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SAFETYLEGISLATIVE CODIFICATION OF DOT SAFETY EFFORTSOne mark of the progress of the public dialogue on street safety isthe amount of legislation the NYC City Council has approved tovalidate and ensure the continuation and longevity of NYCDOT’sanalytic and practical approaches to street safety. distraction to awide audience.Local Law 11 of 2008 requires DOT to identify the twentyhighest crash locations based upon a ranking of the totalnumber of crashes involving pedestrians, and to provideinformation on safety improvements that have beenimplemented at identified locations.Local Law 23 of 2008 requires DOT to develop, monitorand report on a set of indicators that allow the agency toimplement a performance driven transportation policy, gearedtoward achieving the sustainability, mobility, infrastructureand quality of life goals set forth in Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC2030 initiative. DOT does this with its annual SustainableStreets Index, which provides extensive before afterinformation on implemented safety projects.Local Law 12 of 2011 requires DOT to publish an updateevery 5 years of its 2010 Pedestrian Safety Study and ActionPlan, identifying the causes, common factors and geographicdistribution of pedestrian crashes in New York City.Local Law 66 of 2011 requires DOT to report on traffic andsafety related data for three years before and one yearafter a project that realigns a City roadway for four or moreconsecutive blocks, or 1,000 consecutive feet of street. DOTclosely tracks the impact of its projects.Sustainable Streets: 2013 and Beyond57