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NYC DOT AND DDC ANNOUNCE FORDHAM PLAZA PHASE 2 GROUNDBREAKING IN THE BRONX:
Premier transportation hub in the Bronx will be enhanced after collaborative reconstruction process with the Department of Design and Construction. Project completion expected in fall 2015.
New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Dr. Feniosky Peña-Mora today announced the groundbreaking of Phase 2 of the Fordham Plaza reconstruction project in the Bronx. The new Fordham Plaza will play an important role in Vision Zero’s goal to reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries with shortened pedestrian crossings, new direct crossings established to deter jaywalking, and a 25 percent expansion in pedestrian space.
More info: on.nyc.gov/1tcP0jh
The NYCDOT Art Program partnered with the International Studio and Curatorial Program to present Egyptian artist Mohamed Sharkawy’s work “Birds,” a series of six decorative panels along the corrugated metal fence at Vernon Boulevard and Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, Queens. Inspired by Egyptian wall painting, Sharkawy reduces each form into flat silhouettes in order to render recognizable images. The fanciful bird scenes reference the lives of birds that migrate through New York annually. Sharkawy’s birds express freedom and movement along with stillness and meditation.
NYCDOT Art Program, Community Commissions
Birds by Mohamed Sharkawy
Vernon Boulevard and Queens Plaza South, Queens
On Monday, December 19, 2-16 NYC announces the kick-off of ParkNYC, a new mobile payment option for on-street parking in NYC. Learn more at ParkNYC.org
Name: Madison Ave Bridge
Location: NYC (Manhattan to the Bronx)
Carry: 4 road lanes with sidewalks
Type: Swing
Opened: 1910 (1994-2005 reconstruction replaced entire bridge)
NYC DOT to officially begin work on pedestrian improvements and bicycle lanes leading to Highbridge Park and the High Bridge. The new connections will allow for improved safety and wayfinding for both pedestrians and cyclists accessing the bridge from Washington Heights. The High Bridge is a vehicle-free span that connects Upper Manhattan to the Bronx, which recently opened after more than 40 years.
“Keeping New York City’s urban landscape an interesting, attractive place for New Yorkers and visitors has always been a priority for our Administration, and one major way we’ve done it is through public art,” -Mayor Bloomberg.
Brooklyn-based artist Corinne Ulmann specializes in large-scale public art designs. Her Green Screen was one of four winning designs of the urbancanvas Design Competition, a contest to help beautify New York City’s urban landscape with art at construction sites. The competition challenged professional artists and designers to create artwork for temporary protective structures to bring an element of beauty to what is often an eyesore. Green Screen was installed on Thames Street to beautify one of the main entrances to the 9/11 Memorial.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Green Screen by Corinne Ulmann
Presented with Downtown Alliance
Thames St between Trinity Pl and Greenwich St, Manhattan
“Keeping New York City’s urban landscape an interesting, attractive place for New Yorkers and visitors has always been a priority for our Administration, and one major way we’ve done it is through public art,” -Mayor Bloomberg.
Brooklyn-based artist Corinne Ulmann specializes in large-scale public art designs. Her Green Screen was one of four winning designs of the urbancanvas Design Competition, a contest to help beautify New York City’s urban landscape with art at construction sites. The competition challenged professional artists and designers to create artwork for temporary protective structures to bring an element of beauty to what is often an eyesore. Green Screen was installed on Thames Street to beautify one of the main entrances to the 9/11 Memorial.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Green Screen by Corinne Ulmann
Presented with Downtown Alliance
Thames St between Trinity Pl and Greenwich St, Manhattan
In association with Paul Kasmin Gallery and the Department of Parks & Recreation, the DOT Urban Art Program presents Brazilian sculptor Saint Clair Cemin’s monumental, mirrored, stainless steel sculpture Vortex. The 40 foot tall sculpture embodies, "mankind’s desire for transcendence, whisking up into the clouds all that it reflects on its surface." Inspired by Brancusi’s saying, "sculpture is direct carving," Cemin draws from cultures all over the world, and juxtaposes these diverse civilizations within his work.
