1. DOT ACADEMY:
A Workshop to Improve
Streets in Your
Community

2. What are DOT’s
priorities?

4. A State of Good Repair
Safety
Mobility
Improving Public Space
Planning for the Future

7. A State of Good Repair
Safety
Mobility
Improving Public Space
Planning for the Future

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11. Safe Routes to School

12. Safe Streets for Seniors

13. Safe Routes to Transit

14. Safe Routes to Transit

15. A State of Good Repair
Safety
Mobility
Improving Public Space
Planning for the Future

16. Colored bus lanes Increased enforcement
Signal prioritization Off-Board Fare Collection
Make Streets Work for Buses

17. Staten Island Ferry Private ferry network
Expanding East River service Additional ferry opportunities
More Ferries

18. Promote Cycling

19. NYC Cycling Map High-Visibility Bicycle Lane
Bedford Ave. Bicycle Parking LOOK Advertising Campaign
Promote Cycling

20. A State of Good Repair
Safety
Mobility
Improving Public Space
Planning for the Future

21. Public Plaza Initiative

22. Pearl Street, Brooklyn

23. Pearl Street, Brooklyn

24. nyc.gov/plazas
NYC Plaza Program

25. Temporary Pedestrian Streets

26. A State of Good Repair
Safety
Mobility
Improving Public Space
Planning for the Future

27. Businesses
Buses
Traffic
Pedestrians
Congested Corridors

28. IN PROGRESS
Church Avenue
Woodhaven Boulevard
Amboy Road
White Plains Road
West 181st Street
Congested Corridors

29. PLANNED
Liberty Avenue
Broadway (Bk)
14th Street
East Gun Hill Road
Flatbush Avenue
Congested Corridors

30. Frequent Concerns

31. Sidewalks

32. Sidewalks

33. Pothole Hummock
Grating Utility work
Street Repairs

34. Manhole cover Cave-in
Ponding
Street Repairs

35. Street Lights

36. When Signals Help
 Conflicts between
pedestrians, bicyclists
and motorists
 Big, busy streets
 High accident locations
Traffic Signals

37. Warrants
1. Eight-hour vehicle volumes
2. Four-hour vehicle volumes
3. Peak Hour vehicle volumes
4. Pedestrian Volumes
5. School Crossings
6. Crash Experience
7. Coordinated Signal System
8. Roadway Network
Traffic Signals

38. Enhancing Existing Signals
Dedicated turns All-way stop
Corridor timing Countdown signals
Traffic Signals

39. Capital Projects

40. NYC Parking Card
Park Smart
Angle parking
Parking

41. Can I stop to drop Can I stop to load Is waiting
off or pick up or unload a allowed?
passengers? package?
No Stopping
Sign NO NO NO
No Standing
Sign YES NO NO
No Parking
Sign YES YES NO
Parking

42. Curb cuts
Fire hydrants
Double parking
Parking

43. Trucks

44. NYC Truck Map Truck directional signs
Truck prohibitions Loading zones
Trucks

45. Case Studies

46. Hollis Avenue and 205th Street
IS 192
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I S 19
School Safety

47. School Safety

48. 111th Avenue and 204th Street
92
IS 1
IS 192
School Safety

49. School Safety

50. 111th Avenue and 204th Street
School Safety

51. Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn
Center
Median
Left Turn
Bays
Traffic Calming

52. Traffic Calming

53. Traffic Calming

54. Traffic Calming

55. 9th Avenue, Manhattan
Complete Streets

56. Complete Streets

57. Refuge islands Muni-meters
Loading zones
Complete Streets

58. Be Involved

59.  For day-to-day concerns, the best place to
start is 311.
 Most issues or complaints can be
reported.
 Check the status of a complaint by calling
back or online.
311

60. www.nyc.gov/DOT
Report problems with:
 Street Defects
 Street lights
 Traffic signs
 Construction projects
 CityRacks
Check out a list of current
projects
Online

61. The Bronx Connie Moran (212) 748-6680
Brooklyn Joe Palmieri (718) 222-7259
Manhattan Margaret Forgione (212) 487-8341
Lower Manhattan Luis Sanchez (212) 788-8989
Queens Maura McCarthy (718) 286-0826
Staten Island Tom Cocola (718) 816-2373
 Larger concerns
 Area-wide issues
 On-going or unresolved problems
Borough Commissioners