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.

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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

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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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3 Capital Improvements

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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

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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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THANK YOU!

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