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Table 4.1 High Pedestrian Crash Locations Based on Crash Data Manhattan 33 rd Street at Park Avenue* 7 th Avenue at 34 th Street* † Essex Street at Delancey Street* 14 th Street at Sixth Avenue* 7 th Avenue at 145 th Street* † 8 th Avenue at 42 nd Street* 3 rd Avenue at 42 nd Street* 8 th Avenue at 34 th Street* 1 st Avenue at 14 th Street* † 6 th Avenue at Broadway † 125 th Street at Lexington Avenue † Amsterdam Avenue at 125 th Street † 9 th Avenue at 42 nd Street † 6 th Avenue at 42 nd street † 5 th Avenue at 135 th Street † 2 nd Avenue at 14 th Street † 6 th Avenue at 57 th Street † The Bronx Grand Concourse at 170 th Street* Grand Concourse at 183 rd Street* Grand Concourse at 167 th Street* Grand Concourse at 161 st Street* Webster Avenue at Fordham Road* † Bruckner Blvd. at Hunts Point Ave.* Gun Hill Road at White Plains Rd.* 3 rd Ave. at Melrose Ave.* University Ave. at Burnside Ave.* University Ave. at Fordham Rd.* † Castle Hill Avenue at Westchester Ave. † Burnside Avenue at Jerome Avenue † 188 th Street at Webster Avenue † 180 th Street at Southern Boulevard † Concourse Village East at 161 st Street † 188 th Street at Fordham Road † Bainbridge Avenue at Fordham Road † 225 th Street at White Plains Road † Tremont Avenue at Jerome Avenue † Bainbridge Avenue at Gun Hill Road † Brooklyn Utica Avenue at Eastern Parkway* † Atlantic Ave. at Nostrand Ave.* Eastern Parkway at Franklin Ave.* Fulton St. at Flatbush Ave.* Eastern Parkway at Nostrand Ave.* Church Ave. at Flatbush Ave.* † Avenue U at Flatbush Ave.* Flatlands Ave. at Rockaway Pkwy* Utica Ave. at Church Ave.* Gold St. at Flatbush Ave.* 20 th Avenue at 86 th Street † Flatbush Ave. at Nostrand Ave. † Parkside Ave. at Ocean Ave. † Church Ave. at Nostrand Ave. † Hopkinson Ave. at Atlantic Ave. † Nostrand Ave. at Avenue X † 86 th Street at Bay Parkway † Flatbush Ave. Ext. at DeKalb Ave. † Albemarle RD at Flatbush Ave. † Atlantic Avenue at Pennsylvania Avenue†† Flatbush Ave at Empire Blvd & Ocean Ave †† Flatbush Avenue at Avenue U †† Queens 63 rd Dr. at Queens Blvd.* Hillside Ave. at Parsons Blvd.* Main St. at Roosevelt Ave.* † Jamaica Ave. at Parsons Blvd.* Archer Ave. at Sutphin Blvd.* † 46 th St. at Queens Blvd.* 71 st Ave. at Queens Blvd.* Union St. at Northern Blvd.* Archer Ave. at Parsons Blvd.* Northern Blvd. at Parson Blvd. † 40 th Road at Main Street † Fresh Pond Rd. at Metropolitan Ave. † Kissena Blvd. at Main Street † 103 Rd. Ave. at 117 th Street † Main Street Sanford Ave. † Jamaica Ave. at Woodhaven Blvd † (Continued on next page) NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Study 44
Table 4.1 Continued Staten Island Hylan Boulevard St. Marks Pl. at Victory Blvd.* Hylan Blvd. at New Dorp Lane* Morningstar Rd. at Forest Ave.* Tysens Lane at Hylan Blvd.* Hylan Blvd. at Jefferson Ave.* Hylan Blvd. at Midland Ave.* Victory Blvd. at Richmond Ave.* Cebra Ave. at Victory Blvd.* Manor Rd. at Victory Blvd.* Forest Ave. at Van Pelt Ave.* Bay Street at Street Marks Place † Nassau County Hempstead, particularly near the bus terminal Near Hofstra University Nassau Road Babylon Turnpike Centennial Avenue near Roosevelt Zip Code Areas 11550, 11575, 11553, 11020, 11590, and 11501** Putnam County Routes 9, 164, and 311 Suffolk County Route 25 Sunrise Highway Main St. (Rt 25A), Cold Spring Harbor*** Routes 110/25A, Huntington*** Route 110, Huntington Station*** Route 110, North Amityville*** Great Neck Road, North Amityville and Copiague*** Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst*** Straight Path/Wyandanch*** Fifth/Suffolk Aves, Brentwood/Bay Shore*** Suffolk Avenue, Central Islip*** Carleton Avenue, Islip/Islip Terrace*** Routes 27A/112, Patchogue*** CR 80/46, Shirley*** Route 112, Port Jefferson Station*** Route 25/Eastwood Blvd., Centereach*** Main Street/Maple Avenue, Smithtown*** Indian Head Road/Rt. 25A, Kings Park*** Westchester County Central Avenue Route 119 from Tarrytown to White Plains Rockland County Route 306 Hasidic neighborhood Main Street in New City New Hempstead Road Notes and Sources for Table 4.1 * Based on Ten Highest Intersections based on 1995 to 2001 pedestrian injuries and fatalities (based on NYS DMV database); Source: Transportation Alternatives CrashStat web page, available at: http://www.transalt.org/crashmaps/index.html ** The Zip Code areas with the highest (over 3.0) Pedestrian Injury Hospitatliation Rates per 10,000 Population from 1992 to 2002, in Pedestrian Injuries and Fatalities in Nassau County [Available at: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Health/Docs/PDF/PedestrianWeb1203.pdf *** Suffolk County Police Department, March 2004. † Top ten locations for each Borough from List of High Pedestrian Crash Locations 2000, provided by New York City Department of Transportation. †† Three locations reported in Pedestrian/Traffic Safety Mitigation Project, Urbitran for Borough of Brooklyn, 2002. NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Study 45
