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SAFETYPROJECT DEVELOPMENTBEFORE–AFTER TRACKINGMost of DOT street improvement projects result directly fromthis ongoing analysis of safety conditions as well as input fromelected officials and the public, especially those meant to protectpedestrians and cyclists. Following location identification, DOTundertakes field inspections and audit reports. A wide rangeof safety improvements are considered: signal timing changes,markings installations, turn restrictions, parking/loading and othersign installations, lane designations and concrete construction.Based on the appropriate improvement, data is ordered to analyze,support and verify the treatment. A design is then drafted andsubmitted for internal approvals and community review. This processcould take between six months to a year, based on the complexity ofthe intersection or corridor and the proposed improvement.Continued success in making New York City streets safer requireslearning from experience to identify and implement the mosteffective approaches to street design. During the past six years,NYCDOT has dramatically stepped–up results tracking from changesin street design. DOT’s annual Sustainable Streets Index and the2012 Measuring the Street report are manifestations of thissustained workUntil NYCDOT began to systematically implement and evaluatestreet improvement projects, there was relatively little dataavailable, locally or nationally, showing the effectiveness of projectsthat combined traffic engineering and the newer traffic calmingtechniques, particularly in large, dense urban street networks likethat of NYC. As NYCDOT projects were completed, however, agencyplanners were able to systematically evaluate the effectivenessof each project on a broad range of evaluation metrics, includingtraffic safety.Continual research and review feeds back into future projectdesign and provides NYCDOT and the public with the opportunityto make highly informed choices about the future of the City’sstreetscape, especially in making our streets safer.Sustainable Streets: 2013 and Beyond37
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