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 Thursday, August 4, 2011 NYC DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan Invites New Yorkers To Come Out For Summer Streets 2011, Starting Sat., Aug. 6 First-time attractions including 25-foot rock climbing wall, first-ever competitive cook off, and sand castles build on outstanding legacy of free, family-friendly activities PRESS RELEASE # 11-066 |
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 NYC DOT Rehabilitating Bruckner Expressway Bridges Over Railroad Tracks Near Bronx River As part of the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) project to rehabilitate the Bruckner Expressway Bridges over the Amtrak/CSX Railroad tracks near the Bronx River, an upcoming phase of work to reconstruct the westbound Expressway bridge and approach ramps will require the weekend diversion of the two westbound lanes of the Bruckner Expressway onto the service road from 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5 until 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8 PRESS RELEASE # 11-065 |
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 NYC DOT Announces Installation of Pedestrian Countdown Signals On Grand Concourse New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and City Council Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca today announced that pedestrian countdown signals are being installed at 49 intersections along the Bronx’s Grand Concourse to help pedestrians safely cross at intersections from East 140th Street to Mosholu Parkway. Commissioner Sadik-Khan also announced that work is under way to install countdown signals at 1,500 intersections citywide identified in last year’s landmark Pedestrian Safety Study & Action Plan. From 2005-2009, Grand Concourse had 411 pedestrian injuries and nine pedestrian fatalities, highlighting the need to enhance safety. PRESS RELEASE # 11-062 |
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 NYC DOT Announces Temporary Overnight Closure of Section of FDR Drive in Both Directions The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) advises motorists that a section of the FDR Drive will be closed to traffic from 2 am to 7 am, Sunday, July 31 to facilitate the crane removal of the pedestrian bridge which crosses the Drive at East 78th Street. During those hours, the northbound FDR Drive will be closed to traffic from East 61st to East 96th streets and the southbound FDR Drive will be closed from East 116th to East 74th streets. Motorists are urged to plan ahead and use alternate routes as early as Saturday night as one- and two-lane closures in the area will begin at 11 pm. PRESS RELEASE # 11-60 |
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011 NYC DOT and Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer Collaborate for Quick Restoration of Woodside, Queens, Roadway New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer today announced that DOT is completing a resurfacing of a critical, seven-block stretch of Roosevelt Avenue between 51st and 58th streets in Woodside designed to restore a seven-block section of a key Queens corridor in need of improvement. Council Member Van Bramer has worked in conjunction with DOT to expedite repairs of the 1.4 lane miles of this well-used corridor. In recent months, Van Bramer and DOT have collaborated on several transportation issues to enhance safety and improve quality of life, including the installation of speed humps on Maurice Avenue and changing parking regulations on Queens Boulevard. The resurfacing operation on Roosevelt, which is composed of milling and paving phases, provides extensive repairs to the roadway’s surface severely damaged by record snowfalls, fluctuating temperatures and which simple pothole repairs are not enough. A DOT crew began milling overnight the previous week, and concluded with the paving of fresh asphalt. PRESS RELEASE # 11-59 |
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Friday, July 1, 2011 NYC DOT Commissioner And S.I. Elected Officials Join Staten Island Yankees To Announce "You The Man" Contest New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro, Council Member Debi Rose and Staten Island Yankees President Joseph M. Ricciutti today announced the launch of the “You the Man Summer Shout-Out” contest, building on the agency’s ongoing efforts to curb drunken driving by encouraging New Yorkers to rely on a designated driver whenever plans include drinking. The contest, supported by the Staten Island Yankees, lets New Yorkers put their wit to work and submit their best shout-out for their favorite designated driver. The winning entry will become the newest You the Man slogan. Commissioner Sadik-Khan, Borough President Molinaro, Council Member Rose and Yankees President Ricciutti highlighted the new contest at the Staten Island Yankees game at Richmond County Bank Ballpark in St. George. “Designated drivers are true all-stars and help make our streets and roadways safer for everyone,” said Commissioner Sadik-Khan. “They step up to the plate time and time again, ‘delivering’ safe rides home wherever the celebration takes them.” PRESS RELEASE # 11-57 |
