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The MTA and NYCDOT announced the completion of bus priority lanes and related infrastructure on 149 St in the Bronx on Friday, Oct. 9.
The 2.7 miles of bus lanes along the highly-trafficked 149 St corridor are equipped with transit signal priority (TSP) technology. New enforcement cameras will help ensure that only buses and other essential vehicles utilize priority sections of the roadway.
The corridor is home to four popular bus routes (Bx2, Bx4, Bx17, and Bx19) and runs through some of the busiest destinations in the Bronx, including Lincoln Hospital.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)
The MTA and NYCDOT announced the completion of bus priority lanes and related infrastructure on 149 St in the Bronx on Friday, Oct. 9.
The 2.7 miles of bus lanes along the highly-trafficked 149 St corridor are equipped with transit signal priority (TSP) technology. New enforcement cameras will help ensure that only buses and other essential vehicles utilize priority sections of the roadway.
The corridor is home to four popular bus routes (Bx2, Bx4, Bx17, and Bx19) and runs through some of the busiest destinations in the Bronx, including Lincoln Hospital.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)
According to NYCDOT, the retrofitting of Prospect Park West has led to the 16% decrease in crashes, the tripling of weekday cycling, and shorter crossing times for pedestrians.
photo: New York City Department of Transportation
On July 21, 2015, our summer interns visited the Asphalt Plant on Hamilton Avenue in Brooklyn for a tour of how the DOT creates and distributes asphalt.
The New York City Department of Transportation’s Art Program recently produced, “The 191st Street Tunnel Beautification Project,” at 191st Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Local Washington Heights artist Andrea Von Bujdoss (Queen Andrea), who specializes in typography, Fernando Carlo, Jr. (COPE 2), a recognized graffiti artist within the community, Nick Kuzsyk, a geometric design specialist, Nelson Rivas (Cekis), a Chilean-born muralist, and Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn, Maryland-based public artists, were selected from a pool of 158 applicants, to each paint two, 200 foot long wall segments within the pedestrian Tunnel. The five murals add bright color and unique design to the 900 foot long space, which was formerly covered in graffiti tags and bland tan paint. Over the course of a week, each artist has left his or her mark within Washington Heights, aiming to create a safer and more beautified passageway for the thousands of pedestrians walking through it on a daily basis to access the 1 subway line.
NYCDOT Art Program, Special Projects
“Prismatic Power Phrases” by Andrea von Bujdoss (Queen Andrea)
“Caterpillar Time Travel” by Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn
“Warp Zone” by Nick Kuszyk
“It’s like a Jungle Sometimes/Aveces es como una jungle” by Nelson Rivas (Cekis)
“Art is Life” by Fernando Carlo (Cope 2)
In partnership with Northern Manhattan Art Alliance
Special thanks to Alan Ket
191st Street Tunnel, West 191st Street and Broadway, Manhattan
Artist Andrea Legge received a BFA from the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and a MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She was a member of The Rivington School of Manhattan’s Lower East Side during the 1980s and served as Art Production Editor of the American ELLE magazine for a decade. In 2000, Andrea Legge co-founded the collaborative studio Legge Lewis Legge that focuses on public art and architecture.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
In the Bike Lane by Andrea Legge
Presented with New York Cares
Fort Hamilton Parkway between E. 5th St and Park Circle, Brooklyn
NYC DOT held a vendor demonstration regarding USDOT Connected Vehicle Pilot program at the Aquedect Racetrack on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Vendors demonstrated the capability of aftermarket safety devices in vehicles to help detect right turning vehicles, blind spot detection, collision warnings, speeding, emergency situations and more.
DOT's Office of Freight Management present the Smart Truck Management Plan in Jamaica, Queens and ask residents how trucks affect their neighborhoods
In fall 2012, DOT cut the ribbon on a comprehensive redesign of Manhattan’s Delancey Street on the Lower East Side. One of the latest in a series of safety projects citywide, the project shortened pedestrian crossings at 14 locations, increased pedestrian space and crossing time, and enhanced signal timing and travel lanes for vehicles entering and exiting the Williamsburg Bridge.