Page 1 and 2: New York Metropolitan Transportatio
Page 3 and 4: 1. Report No. 2. Government Accessi
Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1
Page 7 and 8: Table of Figures 2.1 Ten Year Trend
Page 9 and 10: I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Study Origin an
Page 11 and 12: in the United States; the 2004 data
Page 13 and 14: Table 1.1 Organizations That Were I
Page 15 and 16: II. BACKGROUND ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
Page 17 and 18: Figure 2.1 Ten Year Trend in Pedest
Page 19 and 20: Figure 2.3 Historic Trend in Annual
Page 21 and 22: than fatality rates.) The most noti
Page 23 and 24: III. ORGANIZATIONS FOR PEDESTRIAN S
Page 25 and 26: • Updating and creating new stand
Page 27 and 28: The New York State Metropolitan Pla
Page 29 and 30: getting input from people who have
Page 31 and 32: i. 20% of priority crash locations
Page 33 and 34: located by reference marker (the sm
Page 35 and 36: that the proper signage and other t
Page 37 and 38: and funding has been secured to adv
Page 39 and 40: Westchester County and NYSDOT have
Page 41 and 42: programs in each borough. The NYCDO
Page 43 and 44: IV. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUES IN THE
Page 45 and 46: Drivers: Typical statements about d
Page 47 and 48: • Ability to lift foot high decre
Page 49 and 50: The national data indicates that th
Page 51: Vendors Vendors set up their carts
Page 55 and 56: 4.4 Existing Infrastructure and Lan
Page 57 and 58: Some sidewalks are poorly designed
Page 59 and 60: pedestrian design. At least one per
Page 61 and 62: Crosswalks need to be more visible.
Page 63 and 64: V COUNTERMEASURES AND STRATEGIES Th
Page 65 and 66: timing and street lighting. New Jer
Page 67 and 68: Providing Sidewalks: Walking-along-
Page 69 and 70: the pedestrian crash rate was signi
Page 71 and 72: Speed management through engineerin
Page 73 and 74: nearby streets. Whereas Bus-pedestr
Page 75 and 76: and have geometric curvature that e
Page 77 and 78: Roadway narrowings are used to prov
Page 79 and 80: have experienced a maintenance prob
Page 81 and 82: measures with specific geographic a
Page 83 and 84: and 3.0 feet per second more approp
Page 85 and 86: Figure 5.17 Split Phase Cycle Sourc
Page 87 and 88: Combined Automatic and Actuated Sig
Page 89 and 90: 5.2.5 Visibility To insure safety,
Page 91 and 92: Pedestrian Crosswalk Signs: There a
Page 93 and 94: also be placed next to the stop lin
Page 95 and 96: Table 5.5 Crash Reduction Factors f
Page 97 and 98: ask them to act as role models for
Page 99 and 100: 5.3.3 Educating Local Officials and
Page 101 and 102: • Good planning and organization.
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VI. FUNDING Funding for pedestrian
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York, Projects are chosen by the NY
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NHTSA distributes the Section 402 f
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VII. RECOMMENDATIONS As noted in Ch
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o Safe Routes to School • NYMTC s
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easy to use is residential populati
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REFERENCES American Council of the
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ITE (1998) Design and Safety of Ped
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Parsons Brincherhoff Quade & Dougla
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Intentionally left blank. NYMTC Ped
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Intentionally left blank. NYMTC Ped
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NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Interview f
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12. Do you have any strategies or t
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Appendix B: PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CONTA
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New York City Department of Transpo
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Suffolk County Department of Public
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Appendix C: TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD CO
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Appendix D: ON LINE PEDESTRIAN SAFE
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FARS Query System is an interactive
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Education and Enforcement Counterme
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Appendix E: NEW YORK CITY FATATLIES
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Appendix F: Prompt Lists for Pedest
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Pedestrian Safety Prompt List Gener
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pathway provide direct access to wa
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If so, is there a sign that explain
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