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Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Improvements
Presentation to: Community Board 2 March 16, 2010
Flushing Avenue
Flushing Avenue Brooklyn Waterfront GreenwayImprovements
Agenda1. Background2. Existing Conditions3. Proposed Street Design4. Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Next Steps
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Background: History
1993 – Greenway Plan for NYC1997 – Bicycle Master Plan2005 – Brooklyn Greenway Initiative’s (BGI) and Regional Planning Association’s (RPA) plan for Community Boards 2 and 62008 – Brooklyn Greenway Initiative’s and Regional Planning Association’s Plan for Community Board 12008 – UPROSE’s Conceptual Plan for Sunset Park Greenway2009 – DOT-Sponsored Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Master PlanThroughout the process DOT has implemented portions of the Greenway
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DOT’s Role – Pedestrian Improvements
Hillside Avenue, Queens DUMBO, Brooklyn 12th Ave, Manhattan
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DOT’s Role – Bicycle Improvements
NYC Criteria• Safety to cyclists and
other street users• Accessibility &
Directness to major origins/ destinations
• Connections with other routes
• Attractiveness of the route
• Low conflicts with other users
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Existing Conditions
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Existing Conditions
High Bicycle Volume / No Bicycle Facilities / High Truck Volume
Bike CountsWeekday - 313 bicycles per dayWeekend - 337 bicycles per dayBased on 12 Hour (7am-7pm), June 2009
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design: Objectives
Objective 1: Improve safety for all street users.Objective 2: Better utilize roadway.Objective 3: Implement long-envisioned greenway.Objective 4: Maintain vehicle access and mobility. Objective 5: Green the corridor.
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
• One-Way Conversion• 2-Way Protected Bike Path• 2 Lanes of Parking• Planted Islands
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NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
Objective 1: Improve safety for all street users.
1) One-Way street reduces conflicts
2) Shorter, simpler crossings3) Two-Way protected
bicycle lane
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
Simpler Movements = Safer Street
• Pedestrians vs. left turning vehicles
• Pedestrians vs. right turning vehicles
• Bikes vs. left turning vehicles
• Bikes vs. right turning vehicles
• Thru vehicles vs. left turning vehicles
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NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
Shorter Crossings = Safer Street
• Crossing only one direction of traffic
• Crossing distance reduced from 50’ to 31’
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
Objective 2: Better utilize roadway
• Westbound one-way does not change dominant movement
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NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
• Park Avenue can carry 500-700 cars per hour
Maximum Potential Eastbound Park Ave Volume (absorbs Eastbound Flushing Volume)
Existing Eastbound Park Ave Volume
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Capacity of Park Avenue (2 Lanes)
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
Objective 3: Implement long-envisioned greenway
• Link into the existing bicycle network
• Further extend the Greenway
Sands Street
Williamsburg Street West
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
Objective 4: Maintain Vehicle Access and Mobility
• One-way conversion leads to less local truck traffic
• Turning movements are less complex
• Keeps trucks on the BQE • Clymer Street is an
important truck entrance to the Navy Yard
• Access to and from Flushing Avenue possible on existing and proposed truck network
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
Entering Flushing Corridor• Truck traffic from the West
will be diverted to Flushing Avenue Exit
• Truck traffic from the East will remain the same
Exiting Flushing Corridor• Flexibility built into Navy
Yard internal circulation• Other trucks will use Sands
Street BQE Entrance and Nassau Street Manhattan Bridge Entrance.
• Truck traffic from the East will remain the same
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
Objective 5: Green the corridor.
• Protected bike lanes are great opportunities for landscaping
• Planted Medians / Pedestrian Refuges
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Street Design
• One-Way Conversion• 2-Way Protected Bike Path• 2 Lanes of Parking• Planted Islands
MovingLane
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Parking10’5’ 10’5’
Parking9’
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Median/Island/Buffer
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Next Steps
Manhattan Ave. Street End Park, Greenpoint
Flushing Avenue ImplementationCommunity Input – 2010Implementation – July, 2010
Master Planning ProcessMaster Plan Process – March 2010 - 2012Process will include a plan for 14-milesOutreach Meetings for all segments start March 25th
− Downtown Brooklyn – March 25th
− Sunset Park – April 8th
− Red Hook – April 13th
− Williamsburg/Greenpoint – April 22nd
Continue to Implement and Integrate Greenway into DOT’s Alternative Mode Work Program
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