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 Friday, November 19, 2010 NYC DOT and MTA/NYC Transit Announce Camera Enforcement of 1st/2nd Avenue Bus Lanes Begins Monday New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman/CEO Jay Walder today announced that bus lane camera enforcement of the new, exclusive Select Bus Service bus lanes along First and Second avenues will begin Monday to further enhance bus service and speed travel for the 54,000 daily riders of the M15. PRESS RELEASE # 10-057 |
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 NYC DOT Commissioner and Students Document Speeding Near a Brooklyn Elementary School New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, City Council Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca and Councilmember Steve Levin today tracked vehicle speeds on Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Street, joined by fourth-grade students from Brooklyn's P.S. 261 Philip Livingston School. The observations highlight the danger of speeding particularly to children and senior pedestrians, and they underscore the need for all motorists to follow New York City's 30 m.p.h speed limit. As part of a hands-on traffic-safety workshop led by DOT's Office of Education and Outreach, students recorded an average speed of 38 m.p.h. on Atlantic Avenue, with some vehicles moving as fast as 50 m.p.h., despite the posted 30 m.p.h. speed-limit and school-crossing signs in the area. Last year, the number of citywide traffic fatalities was the lowest in a century, and the agency is aggressively implementing strategies to reduce traffic fatalities 50% by 2030, including the launch of the anti-speeding advertising campaign "That's Why It's 30." The Commissioner and elected officials were joined at the event by the school's principal Zipporiah Mills and the students' teachers Colleen Greto and Megan Kane. PRESS RELEASE # 10-056 |
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Thursday, November 4, 2010 NYC DOT Accepting Applications for Innovative Pop-up Café Pilot Program New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced that the agency is accepting applications from businesses interested in participating in the City’s innovative Pop-up Café pilot program to create more accessible public space while promoting and partnering with local businesses. The program is intended to provide outdoor public seating in areas where sidewalks are too narrow to get approval for outdoor cafés, using curbside space to establish seating areas that are sponsored by local businesses. The first Pop-up Café in New York City opened earlier this year on Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan and was jointly sponsored by Fika Espresso Bar and Bombay’s restaurant, who report that business is up as much as 14% since the Pop-up Café was installed in August. The City is looking to build on this success by expanding the program in 2011 to include interested businesses in all five boroughs. PRESS RELEASE # 10-055 |
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 NYC DOT Announces Bronx Safety and Mobility Improvements for Pedestrians and All Street Users New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced a series of traffic enhancements and safety improvements are being implemented throughout the Bronx. The projects include pedestrian countdown signals installed at three key intersections; traffic calming along Randall and Leggett avenues and Tiffany Street in Hunts Point and East 180th Street; corridor improvements along Southern Boulevard from Bruckner Boulevard to Westchester Avenue in Mott Haven and Longwood; street redesigns that create safer streets at Crotona Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park; and improvements to roads and sidewalks along Laconia Avenue in Allerton and Williamsbridge to make them safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. These changes build on safety initiatives announced in August by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Commissioner Sadik-Khan, and augment improvements that have already helped reduce the number of citywide traffic fatalities last year to the fewest ever recorded. The agency is aggressively building upon its safety initiatives to move closer to its goal of reducing traffic fatalities 50% by 2030. PRESS RELEASE # 10-054 |
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 NYC DOT, NYPD Announce New Initiatives To Improve Safety for Pedestrians, Motorists And Cyclists New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announced new initiatives in the City’s unprecedented safety campaign for pedestrians, motorists and cyclists through enhanced enforcement, safety engineering and the launch of a new ads to raise awareness of the city’s 30 m.p.h. speed limit and the dangers of excessive speed. NYPD recently received a Governor's Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) grant of $150,000 in federal funds for increased enforcement against motorist speeding and failure to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, as well as against cyclists who violate traffic laws. The initiatives build on this summer’s release of the landmark NYC Pedestrian Safety Study & Action Plan and come after the safest year recorded in a century on the city’s streets. Officials made the announcement joined by City Council Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca and Councilmember Gale Brewer at 71st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, where DOT unveiled new pedestrian countdown signals and plans for a safety redesign at the location. PRESS RELEASE # 10-053 |