The redesign adds more than 21,000 square feet of pedestrian space along the street, restricts several vehicle turns and also makes travel lanes more consistent. A new vehicle access point at Clinton Street also simplifies the connection from the FDR Drive, eliminating the need for vehicles to travel through residential streets to reach the bridge via Norfolk Street.
Learn more: on.nyc.gov/PGt5tO
Debra Hampton’s "Face to Face" was selected from a pool of 60 applicants during the fall 2010 Barrier Beautification Open Call. To create this design, Debra Hampton cut images from magazine ads found in the City and silhouetted these forms to create stunning patterns stylized in similar fashion to Art Nouveau works of the 1930s.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
Face to Face by Debra Hampton
Presented with New York Cares
Furman St between Joralemon and Montague Sts, Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, and New York State Senate co-leader Jeffrey Klein today announced the expanded installation of speed cameras citywide near schools, as part of Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan. The announcement was made outside P.S. 95, located at the intersection of Sedgwick and Hillman Avenue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, an area classified by DOT as a high-crash corridor.
Read the full press release here: on.nyc.gov/1Ba7F0e
On July 21, 2017 NYCDOT joined Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD Transportation Chief Chan, State Senator Jose Peralta, State Assembly Member Brian Barnwell, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets to reaffirm our commitment to expanding NYC's speed camera program.
The MTA and NYCDOT announced the completion of bus priority lanes and related infrastructure on 149 St in the Bronx on Friday, Oct. 9.
The 2.7 miles of bus lanes along the highly-trafficked 149 St corridor are equipped with transit signal priority (TSP) technology. New enforcement cameras will help ensure that only buses and other essential vehicles utilize priority sections of the roadway.
The corridor is home to four popular bus routes (Bx2, Bx4, Bx17, and Bx19) and runs through some of the busiest destinations in the Bronx, including Lincoln Hospital.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)
I sent this letter today to Josh Benson, the new director of the NYC Dept of Transportation's Bicycle Program. It's about the city employees who use the bike lane on Adams St in Brooklyn as an all-day parking spot.
Some background: Benson became the DOT's Bicycle Program director a few weeks ago, after predecessor Andrew Vesselinovitch resigned in protest against what he saw as the DOT's recalcitrance in implementing policies that would make city biking safer. "The city certainly hasn't done everything that it can do to make it safer, or to really use bicycles," the Sun quotes Vesselinovitch as saying.
According to Streets Blog, Benson is himself an urban cyclist who served as the DOT Bike Program's Deputy Director in the early 2000's and more recently worked for the NYC Housing Authority.
For more, see: Resident, the Daily News on DOT's Commissioner Iris Weinshall, NY Sun on Vesselinovitch's resignation, comments from Streets Blog about the need for improvements to bike lanes in New York.
Playful, surreal narratives designed by artist Carla Torres have been painted onto 715 feet of concrete barrier in Tribeca along the Hudson River Greenway near Pier 25.
Torres’ design is inspired by silhouetted shadow puppets and a narrative based on the longing for spring and the playful energy of the cyclists and pedestrians who use the park on a daily basis.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
Design submission by Carla Torres
Presented with New York Cares and Hudson River Park Trust
West St South between North Moore St and Laight St, Manhattan
Playful, surreal narratives designed by artist Carla Torres have been painted onto 715 feet of concrete barrier in Tribeca along the Hudson River Greenway near Pier 25.
Torres’ design is inspired by silhouetted shadow puppets and a narrative based on the longing for spring and the playful energy of the cyclists and pedestrians who use the park on a daily basis.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
Design submission by Carla Torres
Presented with New York Cares and Hudson River Park Trust
West St South between North Moore St and Laight St, Manhattan
“Undulating planes of pattern and color that drift back and forth creating a syncopated rhythm with the traffic rushing by.”
