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Summer Streets Continues August 16Summer Streets will take place for three consecutive Saturdays in August (August 9, 16, & 23) from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm. The route will connect the Brooklyn Bridge with Central Park and there will be recommended connections to the Hudson River Greenway, allowing participants to plan a route as long or short as they wish. Thousands of people took part in the first week -- don't miss week two! This event takes a valuable public space - our City's streets - and opens them up to people to play, walk, bike, and breathe. Summer Streets provides more space for healthy recreation and is a part of NYC's greening initiative by encouraging New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation.  Visit the Summer Streets websiteEnter the Summer Streets photo contestRead the press releaseDownload the Summer Streets PSAWindows Media: Download File (20.5 MB) Quicktime: Download File (11.0 MB) | |
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 DOT Launches the NYC Plaza Program This innovative City program will design and build public plazas in partnership with local nonprofit partners. The Plaza Program will transform underused street space into destination-making public plazas across all five boroughs. Through this initiative, DOT will work with local communities to determine sites for new plazas and target those neighborhoods that lack open space. The NYC Plaza Program is part of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC and the department’s strategic plan to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers by ensuring that everyone lives within a 10-minute walk of quality open space. Read more about the program and download the application Read the Press Release
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DOT Transforms Broadway DOT is transforming Broadway at Madison Square Park (see photo above), creating safer conditions for pedestrians and cyclists. Vehicular traffic will also flow more easily down Fifth Avenue as a result. Additional pedestrian space, new crosswalks and bike lanes and simplified patterns for vehicular traffic knit the neighborhood together and provide a more enjoyable experience for the people who live, work, do business in and visit the Flatiron District. Local partners will be providing landscaping and maintenance to enhance the initial furnishings provided by DOT.
Later this summer the DOT will continue the transformation of Broadway with Broadway Boulevard between West 42nd and West 35th Street. The project will create a ribbon of public gathering spaces along with a protected bicycle lane. These gathering spaces will include cafe tables, chairs, umbrellas and planters. Broadway Boulevard will give the hundreds of thousands of people who work in and visit this district more space to both move and sit, easing pedestrian congestion in one of the busiest areas in the entire City. Read more about this project
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Next 135 Schools Identified for Safe Routes Program NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced the second set of 135 public and private schools to be targeted for far-reaching street safety enhancements under the DOT's Safe Routes to Schools program. The program has already completed short-term improvements at the first set of schools across all five boroughs, bringing improved crosswalks, new traffic medians and other traffic-calming measures such as speed bumps, new traffic signals and improved signs around 135 schools. DOT identified the new priority schools looking at accident data around 1,436 public, private and parochial elementary and middle schools. Of these new schools, 25 are in the Bronx, 46 in Brooklyn, 23 in Manhattan, 33 in Queens and eight in Staten Island. Read the press releaseSee the list of schoolsFind the RFP
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Sustainable Streets: NYCDOT Launches New Strategic Plan NYCDOT's strategic plan brings a green approach to transportation that will simultaneously ease travel conditions in our growing city while squarely facing the problem of climate change. More transportation choices and more reliable travel -and streets that serve as public places in and of themselves-will improve our commutes and environment and represent a new frontier in efforts to improve the quality of life in New York City. Read the planRead the press release
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Best Bicycle Route and Viewing Locations for The New York City Waterfalls Enjoy The New York City Waterfalls on two wheels. DOT’s map and cue sheet shows the best bike route, viewing locations, subway stations and other destination points. Download your free copy here. Olafur Eliasson’s The New York City Waterfalls are presented by the Public Art Fund, in collaboration with the City of New York. Download the map and cue sheet Read more about The New York City Waterfalls
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2007 Safe Streets NYC: Traffic Safety Improvements in New York City This annual report describes the Department’s efforts to improve pedestrian and traffic safety at locations that have repeatedly been the site of traffic or pedestrian-related accidents. |
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DOT Truck and Commercial Vehicle Information DOT has created a one-stop shop for all commercial vehicle and truck information pertaining to New York City. This comprehensive resource provides helpful information on everything from vehicle classification, size and weight restrictions, truck routing and commercial parking as well as links to the DOT’s Truck Route Management and Community Impact Reduction Study material. In addition, the 2007 NYC Truck Route Maps are now available: view upper section (pdf) and lower section (pdf) or request a hard copy through the mail or by calling the New York City Call Center at 311 (212) NEW-YORK from outside the City. | |
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Bike Helmets and Fittings While supplies last, the official New York City bicycle helmet will be fitted and distributed free of charge at DOT Safety City locations. | |
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