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 Friday, September 17, 2010 Suspension of Alternate Side Parking Regulations to Facilitate Storm Cleanup Efforts Friday, Sep. 17 The New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking Regulations citywide for Friday, September 17, 2010. PRESS RELEASE # 10-041 |
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Thursday, September 9, 2010 NYC DOT Announces Study To Determine Feasibility Of Streetcars In Brooklyn New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and United States Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens) today announced the start of a five-month study to determine the feasibility of a streetcar network linking Red Hook with Downtown Brooklyn and surrounding neighborhoods. This initial analysis is the first step in determining if this mode, once a staple of New York City's streets, is a viable option to connect the residents and businesses of the rapidly growing Red Hook neighborhood with Brooklyn's broader transportation system and support economic development. The study will include community meetings and a technical analysis of the area's needs and demographics, as well as a look at the engineering advantages and limitations of any prospective project. The study demonstrates the Bloomberg Administration's commitment to finding new ways to improve accessibility and mobility for New Yorkers. Exploring the use of streetcars, particularly in the Red Hook area, was a component of Mayor Bloomberg's 2009 campaign plan to improve mass transit. The study is funded through a Federal Transit Administration grant secured by Representative Velázquez and has long had the support of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, which represents local businesses throughout the borough and promotes a business-friendly environment. PRESS RELEASE # 10-040 |
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010 NYC DOT Launches "You The Man" iPhone App to Reduce Drunk Driving in New York City The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced the release of the "You the Man" iPhone app to reduce drunk driving by giving New Yorkers safe choices for getting home after a night on the town. The app’s find-a-ride feature uses the iPhone’s GPS to identify the closest Taxi and Limousine Commission-registered car services no matter where users are in the five boroughs, making it particularly useful in areas where taxis can be hard to find late at night. The app also locates the nearest subway stations to help plot a safe route home from any bar, restaurant or party citywide. "You the Man" is DOT’s first-ever iPhone app and is part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to make New York City’s streets even safer. PRESS RELEASE # 10-039 |
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Friday, August 20, 2010 Event Schedule for Saturday, August 21, the Final Weekend of Summer Streets 2010 The NYC Department of Transportation today announced that Summer Streets 2010 will conclude tomorrow, with dozens of activities planned along the 6.9-mile car free route from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park from 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. Over one hundred thousand New Yorkers have enjoyed the first two Summer Streets, which has helped encourage more healthy physical activity and promoted walking and cycling in New York City. PRESS RELEASE # 10-038 |
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 NYC DOT Announces City's First "Pop-up Café," Bringing Innovative Public Space to Lower Manhattan New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Mintz, today cut the ribbon on the city's first "pop-up café"—an innovative, temporary new curbside seating platform that provides workers, residents and visitors on Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan with a needed public space to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee, a quick sandwich, or just to take in the area's busy streetscape. The 84-foot-long, 6-foot-wide wooden platform, landscaped with planters, wire railing and furnished with 14 café tables and 50 chairs, was requested by two local restaurants for public use in this busy lunchtime and after-work district, where quality seating is in high demand during warmer months. While the platform was installed by the adjacent restaurants, which will maintain and remove it later this year at their own expense, any member of the public may enjoy the seating. The program's effectiveness will be evaluated to help determine if similar temporary spaces should be created elsewhere in the city. The Commissioners were joined by CB 1 Financial District Chairman Ro Sheffe and Downtown Alliance Senior Vice President for Planning and Economic Development Nicole LaRusso in front of Fika café and Bombay's restaurant, between Coenties Slip and Broad Street. PRESS RELEASE # 10-036 |
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Thursday, August 5, 2010 NYC DOT Invites New Yorkers To Kick Off Summer Streets 2010 on Saturday, Aug. 7 NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today invited New Yorkers and visitors to take to the streets once again as Summer Streets returns, bringing 7 miles of car-free City streets for the next three Saturdays, Aug. 7, 14 and 21. From 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., vehicle traffic will be replaced by New Yorkers biking, swimming, rollerblading and strolling from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park along Lafayette Street, 4th Avenue, Park Avenue and 72nd Street. A list of activities planned along the route’s four rest stops is available at nyc.gov/summerstreets. PRESS RELEASE # 10-033 |
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Friday, July 23, 2010 New Willis Avenue Bridge to Pass Beneath Brooklyn Bridge En Route to its Harlem River Home Monday The new Willis Avenue Bridge will make a dramatic entry into the East River at approximately 7:30 a.m. Monday morning, passing Pier 11 and the Brooklyn Bridge by 7:40 a.m., part of the final leg of its trip from upstate New York to its new Harlem River home. New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will view the 350-foot span’s historic passage by barge beneath the Brooklyn Bridge from Lower Manhattan’s Pier 11 starting at 7:30 a.m. The new bridge, which will replace the existing, 109-year-old structure spanning the Harlem River, is currently docked at a facility in Jersey City, and will transit the East River before arriving at the new bridge site at approximately 10:30 a.m. Full installation of the bridge will occur in early August, with the new structure expected to open to traffic in the fall. PRESS RELEASE # 10-032 |
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Friday, July 16, 2010 NYC DOT Announces Return of Summer Streets, Bringing Innovative Pools, Creative Entertainment to Car-free Streets on First Three Saturdays in August New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner (NYC DOT) Janette Sadik-Khan today announced the third annual Summer Streets is returning next month, bringing nearly seven miles of car-free streets to Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park for three Saturdays on Aug. 7th, 14th and 21st from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., as well as to 18 neighborhoods in all five boroughs throughout the summer. A new attraction this year will be "Dumpster pools" — fully code-compliant mobile pools that creatively reinterpret the ordinary streetscape features as a place to splash and cool off. The New York International Fringe Festival will also bring their theater and performances artists to the route, and there will be dozens of other opportunities to bike, walk, rollerblade or to take any of the number of free exercise, dance or other activity classes ranging from yoga to Cardio Go-Go along Lafayette Street, 4th and Park Avenues and 72nd Street. PRESS RELEASE # 10-031 |
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 New Willis Avenue Bridge to Arrive in New York Harbor New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced that the new Willis Avenue Bridge is expected to arrive in New York Harbor tomorrow morning after being towed down the Hudson River from the Coeymans, NY, work yard where it was built. The new bridge, which will replace the existing, 109-year-old structure that spans the Harlem River, will be docked at the Weeks Marine Yard in Jersey City, NJ before being transported to its permanent home linking Willis Avenue in the Bronx and First Avenue in Manhattan later this month, with installation occurring in early August. PRESS RELEASE # 10-030 |
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Thursday, July 8, 2010 City Announces Start of Temporary Redesign of Times Square, Selection of Team to Lead Permanent Redesign of Area New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced that work has begun to install "Cool Water, Hot Island," the winning, temporary design treatment to refresh the streetscape at the Times Square pedestrian plazas, selected last month following a design competition. New York City artist Molly Dilworth created the design's blue-themed pattern based on NASA infrared satellite data of Manhattan, suggesting a river flowing through the center of Times Square, and providing a visual counterpoint to the area's signature marquees and billboards. Commissioner Sadik-Khan and City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner David J. Burney also announced that the architecture firm Snohetta has been selected to lead a team that includes many New York City-based designers, engineers and event infrastructure specialists to create a plan for the permanent redesign of the iconic area, which will be reconstructed starting in 2012. Snohetta was selected through the Design + Construction Excellence program, established by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and administered by the DDC. Snohetta's New York office is known for work ranging from the National September 11 Memorial Museum in Manhattan to the library in Alexandria, Egypt. PRESS RELEASE # 10-029 |
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