| |  | |  | | Monday, August 4, 2014 | | | | | | News | | | | | | Summer Streets 2014 A little morning rain didn't stop us from a fantastic start to Summer Streets 2014! We hope you’ll join us from 7 am – 1 pm on two more Saturdays this month, August 9th & 16th. Nearly 7 miles of city streets are yours for playing, running, walking, biking and just enjoying from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park via Lafayette Street & Park Avenue. Check out a variety of fun activities: art exhibits and tours, musical performances, free bike and skate rentals, zip-line, mini-golf, crafts and activities for families, free bicycle helmet fittings, and lots more! Whole Foods again sponsors the City Picnic with vendors and demonstrations, and REI is bringing back the Adventure Zone with 25’ climbing wall. Take a fitness class at the Cigna Recovery Zone or bring your pup to the new PAWS and Play Dog Park! Visit www.nyc.gov/summerstreets for a full line-up of activities and directions.
| | | | | | NYC Plaza Program: Now Accepting Round 7 Applications! We are pleased to announce that Round 7 of the NYC Plaza Program is now open and accepting applications until Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Here is your opportunity to apply for city funds to create a vibrant community gathering place in your neighborhood! >> NYC Plaza Program 2014 >> Guidelines >> Application To learn more about the program we encourage you to attend any one of the five information sessions listed below. If you’re unable to attend, please make sure to read the ‘Guidelines’ thoroughly before applying. Please contact Emily Weidenhof at plazas@dot.nyc.gov or 212-839-4325, if you have any questions. NYC Plaza Program Round 7 Info Sessions: Manhattan Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 10am NYC DOT, 55 Water Street 7 th Floor, Conference Room 707 Bronx Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 10am DOT Bronx Borough Office, 1400 Williamsbridge Road 1 st Floor, Conference Room 125 Brooklyn Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 10am DOT Brooklyn Borough Office, 16 Court Street 16 th Floor, Conference, Room 1605 Staten Island Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 10am Staten Island Borough Hall, 10 Richmond Terrace 3 rd Floor, Room 300 Queens Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 10am Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Boulevard Room 280 | | | | | | NYC DOT Announces Second Phase of Arterial Slow Zones with Fourteen New Locations
As one of the 63 initiatives part of Vision Zero, Arterial Slow Zones expands the combined efforts of DOT and its partners to prevent traffic fatalities and improve safety on New York City streets. The speed limit at all Slow Zones will be lowered by 5 mph and new distinctive signs and increased enforcement by the NYPD will make for safer streets in New York. Citywide, arterials like these make up only 15 percent of total mileage but have accounted for some 60 percent of pedestrian fatalities.
On all Arterial Slow Zones, DOT will update signal timing to maintain mobility, prevent diversions to residential street, while staying consistent with the new speed limit. The locations will also benefit from increased enforcement by the NYPD, with temporary speed boards installed in key locations to alert motorists of the new speed limit. Slow Zone areas will feature distinctive blue-and-white signs with the name of the corridor, complementing the DOT’s existing Neighborhood Slow Zone program.
Beginning this week, the first of this second round of Slow Zones will be implemented at Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, between East 161 Street to Bainbridge Avenue, a five-mile stretch. The speed limit will be lowered by 5 mph and new signs indicating this change will be put up. Jerome Avenue, will be joined by thirteen additional new Arterial Slow Zones in the program’s second phase: Coney Island Avenue, Utica Avenue, and Flatbush Avenue & Flatbush Avenue Extension in Brooklyn; Roosevelt Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue in Queens; Victory Boulevard in Staten Island; Seventh Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, Bowery, Houston Street, Park Avenue, and Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan; and Third Avenue in the Bronx. In total, dangerous speeding will be reduced on more than 65 miles of major corridors that have seen 83 fatalities. “Slow Zones are a critical and widely endorsed element of Vision Zero,” said DOT Commissioner Trottenberg. “We are glad to work closely with local communities in bringing these life saving measures to corridors across the City”.
| | |  | | Reckless Driving Kills
DOT’s Reckless Driving Kills public safety awareness campaign engages with drivers on the consequences of dangerous driving. The campaign can be seen and heard across the city through throughout the summer—on bus shelters and billboards, in movie theatre previews and on the radio.
“Reckless Driving Kills” captures the images of grieving family members at the fatal crash sites of their loved ones, asking New Yorkers to slow down and drive with caution. DOT is grateful for the courage of Audrey Anderson, whose son Andre was killed in 2005 on his bicycle in Queens, and David Shepard, whose fiancé Sonya Powell was killed in 2009 in a Baychester Avenue crosswalk in the Bronx. By sharing their stories, we hope to bring awareness to the critical need for safer New York City streets.
Looking Ahead NYCDOT will continue education efforts with our HIQA and Safety Education Street Teams, in coordination with NYPD and will continue to develop public communications tools aimed at reducing speeding, failure-to-yield and other forms of reckless driving.
| | |  | | Experience the Jamaica Bay Greenway NYC DOT is currently leading a community-driven planning process to complete and enhance the Jamaica Bay Greenway. Save the date to attend one of the planning workshops around Jamaica Bay! - 09.30.2014, Canarsie/Spring Creek
- 10.07.2014, Howard Beach/Ozone Park
- 10.16.2014, Rockaway/Broad Channel
- 10.22.2014, Marine Park/Sheepshead Bay
For more information about the project, download the NEW! Jamaica Bay Greenway Guide! Click Here! Sign up to be notified of upcoming workshops, here. | | | See all DOT current projects » | | | |
| | | Upcoming Events | | | Free Bicycle Helmet Fitting 8/05/2014, 5:00 pm- 8:30 pm Brooklyn Borough Hall (Plaza Area), Brooklyn Hearing on Proposed Rules 8/07/2014, 10:00 am- 1:00 pm NYCDOT Bid Room A, Manhattan Free Bicycle Helmet Fitting 8/09/2014, 7:00 am- 12:30 pm Summer Streets , Manhattan Bike-and-Hike Nature Walk 8/10/2014, 9:30 am- 2:00 pm Ave J and E 105th St, Brooklyn Car Seat Fitting 8/12/2014, 3:00 pm- 6:00 pm Bergen Beach Sports Complex, Brooklyn Alternate Side Parking Suspended 8/15/2014, All Day Citywide, All Boroughs Hearing on Proposed Revocable Consents 8/20/2014, 2:00 pm- 2:30 pm 55 Water Street, 9th Floor, Room 945, Manhattan Car Seat Fitting and Safety Check 8/23/2014, 10:00 am- 2:00 pm Safety City, Manhattan Alternate Side Parking Suspended 9/01/2014, All Day Citywide, All Boroughs Car Seat Fitting and Safety Check 9/20/2014, 10:00 am- 2:00 pm Safety City, Manhattan | | | | | | | | | | | See all DOT upcoming DOT events » | | | |
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