Vortex is part of a larger presentation of six of Cemin’s surrealist sculptures spanning 100 blocks along Broadway. Other sculptures, varying in material and scale, include The Four, In the Center, Portrait of the Word Why, Aphrodite and The Wind. The exhibition begins September 6, 2012 and will runs until November 25, 2012.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Vortex by Saint Clair Cemin
Department of Parks and Recreation and Paul Kasmin Gallery
Public Plaza, Broadway between 57th & 58th Streets, Manhattan
“Heralding the gateway to and from St. George’s Staten Island, Doily marks the transition with a nod to all things domestic in sharp contrast to its surroundings.” –Jennifer Cecere
The work of artist Jennifer Cecere is influenced by traditional crafts, homemade crafts, embroidery, and needlepoint. Her doilies are made from a wide variety of materials and installed in a wide variety of places as a reference to both the architecture of both the natural world and the built environment.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, pARTners
St. George Doily by Jennifer Cecere
Presented with Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
St George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 NYC DOT and NYPD discuss NYC Mayor's announcement that 2016 saw the fewest fatalities ever on NYC streets.
NYC DOT AND DDC ANNOUNCE FORDHAM PLAZA PHASE 2 GROUNDBREAKING IN THE BRONX:
Premier transportation hub in the Bronx will be enhanced after collaborative reconstruction process with the Department of Design and Construction. Project completion expected in fall 2015.
New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Dr. Feniosky Peña-Mora today announced the groundbreaking of Phase 2 of the Fordham Plaza reconstruction project in the Bronx. The new Fordham Plaza will play an important role in Vision Zero’s goal to reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries with shortened pedestrian crossings, new direct crossings established to deter jaywalking, and a 25 percent expansion in pedestrian space.
More info: on.nyc.gov/1tcP0jh
NYC DOT AND DDC ANNOUNCE FORDHAM PLAZA PHASE 2 GROUNDBREAKING IN THE BRONX:
Premier transportation hub in the Bronx will be enhanced after collaborative reconstruction process with the Department of Design and Construction. Project completion expected in fall 2015.
New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Dr. Feniosky Peña-Mora today announced the groundbreaking of Phase 2 of the Fordham Plaza reconstruction project in the Bronx. The new Fordham Plaza will play an important role in Vision Zero’s goal to reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries with shortened pedestrian crossings, new direct crossings established to deter jaywalking, and a 25 percent expansion in pedestrian space.
More info: on.nyc.gov/1tcP0jh
The NYCDOT Art Program partnered with the International Studio and Curatorial Program to present Egyptian artist Mohamed Sharkawy’s work “Birds,” a series of six decorative panels along the corrugated metal fence at Vernon Boulevard and Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, Queens. Inspired by Egyptian wall painting, Sharkawy reduces each form into flat silhouettes in order to render recognizable images. The fanciful bird scenes reference the lives of birds that migrate through New York annually. Sharkawy’s birds express freedom and movement along with stillness and meditation.
NYCDOT Art Program, Community Commissions
Birds by Mohamed Sharkawy
Vernon Boulevard and Queens Plaza South, Queens
NYC DOT was joined by elected officials, community members and leaders rallied to urge the passing of Design Build.
On February 18, 2015 the NYC DOT and NYPD unveiled the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan for the borough of the Bronx.
On Monday, July 13, 2015 NYC Department of Transportation and MTA New York City Transit Buses launched the M86 Select Bus Service route between the Upper East and Upper West Sides.
On Monday, July 13, 2015 NYC Department of Transportation and MTA New York City Transit Buses launched the M86 Select Bus Service route between the Upper East and Upper West Sides.