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 NYC DOT and Downtown Alliance Announce Completion of "Secret Gardens" Project on Chambers Street NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and The Alliance for Downtown New York President Elizabeth H. Berger today announced the completion of Richard Pasquarelli’s "Secret Gardens" installation on construction fencing alongside the Chambers Street road improvement project in Lower Manhattan. The first section of the mural was installed earlier this month on Chambers Street between West and Greenwich streets, with the second portion of the printed, vinyl mesh design being added from Greenwich Street to West Broadway this morning, finalizing the artwork, which now stands five feet tall and spans a full 1,000 feet long. "Secret Gardens" is a joint project by DOT's Urban Art Program and the Downtown Alliance Re:Construction initiative, which paid for the installation. Commissioner Sadik-Khan and Downtown Alliance President Berger were joined by artist Richard Pasquarelli and other contributing partners at Chambers and Greenwich streets for a dedication ceremony highlighting the new public artwork. PRESS RELEASE # 10-051 |
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 NYC DOT Announces Stunning New Urban Art Installation on Bronx Step Street New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced ARTfarm, a new installation that enhances the look and feel of a step street at 180 E. 165th Street and Carroll Place in the Bronx, and which is part of an artwork series through DOT’s Urban Art Program pARTners track. Conceived and built by architects Valeria Bianco, Christian Gonsalves, Shagun Singh and Justin Taylor, in association with Architecture for Humanity (AfH ny STUDIO) and in partnership with the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the piece is composed of 59 planters made from recycled materials such as wooden cabinet doors and crates arranged along the step street. The planters feature plants that instantly brighten the site and transform the concrete structure into an eye-catching living sculpture and attractive public space. Commissioner Sadik-Khan joined Holly Block, Executive Director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and AfH ny STUDIO’s Valeria Bianco at ARTfarm for a dedication ceremony to thank the architects, volunteers and community partners who designed and installed the project over the spring and summer. PRESS RELEASE # 10-049 |
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Sunday, October 10, 2010 NYC DOT and MTA Mark Debut of Select Bus Service On 1st and 2nd Avenues, Bringing Faster, More Efficent Transit To Manhattan’s East Side Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jay H. Walder today marked the debut of new, faster, more efficient Select Bus Service (SBS) on First and Second Avenues from 125th Street to Houston Street, using dedicated bus-only lanes to speed transit on one of the slowest bus corridors in the city. The officials took part in a demonstration of the service today aboard new, three-door buses which will benefit 54,000 daily riders of the M15 bus line, which previously took 90 minutes to travel the 8.5-mile route between 125th Street and South Ferry—longer than a train ride from New York to Philadelphia. In addition to using dedicated lanes, SBS allows passengers to pay their fares at on-street payment machines before boarding, and the new service makes fewer stops than the former M15 Limited. Creating more Select Bus Service routes was one of the Mayor's 2009 campaign promises and is a part of the transportation chapter of PlaNYC. These improvements are expected to result in an overall 20 percent reduction in travel time. PRESS RELEASE # 10-047 |
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Friday, October 1, 2010 New Willis Avenue Bridge to Open to Traffic Early Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010 The New York City Department of Transportation today announced that the current Willis Avenue Bridge will close at 2 am and the new Willis Avenue Bridge will be opened to traffic by 7 am tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 2. The $612 million project to replace the current, 109-year-old "swing" bridge, which opens on a pivot to allow marine traffic to pass on the Harlem River, is part of more than $5 billion in bridge investments made by the Bloomberg Administration. The new bridge was floated up the East River to its new home in July. PRESS RELEASE # 10-045 |
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 NYC DOT Announces Completion of Union Square Redesign, Improving Safety and Park Access New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and community and business leaders today announced the completion of the redesign to improve the streets and sidewalks surrounding Union Square, bringing safety enhancements to one of the city’s busiest and most popular destinations while making Union Square Park safer, more accessible and more inviting for residents and visitors. The project, developed with input from the community, supported by the area’s Community Board and backed by the Union Square Partnership and local businesses, will improve pedestrian crossings and simplify traffic patterns and also bring street furniture, streetscape improvements, bike lanes and new pedestrian plazas on Broadway below 23rd Street—a corridor that has seen 95 pedestrian injury crashes from 2004 to 2008. Along the north side of Union Square Park, new pedestrian areas and the conversion of 17th Street to one-way westbound traffic will provide safer pedestrian passage in an area through which thousands of pedestrians cross daily. The redesign improves access to the park and to the Greenmarket, a key destination four days a week, where thousands of New Yorkers shop for fresh, locally grown products. Vehicle access will be retained along Broadway and all streets throughout the project, allowing businesses to receive deliveries. PRESS RELEASE # 10-043 |
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