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SAFETYDOT and NYPD observations indicatethat speeds have lessened in the firstNeighborhood Slow Zone implementedNEIGHBORHOOD SLOW ZONESNEIGHBORHOOD SLOW ZONES APPLICATION TOTAL (2012–2013)Manhattan1058Staten IslandQueens612321BronxInwood Neighborhood Slow ZoneBrooklynNeighborhood Slow Zones is a community–driven program launchedin 2011 that reduces the standard speed limit from 30 mph to20 mph and adds traffic calming features in definable residentialareas. Slow Zones also seek to enhance quality of life in residentialneighborhoods by reducing cut–through traffic and traffic noise.Neighborhood Slow Zones are established in small, self–containedareas that consist primarily of local streets. Gateways consisting ofsigns and markings announce the presence of a Slow Zone. Thezone itself is a self–enforcing, reduced–speed area with speedhumps, “20 MPH” street markings and other traffic calmingtreatments. Slow Zones are implemented in areas with low trafficvolumes and minimal through traffic, where reducing the speed limitwill not cause traffic congestion.DOT creates Neighborhood Slow Zones in response to applicationsfrom communities. Following selection, DOT works with thecommunity to devise a plan to install the Slow Zone. Slow Zonesmust be approved by the Community Board that contains the areadefined in the application, which must also demonstrate local supportfor establishing the zone. DOT does not approve zones that containfire stations and hospitals or are traversed by truck routes.Like the demand for the speed reducer program described inChapter 1, the extremely strong demand for Neighborhood SlowZones that NYCDOT has experienced since the program’s inceptionindicates dramatic public support for traffic safety and control ofspeeding on City streets. 173 neighborhoods across the city appliedto the program in the first two years.Although the program is not yet old enough to have createda strong database, DOT and NYPD observations indicate thatspeeds have lessened in the first 20mph Neighborhood Slow Zone,implemented in the Claremont section of the Bronx in 2012. During2013, DOT is implementing a further 13 Neighborhood Slow Zones.In London, the introduction of 20 mph zones was associated with a42% reduction in injuries, as compared to untreated areas. In the UK,average speeds in 20 mph zones have been reduced by 9 mph.Sustainable Streets: 2013 and Beyond41
SAFETYAs the number of red light camerasexpanded, fewer drivers receivedautomated violations for running red lightsRED LIGHT CAMERASENFORCEMENT CAMERAS WORK TO REDUCE RED LIGHT RUNNING907050301001994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012DAILY NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS AT EACH NYC RED LIGHT CAMERA (1994–2012)Since the 1980s, NYCDOT has used red light cameras to help reducered light running and improve safety. The program works to reducecrashes and their severity. DOT has successfully persuaded the NYState Legislature to expand the program several times. It is now atits greatest extent, but should be expanded further as the City seeksever–safer streets.Red light cameras have been an enormously effective trafficsafety measure in New York. Since the program’s inception in1988, cameras have issued over 4 million violations. In 2011 alone,821,483 violations were issued to passenger vehicles, buses, trucksand taxicabs running through red lights.These citations have improved street safety: intersections wherered light cameras were installed saw a 20% decline in all injuries, a31% decrease in pedestrian injuries, and a 25% decrease in seriousinjuries over the three years after the cameras were installed. Redlight running at intersections where the cameras are installed hasdeclined by as much as 40% to 60%. Citywide, the number ofviolations has also declined over time—fewer drivers are gettingred light tickets as the cameras deter violations. Violations issueddeclined by 22% from 2010 to 2011. The City does not makered–light camera locations public in order to extend the cameras’deterrent effect beyond the small number of locations where theyare installed.The decline in NYC red light violations correlates with studiesconducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety a well–recognized research organization. Reviews by the Institute concludethat cameras reduce red light violations by 40–50 percent.The NY State Legislature has extended the duration of thedemonstration program six times since 1991, gradually increasingthe number of intersections where the cameras can be installed.Today, New York has 190 red light cameras at 150 intersections,less than 2% of NYC’s total of 12,000 signalized intersections. Theadvent and expansion of the program broadly coincides with theCity’s dramatic improvement in street safety since the mid–1990s.42Chapter 3: Tools for Safe Streets
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SAFETYDOT and NYPD observations indicatethat speeds have lessened in the firstNeighborhood Slow Zone implementedNEIGHBORHOOD SLOW ZONESNEIGHBORHOOD SLOW ZONES APPLICATION TOTAL (2012–<strong>2013</strong>)Manhattan1058Staten IslandQueens612321BronxInwood Neighborhood Slow ZoneBrooklynNeighborhood Slow Zones is a community–driven program launchedin 2011 that reduces the standard speed limit from 30 mph to20 mph and adds traffic calming features in definable residentialareas. Slow Zones also seek to enhance quality of life in residentialneighborhoods by reducing cut–through traffic and traffic noise.Neighborhood Slow Zones are established in small, self–containedareas that consist primarily of local <strong>streets</strong>. Gateways consisting ofsigns and markings announce the presence of a Slow Zone. Thezone itself is a self–enforcing, reduced–speed area with speedhumps, “20 MPH” street markings and other traffic calmingtreatments. Slow Zones are implemented in areas with low trafficvolumes and minimal through traffic, where reducing the speed limitwill not cause traffic congestion.DOT creates Neighborhood Slow Zones in response to applicationsfrom communities. Following selection, DOT works with thecommunity to devise a plan to install the Slow Zone. Slow Zonesmust be approved by the Community Board that contains the areadefined in the application, which must also demonstrate local supportfor establishing the zone. DOT does not approve zones that containfire stations and hospitals or are traversed by truck routes.Like the demand for the speed reducer program described inChapter 1, the extremely strong demand for Neighborhood SlowZones that NYCDOT has experienced since the program’s inceptionindicates dramatic public support for traffic safety and control ofspeeding on City <strong>streets</strong>. 173 neighborhoods across the city appliedto the program in the first two years.Although the program is not yet old enough to have createda strong database, DOT and NYPD observations indicate thatspeeds have lessened in the first 20mph Neighborhood Slow Zone,implemented in the Claremont section of the Bronx in 2012. During<strong>2013</strong>, DOT is implementing a further 13 Neighborhood Slow Zones.In London, the introduction of 20 mph zones was associated with a42% reduction in injuries, as compared to untreated areas. In the UK,average speeds in 20 mph zones have been reduced by 9 mph.Sustainable Streets: <strong>2013</strong> and Beyond41
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