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011 NYC DOT Announces Summer Streets’ Return, Bringing Sand Castles, Climbing Wall and Family-fun Activities to Car-free Streets New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner (NYC DOT) Janette Sadik-Khan; NBA legend and former New York Knicks player John Starks; and former New York Mets pitcher and MLB star John Franco today announced the fourth annual Summer Streets is returning in August, bringing nearly seven miles of car-free streets to Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park for three Saturdays on Aug. 6, 13 and 20 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., as well as introducing Weekend Walks to 18 neighborhoods in all five boroughs throughout the summer. DOT continues to bring dynamic programming to each year’s lineup, and this year’s newest attractions are sand castles and sculptures by Matt Long of Sand Masters television fame as well as sand boxes for everyone to enjoy, a climbing wall provided by REI that is 25-feet tall, sports activities ranging from basketball to baseball to hockey, and storytelling activities hosted by StoryCorps. Once again, there will be dozens of opportunities to take part in free exercise and dance classes ranging from yoga to Cardio Go-Go at Lafayette Street, 4th and Park Avenues and 72nd Street, as well as bike, walk and rollerblade along the route. The Commissioner joined the star athletes at 17th Street and Park Avenue to announce this year’s schedule and programming. PRESS RELEASE # 11-56 |
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Monday, June 27, 2011 NYC DOT Announces Search for Innovative Pedestrian Information System to Improve Walkability, Economic Vitality of City Streets New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) to bring a comprehensive pedestrian information system to sidewalks in key New York neighborhoods. The initiative is a critical first step in making New York City’s world-class streets easier to navigate and even more accessible for New Yorkers and visitors alike, and the first in a series of steps to improve mobility whether you’re on foot, on a bike, in a car or taking mass transit. A coordinated pedestrian information network, known as “wayfinding,” will help pedestrians crack the code for traveling to, from and around the city’s neighborhoods, business districts, transit stops and landmarks on foot. By providing clear, readable signs, pedestrians will be able to better orient themselves to determine how long it takes to walk to key locations. The RFP calls for a system and its elements to be designed and implemented in four New York City districts: Long Island City, Queens; Prospect Heights/Crown Heights, Brooklyn; and Chinatown and parts of Midtown in Manhattan. PRESS RELEASE # 11-54 |
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Friday, June 24, 2011 NYC DOT Fills 400,000 Potholes in Fiscal Year, Launches 59-Crew, Five-Borough Pothole Blitz New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced that crews have filled 400,000 potholes citywide since July 1, 2010, setting the record for potholes filled in a single fiscal year. This record number of potholes is already 68% higher than the number filled five years ago and breaks last year’s record of 395,000 potholes. The agency plans to extend its repair efforts with a pothole blitz scheduled this Saturday when 59 crews will be making repairs to streets in all five boroughs ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. DOT has filled more than 2.6 million potholes citywide since 2002. PRESS RELEASE # 11-53 |
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 NYC DOT Expands Anti-speeding Campaign with City’s First "Skeleton" Speed Boards New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced the installation of skeleton speed boards on two New York City streets in Brooklyn and Queens, the first in a series of citywide installations to call dramatic attention to the potentially fatal consequences of exceeding the city’s 30 m.p.h. speed limit. The signs, temporarily located on the southbound side of 4th Avenue between 38th and 39th streets in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and westbound Horace Harding Expressway and Xenia Street in Elmhurst, Queens, display speeds and also an image of a skeleton if vehicles exceed the posted limit along these two corridors with histories of excessive speeding. The speed boards will be rotated to other locations with similar speeding issues as part of the agency’s ongoing focus to make New York City’s streets safer through its comprehensive “That’s Why It’s 30” anti-speeding safety campaign. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced the skeleton speed boards last month when he joined United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Commissioner Sadik-Khan to highlight new traffic-safety initiatives designed to further drive down already record-low traffic fatalities and injuries in New York City in conjunction with the U.N.’s launch of its Decade of Action for Road Safety campaign. PRESS RELEASE # 11-52 |
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