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 Monday, March 18, 2013 NYC DOT Releases 2012 Traffic Safety Statistics, Calls For Speed Camera Enforcement Near NYC Schools New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner (DOT) Janette Sadik-Khan today released 2012 traffic safety statistics and called for swift state authorization for the City to use speed-camera enforcement for the first time, with a priority given to streets near schools with documented speeding. Statistics show that New York City in 2012 sustained the recent historic lows seen in annual traffic fatalities, though speeding was the greatest single factor in traffic deaths, contributing to 81 fatal traffic crashes—about 30% of all traffic fatalities—while fatal hit-and-run fatalities increased 31% since 2010 to 47 last year. DOT also released a map (attached) identifying 100 priority schools across the five boroughs where 75% of vehicles or more were found to be speeding within a quarter-mile of school grounds. Our previous efforts to enhance street safety—including street redesigns, increasing the number of red-light cameras and aggressive enforcement of traffic laws—have contributed to the safest years on record and a reduction in traffic fatalities by more than 30 percent in the past decade—and 54,000 fewer traffic injuries a year compared to 2001. Today, New York City traffic fatality rates are less than one-third of the national average and half that of other big cities. NYPD issued 1 million moving violations last year, 71,000 of them for speeding alone. PRESS RELEASE # 13-18 |
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Monday, March 11, 2013 Reduced Parking Restrictions Coming to Inwood, Washington Heights Effective Monday, March 18 Street Cleaning/Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations will be temporarily suspended in parts of the Washington Heights and Inwood neighborhoods of Manhattan Community District 12 for approximately until further notice as the Department of Transportation (DOT) begins the first of two phases to install new, reduced parking regulations. Approximately 1,700 signs in the area will be installed during this phase, reducing frequency and duration of residential street cleaning parking restrictions, easing parking for local residents. The new rules were established by the Department of Sanitation at the request of Community Board 12, which became the second community to receive reduced parking regulations since legislation passed the City Council in 2011 allowing for a reduction if streets within the Community District met City standards for cleanliness. To be eligible for such a reduction, the boards must receive an average street cleanliness scorecard rating of at least 90 for two consecutive fiscal years. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced in September 2009 that the City would continue to reduce parking restrictions in additional locations if street cleanliness ratings remained at high levels, following the implementation of pilot programs in Brooklyn’s Community Districts 2, 6 and 7, and immediately prior to a reduction pilot commencing in Community District 8 in the Bronx. PRESS RELEASE # 13-17 |
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Friday, March 8, 2013 Suspension Of Alternate Side Parking Regulations For Sat., March 9 The New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, today announced that Alternate Side Parking regulations are suspended citywide tomorrow, Saturday, March 9, 2013, to facilitate snow removal. Meters and all other parking regulations remain in effect. PRESS RELEASE # 13-16 |
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Friday, March 8, 2013 Suspension of Alternate Side Parking Regulations For Friday, March 8 The New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, today announced that Alternate Side Parking regulations are suspended citywide today, Friday, March 8, 2013, to facilitate snow removal. Meters and all other parking regulations remain in effect. PRESS RELEASE # 13-15 |
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 NYC DOT Announces Usage-based Car Insurance Available To New Yorkers, Using Technology To Enhance Safety, Save Money New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel today joined with major national auto insurance carriers Allstate and Progressive to announce that New York motorists now have the option of obtaining usage-based car insurance, an innovative program that uses in-car technology to save money for motorists who drive less and who drive safely. Allstate’s Drive Wise and Progressive’s Snapshot services provide discounts up to 30 percent for motorists who drive fewer miles, avoid short stops or drive at safe speeds and during daytime hours, using data collected by in-car devices provided by the insurance companies. This concept, which is expanding rapidly within the insurance industry, rewards good driving behavior and allows motorists who drive less frequently to pay rates appropriate to their road usage and safe driving practices. That could result in a break in insurance premiums for New Yorkers, who drive less than motorists in many other cities and parts of the state. PRESS RELEASE # 13-14 |
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Saturday, February 16, 2013 NYC DOT Opens New Fresh Creek Basin Bridge to Westbound Traffic Over the Belt Parkway New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced the opening of the new westbound Fresh Creek Basin Bridge—a key component of the Belt Parkway that serves up to 150,000 cars a day through Brooklyn and Queens to Nassau County and John F. Kennedy International Airport to the east and to the Gowanus Expressway and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to the west. The new span is approximately 126 feet wide and 407 feet long, and its opening reflects a new milestone in the ongoing project to reconstruct seven key parkway bridges: Bay Ridge Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Gerritsen Inlet, Mill Basin, Paerdegat Basin and Rockaway Parkway. The $111.7 million replacement of the Fresh Creek Basin Bridge began in 2009. The first phase of the replacement occurred in March 2012, when the eastbound Fresh Creek Basin Bridge opened to traffic. PRESS RELEASE # 13-13 |
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Sunday, February 10, 2013 Suspension Of Alternate Side Parking Regulations For Mon., Feb 11 The New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, today announced that Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations will be suspended citywide tomorrow, Monday, February 11, 2013, to facilitate snow removal. PRESS RELEASE # 13-12 |
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Friday, February 8, 2013 Suspension of Alternate Side Parking and of Parking Meter Regulations For Sat., Feb. 9 The New York City Department of Transportation today announced that, in addition to the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations, parking meter regulations will be suspended citywide tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in order to facilitate storm response. ASP and meter rules are not in effect Sunday, Feb. 10. PRESS RELEASE # 13-11 |
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Thursday, February 7, 2013 Suspension of Alternate Side Parking Regulations For Friday, February 8 The New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation, today announced that Alternate Side Parking Regulations will be suspended citywide tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, to facilitate storm preparation. PRESS RELEASE # 13-10 |
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Thursday, January 31, 2013 NYC DOT And Delivery.com Team Up To Deliver Safety Equipment To 1,500 Commercial Bicyclists New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced that the City has teamed up with delivery.com to equip 1,500 commercial cyclists with free retro-reflective vests, bells and bike lights, strengthening the City’s ongoing efforts to make the streets safer for everyone using them. The safety kits, part of SaferHood, DOT and delivery.com’s joint safety initiative, will be distributed directly to delivery cyclists at the agency’s ongoing multi-language commercial bicyclist forums. DOT held a series of 17 forums last year to educate business owners and delivery cyclists on bike safety laws, also giving out more than nearly 2,000 safety equipment kits, and the agency has distributed 75,000 helmets to all New Yorkers. Since July, DOT’s new six-person team of inspectors also have visited 3,530 businesses that employ delivery cyclists to inform them of existing legal requirements to provide helmets, well-equipped bikes, upper body apparel such as vests and ID numbers to delivery workers, and that they hang a bicycle safety poster for employees or face fines ranging from $100 to $250. The Commissioner joined Jed Kleckner, CEO of delivery.com; Letizia Manfredi, Director of Operations, Serafina; Michael Buckley, President, Gramercy Wine Cellars; Sarita Ekya, owner, S'MAC; Mangesh Shah, Owner, Village Farm and Grocery and Marsilio, General Manager and Beverage Director, Spice Group at Union Square to unveil the SaferHood-branded safety gear. PRESS RELEASE # 13-09 |
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