VISION ZERO IN
FORT GREENE / CLINTON HILL
January 26, 2016
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Vision Zero in Fort Greene / Clinton Hill
IN THIS PRESENTATION
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1 Vision Zero
Overview
Strategies
Accomplishments
2 Operational
Improvements
Completed Projects
2016 Projects
Future Projects
3 Capital
Improvements
In Progress
Future Projects
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1 Vision Zero Overview
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Public Policy + Mindset Change
WHAT IS VISION ZERO?
The goal of Vision Zero
is to protect the public
and end traffic deaths
and injuries.
Death and injury on city streets is not
acceptable, and we will no longer
regard serious crashes as inevitable.
- Mayor Bill de Blasio
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Strategies and Tools to Make Streets Safer
ACHIEVING VISION ZERO
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ENGINEERING ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION
Multi-Agency Involvement led by City Hall
LEGISLATION
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2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Leading Pedestrian Intervals 16
Speed Bumps 187
Protected Bike Lanes (Miles) 6.5
Failure to Yield Summons 10,808
Speeding Summons 77,828
417
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39,852
134,426
2506%
82%
91%
268%
72%
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Safer Street Design
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
102 corridor and intersection safety projects at VZ priority locations
137 projects completed overall
Several in Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill Area
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Safer Streets
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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2015:
Fewest traffic deaths recorded
in any year since 1910.
2014:
Fewer people killed or severely injured
in crashes than in any previous year
for which the City has data.
Pedestrian fatalities are also down
but work continues to maintain this
progress.
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OVERVIEW
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Completed
Planned
for 2016
Future
Park Ave
Nassau Ave 4
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1. VZ Pedestrian Safety
2. Bus Lane Upgrade
3. VZ Bike Lane & Shared Lane
4. VZ Pedestrian Access
5. VZ Intersection Safety
6. Neighborhood Slow Zone
7. Bicycle Facility
8. Bike Facility Upgrade
9. Intersection Sidewalk Extension
10. Intersection Turn Lanes
11. Pedestrian Access
12. Intersection Improvements
13. Pedestrian Access
14. Intersection Improvements and
Public Space
15. Intersection Improvements
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Operational Improvements
SELECT COMPLETED PROJECTS
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1. Atlantic at Washington
Pedestrian Safety Improvements
3. Franklin between Atlantic and Empire
Bicycle Facilities
4. Gold between Sands and Nassau
Pedestrian Access
6. Clinton Hill Neighborhood Slow Zone
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Atlantic at
Washington
Pedestrian Safety
Improvements
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Franklin between
Atlantic and Empire
Bicycle Facilities
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Gold between Sands
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Pedestrian Access
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Clinton Hill
Neighborhood Slow Zone
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Operational Improvements
PLANNED PROJECTS 2016
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Lafayette
between Fulton
and Classon
Bike Facility
Upgrade
Lafayette at
Cumberland
Sidewalk
Extension
Clinton between
Flushing and
Atlantic
Bicycle Facility
Gold between
Sands and York
Pedestrian
Access
Bedford at
Fulton
Turn Lanes
and Sidewalk
Extension
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Lafayette between
Fulton and Classon
Bike Facility Upgrade
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Widen parking lane next to remaining
general traffic lane
Upgrade existing facility and Install buffered bicycle lane Accommodates bus traffic
and high bike volumes
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Lafayette between
Fulton and Classon
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Lafayette at
Cumberland
Sidewalk Extension
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Add Sidewalk Extension
Existing Conditions
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Gold between Sands and York
Pedestrian Access
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Expand existing median
Add parking along median
Add midblock crosswalk
Pedestrian refuge at intersections
EXISTING CONDITIONS
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Remove one moving lane in each direction
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Bedford at Fulton
Turn Lanes and
Sidewalk Extension
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• Create left turn lane • Align through movement • Minimize back pressure • Shorten crossing distance • Pending CB outreach
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Clinton between
Flushing and Atlantic
Bicycle Facility
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• Investigate converting Clinton Avenue to one-way northbound to install a two-way parking protected bicycle lane on east curb
• Potential to include landscaped pedestrian islands
• Pending outreach and final feasibility analysis
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POTENTIAL
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Clinton between
Flushing and Atlantic
Bicycle Facility
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Clinton Avenue Vehicle Volumes
Northbound midweek peak
• 146 VPH
• 2188 AADT
Southbound midweek peak
• 290 VPH
• 2762 AADT
Vanderbilt Avenue Bike Volumes (Existing Shared Lane Connector)
Between Fulton and Atlantic
• 1,962 weekday
• 1,338 weekend
Between Dekalb and Lafayette
• 933 weekday
• 632 weekend
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Operational Projects In Planning
FUTURE PROJECTS
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Atlantic between
6th and Waverly
Intersection
Improvements
Park between Navy
and Ryerson
Pedestrian Access
Park Avenue, Existing Conditions
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Operational Projects In Planning
Ongoing Construction Constraints
FUTURE PROJECTS
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Flatbush at
3rd/Lafayette
Intersection
Improvements and
Public Space
Flatbush and
Atlantic
Intersection
Improvements
Flatbush Corridor Walkthrough
October 2015
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OVERVIEW
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In Progress
Future
1. Atlantic between Flatbush and 6th
Corridor upgrades
2. Myrtle Ave
Public Space and Intersection
Improvements
3. Fowler Square
Plaza Upgrades
4. Flatbush between DeKalb and State
Median Installation
5. Fulton Street
Sidewalk Extensions
6. Times Plaza
Public Space Upgrades
7. Gates at Fulton
Intersection Improvements
8. Flatbush from 6th Ave to 8th Ave
Intersection Improvements
9. Putnam Plaza
Public Space Upgrades
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• Median • Shorter Safer Crossings • Traffic Calming • Slower Turns at S. Portland/6th Ave • Midblock Crosswalk
Corridor Upgrades
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• New Public Space • Shorter Crossings • Closed Slip Road • Reduced Conflicts
MYRTLE AVE PLAZA
Public Space and Intersection
Improvements
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• Plaza Upgrade • New Sidewalk
Extension on S. Elliot and Fulton
FOWLER SQUARE
Plaza Upgrades
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• Landscaped Median • Extension of Existing
Project • Currently Unfunded
FLATBUSH BETWEEN
DEKALB AND STATE
Median Installation
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Atlantic Ave
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Atlantic Ave
• Plaza Upgrade • Planning workshop tomorrow
• Wednesday, January 27th • 6:30pm • YWCA Brooklyn, 30 Third Ave
TIMES PLAZA
Public Space Upgrades
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Design Concept
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• Sidewalk Extensions at Select Intersections
• Including S. Portland • In Development
FULTON STREET
SIDEWALK EXTENSIONS
Intersection Improvements
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DRAFT
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• Enlarged sidewalk • Shorter Crossings • Normalizes intersection
GATES AVE
SIDEWALK EXTENSION
Intersection Improvements
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• Plaza Upgrade • New Sidewalk
Extension on Grand Ave
PUTNAM PLAZA
Plaza Upgrades
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FLATBUSH AT 6TH AVE.
Corridor Improvements
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FLATBUSH AT 7TH AVE.
Corridor Improvements
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