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 Thursday, July 1, 2010 NYC DOT Pilot Program Finds Economic Savings, Efficiencies for Truck Deliveries Made During Off-Hours New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced that a pilot program undertaken with the trucking industry found that trucks making off-hour deliveries between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. instead of at peak hours experienced fewer delays, easier parking, reduced congestion and significant savings for the 33 participating delivery companies and business locations receiving shipments. The study, the first that engages both delivery companies and businesses, also found that businesses overwhelmingly supported the benefits, with travel speeds improved as much as 75% and a sharp reduction in parking tickets and fines which exceeded $1,000 a month for each truck. Several participants continue to make off-hour deliveries and DOT is now developing ways to build upon this pilot. Joining the Commissioner was U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) Administrator Peter Appel at a 14th Street location of Foot Locker, one of the retail participants in the study, as well as representatives from Sysco, Whole Foods Market and New Deal Logistics. PRESS RELEASE # 10-028 |
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Sunday, May 23, 2010 NYC DOT Announces Winning Design for Temporary Plazas in Times Square Innovative design will refresh the streetscape as City moves forward with long-term street redesign project. Submitted by Brooklyn-based artist Molly Dilworth, the selected design is composed of a graphical representation of NASA's infrared satellite data of Manhattan. |
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Monday, May 10, 2010 Statement by NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan on Today's Hard Landing at St. George Today, the Staten Island Ferryboat Andrew J. Barberi from Manhattan experienced a hard landing while docking at St. George Ferry Terminal. At this time, FDNY EMS reports 36 people transported to area hospitals, most with minor injuries, though one passenger complained of chest pains. PRESS RELEASE # 10-024 |
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Friday, April 30, 2010 Street Closures For Annual Five Boro Bike Tour Sunday, May 2nd The New York City Department of Transportation today advised that rolling street, bridge and highway closures will occur on Sunday, May 2 throughout the City to facilitate the annual TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour. Beginning at 6:30 am at Battery Park in Manhattan, rolling street closures will follow the bike tour as it moves along the 42-mile route through Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn before concluding in Staten Island at 6 pm. PRESS RELEASE # 10-022 |
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Thursday, April 29, 2010 NYC DOT Announces Streetscape Enhancements as Part Of "Hands On New York Day" New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced the kickoff for the Urban Art Program's Jersey barrier design initiative—hosted in partnership with the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit (CAU) and New York Cares (NY Cares)—to improve the appearance of concrete structures at select locations citywide. As part of NY Cares' 16th annual "Hands On New York Day" on Saturday, April 24, more than 300 volunteers will paint murals on 150 individual barriers lining pedestrian paths and bicycle lanes in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens. The colorful, vibrant designs used for this sweeping public-art project were created by Otis Berkin with Sage and Coombe Architects, Niko Courtelis, Lucy Kalian and Brenda Zlamany—artists selected through a design competition sponsored by DOT. To view the winning designs, visit www.nyc.gov/urbanart. PRESS RELEASE # 10-021 |
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010 NYC DOT Announces Release of "New York City's Green Dividend," Quantifying the Economic and Environmental Benefits of Driving Less New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced the release of "New York City’s Green Dividend," a report that quantifies for the first time the benefits of mass transit use and walking for New York City’s environment and economy. The analysis, prepared by CEOs for Cities, a national network of urban leaders, reveals that New Yorkers save a staggering $19 billion annually, at least $16 billion of which remains in the local economy and is likely to be spent in sectors like housing, which have large local multiplier effects for healthy business and job-generating power for New Yorkers themselves. The findings also underscore the importance of developing new mass transit capacity and other transportation choices in New York as the city's population increases, supporting many of the transit-expanding goals outlined in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PlaNYC sustainability agenda. The report is available at www.nyc.gov/dot. |
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Monday, April 19, 2010 NYCDOT Commissioner, Federal and State Transportation Officials Kick Off National Work Zone Awareness Week New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today joined Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA) Victor Mendez and New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Acting Commissioner Stanley Gee to kick off National Work Zone Awareness Week, highlighting the dangers to roadway crews and calling on motorists to drive with care in roadway work zones. More than 40,000 people are injured each year in motor vehicle crashes in work zones nationwide, and more than 700 people died in work zone-related incidents in 2008. Commissioner Sadik-Khan was joined by Administrator Mendez and Commissioner Gee at a solemn event this morning in Battery Park, where they presented a memorial listing the names of 1,364 people who were killed in work zone incidents nationwide, many of them roadway workers. Dozens of NYCDOT workers attended the event, many in memory of their fallen colleague, road repairer Nicky Antico, who was struck and killed by a speeding motorist in a closed work zone on Staten Island in 2005. Antico’s widow, Anna, also attended the event. PRESS RELEASE # 10-019 |
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Friday, April 9, 2010 Statement by NYCDOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan Regarding DOT Employee Struck by Car in a Work Zone A NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) worker performing routine resurfacing work in Manhattan was injured last night when a motorist ignored safety personnel and attempted to drive through a closed work zone on West 23rd Street and 7th Avenue, striking a worker and sending him to the hospital with minor injuries. PRESS RELEASE # 10-015 |
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010 NYC DOT Initiates Traffic-Calming Project On Bowery Near Canal Street, Bringing Safer Streets to a Key Chinatown Location The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that installation of an innovative traffic-calming project is underway at Bowery between Canal Street and East Broadway in Chinatown that includes the construction of two landscaped medians and other significant enhancements to pedestrian and vehicular safety at one of Lower Manhattan’s most crowded and congested corridors. PRESS RELEASE # 10-014 |
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 NYC DOT Releases Sustainable Streets Index, Using Valuable New Data For Traffic Management New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today issued the Sustainable Streets Index (SSI), a comprehensive report that monitors a range of key traffic indicators across the city and also evaluates the safety and mobility impacts of 12 DOT projects citywide. PRESS RELEASE # 10-013 |
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