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Here's How The City Plans To Protect Pedestrians In Staten Island & The Bronx
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Feb 21, 2015
Modified Feb 21, 2015
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The Department of Transportation and the NYPD have released pedestrian safety plans for the Bronx and Staten Island, as part of sweeping Vision Zero reform that aims to eliminate pedestrian fatalities and injuries citywide.
According to the DOT, 40 pedestrians in Staten Island are seriously injured and seven are killed each year; there's also been an 11 percent uptick in pedestrian deaths over the past 30 years. The City has identified 16 "Priority Corridors," 17 "Priority Intersections" and seven square miles of area that have seen high instances of pedestrian injury or death, and notes that 90 percent of pedestrian deaths involve passenger vehicles.
Particularly dangerous corridors include New Dorp Lane from Richmond Road to Cedar Grove Avenue, Vanderbilt Avenue from Bay Street to Richmond Road, and Slosson Avenue from Martling Avenue to Todt Hill Road. Priority intersections include Hylan Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue; Steuben Street and Mosel Avenue, and Manor Road and Victory Boulevard.
Armed with their new data, the DOT says they plan to install speed cameras at identified intersections, corridors and areas; expand and add pedestrian crossing time at priority corridors and intersections; and amplify the borough's bike network, in addition to other pedestrian safety efforts. You can peruse the whole plan here [pdf].
As for the Bronx, the DOT says about 27 pedestrians are killed by drivers each year, with 31 percent of fatal crashes occurring from midnight to 6 a.m. Investigations yielded 25 Priority Corridors, 46 Priority Intersections and eight square miles of area prone to crashes and fatalities. The City has named intersections like East 170th Street and Grand Concourse; Hunts Point Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard, and University Avenue and West Fordham Road as particularly problematic. Identified corridors include Fordham Road from the Bronx River Parkway to University Heights Bridge, and Grand Concourse between 138th Street and Mosholu Parkway.
As with Staten Island, the City intends to expand and add pedestrian crossing time at dangerous intersections and expand the borough's bike network. The DOT says they'll also add more lighting under elevated trains and assign more traffic officers to enforce speeding rules late at night to prevent fatal crashes. You can peruse that plan here [pdf].
The DOT has also laid out Vision Zero pedestrian plans for Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. The initiative aims to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2024.
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