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Vanderbilt AvenueLandscaped Medians and Bicycle Lanes
NYC Department of TransportationOffice of Alternate Modes
April 2008Presentation to Brooklyn Community Board 8
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• Bicycle Fatality & Serious Injury Study – Improve Safety
• Mayor’s PlaNYC – A Greener Transportation Network
• 1997 Bicycle Master Plan
• Stakeholder Requests to Improve Corridor
• Improving Pedestrian Connections & Safety
Why are we here?
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Bicycle Network Development• 200 Mile, 3 Year Bicycle Route Commitment• Targeting Areas of High Demand & Key Connections
Traffic Calming & Corridor Greening Initiatives• Target corridors with safety and/or quality of life concerns• Leverage bike network expansion to improve streets for all users• Apply varied city resources to significantly improve key streets
– Street repaving– Signs & markings– Small island construction– Parks Department’s Greenstreets program
NYC DOT Bicycle & Traffic Calming Projects
Carlton Ave: New median, landscaping and bike lanes on repaved street
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Successful 2006 Traffic CalmingBefore Traffic
CalmingAfter Traffic
CalmingPercent traveling above speed limit (30 MPH) 76% 27%
85th Percentile 40 MPH 33 MPH
• Dramatic decrease in speeding• More than 25% are still speeding
• Additional traffic calming justified
Existing Vanderbilt Avenue traffic calming design
• Adequate Traffic Operations Maintained• No Traffic Diversions
Southbound Volume Comparison:Before-After Traffic Calming
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Northbound Volume Comparions:Before-After Traffic Calming
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Successful 2006 Traffic Calming
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Project Intentions
9th St, Brooklyn: 2-way street with Bicycle Lane, a Moving Lane and Turning Lanes
1. Creating Dedicated Cycling Space2. Improving Pedestrian Comfort & Safety3. Further Calm Traffic for All Street Users4. Improve Streetscape
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Key Bicycle Network Connection
Linkage with Cross-Brooklyn Dean-Bergen Bike Lane Pair
Linkage to Prospect Park
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Vanderbilt Ave Attracts Cyclists
Vanderbilt Avenue is frequented by Brooklynites biking to Prospect Park or for local errands
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Cyclists Attracted by Safer, Calmer Vanderbilt
Single lane configuration implemented in 2006 provided more operating space for cyclists
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1. Creating Dedicated Cycling Space
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8’Parking
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10’Moving Lane
11’Moving Lane
Centerline
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11’Moving Lane
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Center Buffer with 10’ Turning
Lane
Pre-Traffic Calming (before May 2006)• Cyclists ride in “Door Zone”
– Dooring risk– Dangerously close passing
-OR-• Cyclists ride in Moving Lane
– Honking, Lane changes and Aggressive driving
Existing Condition (May 2006 – present)• Cyclists ride in widened curb lane
– Moderately safe passing distance– Cyclists partially out of door zone
• No dedicated cycling space
Planned Condition (Summer 2008)• Cyclists ride in dedicated lane
– Passing distance increased ~3 feet– 9’ parking lane + ½ of bike lane puts
cyclists clear of door zone– Organizes street use
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Center Median with 10’ Turning
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• Burgeoning destination for restaurants, bars and boutiques• Provides everyday services (grocery, cleaners, etc.)• Wide street within a large pedestrian-oriented district
Active Pedestrian Street
Vanderbilt Avenue’s width serves to divide the neighborhood and limit its potential
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2. Improving Pedestrian Comfort & Safety
• Physical Islands with landscaping will further calm traffic
• Islands/medians provide pedestrian refuge, easing crossing
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3. Further Calm Traffic for All Street Users• Tree Lined Median and Island Visually Narrow Roadway• 10’ Lanes for Traffic Defined by Bicycle Lanes and Median
New landscaped median on Carlton Avenue
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4. Improve Streetscape• Raised, Planted Median to Replace
Thermoplastic Striped Median• Greener, More Walkable Vanderbilt Ave Supports
Local Business
Existing painted median
Example of a landscaped pedestrian refuge island
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NSA
No Parking 8:30-10am Tu/Fr
2hr Meter
2hr MeterSchool & ASP
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Parking ChangesExisting Regulations
Planned Regulations
NSA –No Standing Anytime
No Parking 8:30-10am Mon/Th
• 3 blocks AM parking restriction removed
• 1 block PM parking restriction upgraded to 24 hours
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Implementation Elements & Draft ScheduleVanderbilt Avenue Repaved (Complete April or May)
New Markings Installed (Follows repaving)
Island Construction (June, July or August, 6-8 week construction)
Landscaping (Parks Dept) (between Mid-October & Mid-December)
Plan for Markings and Islands
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End of Presentation
•• Questions Questions •• Community Input: Specific Locations for New Community Input: Specific Locations for New
Curb Regulations to Reduce Double ParkingCurb Regulations to Reduce Double Parking