1. New York’s Comprehensive Traffic Safety Policy!
! Presented at Transforming Transportation 2013!
! Jon Orcutt!
! Policy Director!
! New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT)!
Transforming Transportation 2013!

2. New York’s Comprehensive Traffic Safety Policy
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3. 21st Century Streets
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9. Goal setting
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o Cut annual traffic fatalities by 50% (from 2007 level)
o Implement system of rapid bus lines
o Institute programs to treat streets as public space
o Double bicycle commuting from 2007 to 2012 !

11. Safety Programs
• High crash locations
• Traffic calming
• Safe routes to school
• Slow school zones
• Residential slow zones
• Safe streets for seniors
• Bike lane network
• Intersection daylighting
• Safe routes to transit
• Public campaigns
• DOT Education!

12. City of pedestrians
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14. Why not walk? !
22% of personal car trips are under a mile
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17. Continual analysis !
All ! Pedestrians !

22. Street and intersection engineering
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Safety integral to project design

30. Injuries to motorists down 63%,
pedestrian injuries down 35% !

31. 9th Avenue!
• Crashes of all kinds down 56%
• Bicycle volumes up by 69%!

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Regulations and technology

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Public message

45. youtube.com/user/nycdot
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49. New York and other cities
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50. o www.nyc.gov/dot
o www.facebook.com/NYCDOT
o @NYC_DOT !

51. Transforming Transportation 2013!
! Co-organized by EMBARQ and The World Bank!
! More information at:!
! EMBARQ.org!
! worldbank.org/transport!
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Transforming Transportation 2013!