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 the New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, NYPD Transportation Chief Thomas Chan, Taxi & Limousine Commissioner Meera Joshi and elected officials unveiled the city's 25 Days to #25MPH public awareness campaign in advance of the new default speed limit lowering from 30 to 25 MPH, which takes effect Friday, November 7th.
“As the City works to make New York City better for cyclists, we're working hard to make cyclists better for New York City. Through our free education programs, we've taught bike skills to tens of thousands of kids and adults through the five boroughs, from East New York to Harlem, from the Bronx to Roosevelt Island,” said Bike New York President/CEO Ken Podziba. “Ian Dille said in his Bicycling article that while riding a bike through the City, he felt that he owned New York. But it isn't just a feeling; it's a fact. The City is yours. Get on a bike and go discover it.”
The Animus Art Collective’s installation, Flaming Cactus, transforms ordinary streetscapes through the use of vibrantly colored zip ties affixed to street poles. Originally installed at FIGMENT 2011 on Governors Island, the installation brought its playful energy and whimsy to Astor Place in Manhattan.
The zip ties, once wrapped and locked around the street poles, have tails of excess material. These tails create the effect of cactus needles sprouting from the trunk of the street poles.
In an interview for the Figment Project, Animus co-founder, Preston Dane said, “Our hope is to show that adding art to a community or space doesn’t require a lot of resources, formal education, or even money. Creativity is something we’re all capable of.”
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Artervention
Flaming Cactus by Animus Art
Presented with Figment Project
Lafayette Street and 4th Avenue, Manhattan
Carry: six road lanes of the Hutchinson River Parkway with a sidewalk on the west side
Type: main bascule drawbridge span, flanked on both sides by three side spans
Opened: 11 October 1941 (reconstructed in 1985)
Average daily traffic volumes (2008): 121,000
Straus Media and the New York Society for Ethical Culture hosted a town hall meeting on January 21, 2015.
Moderated by Kyle Pope, Editor in Chief of Our Town, West Side Spirit, Our Town Downtown, Chelsea Clinton News, and Westsider.
NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg joined speakers: Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, and Dana Lerner of Families for Safe Streets to discuss pedestrian safety on the Upper West Side.
Location: Canarsie, Brooklyn NYC
Type: 4 span, multi-springer, simple supported steel superstructure
Opened: 1940 (replacement reconstruction started in October 2009 and is expected to be complete in fall 2014)
On Monday, July 13, 2015 NYC Department of Transportation and MTA New York City Transit Buses launched the M86 Select Bus Service route between the Upper East and Upper West Sides.
NYC DOT, Alta and Citi Announce Agreement to Expand and Enhance Citi Bike Program in New York City
New Firm and Management to Double the Size of the Nation’s Largest Bike Share System to at Least 12,000 Bikes at 700 Stations and in More Neighborhoods by 2017
Learn more: on.nyc.gov/1FVY54A
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 the New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, NYPD Transportation Chief Thomas Chan, Taxi & Limousine Commissioner Meera Joshi and elected officials unveiled the city's 25 Days to #25MPH public awareness campaign in advance of the new default speed limit lowering from 30 to 25 MPH, which takes effect Friday, November 7th.
NYC DOT crews were out late painting the blue line in preparation for the TCS NYC Marathon.
Working through the night, the Nightliner drove through Brooklyn painting the blue line up and down 4th Ave., off the Verrazano Bridge, all the way to the Queensboro Bridge in LIC.
Have you seen the blue line?
Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan with Taxi and Limousine Commissioner/Chair Matthew W. Daus and New York Giants defensive lineman Chris Canty launch DOT's anti-drinking and driving campaign.
On September 14, 2011, DOT selected Alta Bicycle Share to run NYC's new bike share system.
Bike share is a privately-funded & operated, city-supported, program that adds a new affordable option to getting around New York City. Think Zipcar with bikes, and you don’t have to bring the bike back to where you started! Alta Bicycle Share will run, manage and maintain the bike share system, while NYC DOT will coordinate community outreach and regulate station siting.