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RESILIENCYIn the days following Hurricane Sandy,transportation and power outages affected8.5 million public transit riders, 4.2 milliondrivers, and 1 million air passengers.BUS BRIDGESIn the days following HurricaneSandy, transportation and poweroutages affected 8.5 million publictransit riders, 4.2 million drivers,and 1 million air passengers.In response, the NYCDOTworked with the MetropolitanTransportation Authority (MTA)and NYPD to institute a series ofmeasures to limit the number ofcars coming into Manhattan. First,cars entering Manhattan’s centralbusiness district were requiredto have three or more occupants,including those crossing the EastRiver Bridges. Second, the NYPD,NYCDOT, implemented three newtemporary, high–capacity, point–to–point bus routes (which quicklybecame known as “bus bridges”),Bus bridges connected DowntownBrooklyn and Williamsburg withMidtown Manhattan, using 300buses that the MTA diverted fromother routes. As part of this, thelower level of the Manhattan Bridgewas turned into a bus only route.Third, the East River Ferry servicepattern was modified to increasecapacity and provide faster servicealong routes with the highestdemand, taking advantage of theinfrastructure already in place andthe vessels on hand.While no bus service can match thecapacity of multiple subway trunklines, the post–Sandy bus bridgesserved much of the demand. Themorning of Friday November2nd, 74,000 people crossed theManhattan Bridge by bus, foot,bike and private vehicle—overthree times the 22,000 figure onWednesday October 31st, whenneither the bus bridge nor HOV3+rules were in effect. On a typicalweekday morning, the ManhattanBridge serves 87,000 Manhattan–bound commuters, 87% of whomare subway passengers. Thecombination of the bus bridge andHOV3+ rules, in conjunction withincreased pedestrian and biketraffic, boosted the ManhattanBridge’s non–subway capacity byover 670%.These measures accomplishedtheir desired goal, moving over226,000 commuters across theEast River—almost triple thenumber able to cross before thesemeasures were in place. The busbridge is a template in case ofsubway outages in the future.TEMPORARY BUS BRIDGES AFTER THE STORMSustainable Streets: 2013 and Beyond203
RESILIENCY72%hours after the storm,Staten Island Ferryservice resumedFlooding at South Ferry subway station after the stormNEW AND EXPANDED FERRY SERVICEGreat Kills FerryRockaway FerryFerries have played crucial roles instorm despite damage to theOne of the services was a temporaryHelping to assist thousands impactedemergencies, climate events andtimes of crisis in New York City.In a waterfront city, ferries canbe quickly deployed to evacuatepeople and can provide redundanttransportation service whenWhitehall and St George ferryterminals. After the return of serviceon 11/1, ridership on the East RiverFerry surged to 2.5 times the levelof a typical weekday morning.Other ferry services are managedferry from Great Kills, Staten Island toManhattan. It launched on November25th 2013 using Federal EmergencyManagement Agency funds and ranfor eight weeks.While the temporary serviceoffered a new transportation optionby Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaways,Mayor Bloomberg, New York CityEconomic Development Corporationand Seastreak provided a temporaryferry service between the Rockawaysand Manhattan starting on November12, 2013. Originally slated tosubways aren’t functioning andbridges and tunnels are closed. Theimportance of ferries was reinforcedafter Sandy.NYCDOT operates the StatenIsland Ferry, a crucial link betweenStaten Island and Manhattan.by the city’s Economic DevelopmentCorporation, but DOT plays animportant role in siting ferry docksand improving access to theservice. EDC and DOT implementedtemporary ferries to providetransportation services for areasfor the weeks immediately followingthe storm, ridership never reachedanticipated levels, and wanedsignificantly in its final weeks. Onaverage, only 114 riders used theservice in each direction each day, orroughly 19 passengers per boat.run through July, the service wasextended through Labor Day and thenagain until January 2014. The serviceprovided alternative transportationdue to the closure of the A train to theRockaways and R train tunnel betweenManhattan and Brooklyn. Both linesexperience damage after the storm.Thanks to the hard work of NYCDOThardest hit by the storm, includingstaff during the storm serviceservices to Great Kills and theresumed just 72 hours after theRockaways.204Chapter 16: Restoring Mobility after the Storm
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Sustainable Streets:2013 and Beyond
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CONTENTS4 Letter from the Mayor5 Co
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Letter from the MayorDear Friends:T
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Introduction44acres red paintedbus
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10Safety
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SAFETYSustainable Streets set the g
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SAFETYchildren and the elderly. On
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SAFETY14%decrease in crashesafter S
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SAFETY84%decrease in pedestrianinju
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SAFETY“Interventions to make the
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SAFETY73%decrease in risk ofserious
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SAFETY36%decline in frequencyof inj
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SAFETYSCHOOL SPEED ZONESTo compleme
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SAFETYAs the number of red light ca
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SAFETYDOT staff visited 4,000 busin
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SAFETY41%decrease in crashes atHarl
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SAFETYFOURTH AVENUE, BROOKLYNReside
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SAFETYOne quarter of New Yorkers su
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SAFETYCurbside Haikus generated a b
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SAFETYThe DOT’s 5 Safety City fac
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SAFETYLooking AheadNew York City mu
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MOBILITYIntroduction44acres of pain
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MOBILITYMOBILITYSustainable Streets
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MOBILITYChapter 5Better Bus Service
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MOBILITYMOBILITYSustainable Streets
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MOBILITY10%increased ridershipon th
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MOBILITYAdditional Bus Priority Pro
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MOBILITYSustainable Streets: 2013 a
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MOBILITYNYCDOT identified dozens of
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MOBILITYREGULATING INTERCITY BUSEST
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MOBILITYChapter 6A City of Rivers a
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MOBILITYSTATEN ISLAND FERRYEAST RIV
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MOBILITYChapter 7Streets for All:Im
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MOBILITYIn corridors like Kent Aven
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MOBILITYBUILDINGS THAT ALLOW ACCESS
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MOBILITY5million trips in first150
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MOBILITYSome CitiBikes are used doz
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MOBILITY86%increase in wintercyclin
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MOBILITYNYCDOT has found walking ra
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MOBILITYWalkNYC provides user-frien
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MOBILITYChapter 8Vehicles and Parki
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MOBILITYNYCDOT converted 13,000 met
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MOBILITYJACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOO
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MOBILITYLooking AheadDemand is grow
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MOBILITYPOSSIBLE BUS RAPID TRANSIT
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WORLD CLASS STREETSIntroduction72%o
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WORLD CLASS STREETS172%increase in
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WORLD CLASS STREETSChapter 10Broadw
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WORLD CLASS STREETSChapter 11Design
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WORLD CLASS STREETSThe design of NY
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Page 182 and 183: INFRASTRUCTURE$261million stimulusa
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