of last night. Seven pedestrians and nine motor vehicle occupants were seriously injured at the intersection […]

Pedestrian Injuries Down 61% on Fourth Avenue in Park Slope After Road Diet

By Stephen Miller | Apr 21, 2015 | 37 Comments

As in Sunset Park, the Fourth Avenue road diet has yielded impressive street safety dividends for Park Slope, including a 61 percent drop in pedestrian injuries. Now, DOT is moving forward with plans to cast its changes in concrete. Between Atlantic Avenue and 15th Street, the road diet widened medians, shortened crossing distances, and trimmed the number of […]

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