Artist Almond Zigmund’s work strives to sharpen our perceptions of space while exploring the nature of opposition. Combining crisp geometry, vivid color, and intricate patterns, her drawings, sculptures, and installations reference aspects of the built environment.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
Planes A-Way by Almond Zigmund
Presented with New York Cares
21st Williamsburg St W between Kent and Flushing Aves, Brooklyn
NYCDOT held an international design competition to select a design to beautify the new pedestrian plazas in Times Square while awaiting a full redesign and permanent build-out. A jury, including representatives from the Times Square Alliance, the Mayor's Office and the Design Commission as well as an outside artist selected Cool Water, Hot Island from over 150 submissions and it was installed in July 2010.
Artist Molly Dilworth, best known in New York for her rooftop paintings, designed the mural based on the urban "heat-island effect," where cities tend to experience warmer temperatures than rural settings. The blues and light shades of the design reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat—improving the look of the popular pedestrian areas while also making it more comfortable places to sit.
Support was provided by donations made to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. The Mayor's Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting innovative public-private partnerships and projects such as those of the DOT. Photos are courtesy of the Times Square Alliance.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Cool Water, Hot Island by Molly Dilworth
Presented with Times Square Alliance and reNEWable Times Square
Broadway between 42nd and 47th Streets, Manhattan
New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Mayor Edward I. Koch hosted a special reading of Eddie Shapes Up, a children’s book written by the mayor, and launched Walk Ways, a new program that helps schools establish the importance of active transportation and gives them the resources to encourage walking among students. Schools can visit nyc.gov/dot to register, download lesson plans and connect with DOT safety educators for guidance and to develop tailored walk-to-school route plans. The Commissioner and Mayor joined fourth and fifth graders from P.S. 64 in Manhattan’s East Village for the event.
“With unprecedented safety redesigns and educational initiatives in all five boroughs, our streets are shaping up for New Yorkers of all ages to walk and bike more,” said DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan. “By teaching students the benefits of active transportation, we’re helping them build healthy habits for life.”
“The most marvelous sight in New York City is to see youngsters, adolescents and adults cycling on the many bicycle paths we now have which separate bikers from vehicular traffic,” said Mayor Koch. “It is glorious to watch, and I wish I were young again to participate.”
Summer Streets takes place on consecutive Saturdays in the summer (the 2011 dates are August 6, 13 and 20) from 7:00 am - 1:00 pm. The 2010 route connects the Brooklyn Bridge with Central Park with recommended connections along low-traffic streets to the Hudson River Greenway, Harlem and Governors Island allowing participants to plan a route as long or short as they wish.
This event takes a valuable public space - our City's streets - and opens them up to people to play, walk, bike, and breathe. Summer Streets provides more space for healthy recreation and is a part of NYC's greening initiative by encouraging New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation.
Modeled on other events from around the world including Bogotá, Colombia's Ciclovia, Paris, France's Paris Plage, and even New York's own Museum Mile, this event will be part bike tour, part block party, a great time for exercise, people watching, and just enjoying summer mornings.
Visit nyc.gov/summerstreets for more information.
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Rebecca Taylor
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
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
NYCDOT held an international design competition to select a design to beautify the new pedestrian plazas in Times Square while awaiting a full redesign and permanent build-out. A jury, including representatives from the Times Square Alliance, the Mayor's Office and the Design Commission as well as an outside artist selected Cool Water, Hot Island from over 150 submissions and it was installed in July 2010.
Artist Molly Dilworth, best known in New York for her rooftop paintings, designed the mural based on the urban "heat-island effect," where cities tend to experience warmer temperatures than rural settings. The blues and light shades of the design reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat—improving the look of the popular pedestrian areas while also making it more comfortable places to sit.
Support was provided by donations made to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. The Mayor's Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting innovative public-private partnerships and projects such as those of the DOT. Photos are courtesy of the Times Square Alliance.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Cool Water, Hot Island by Molly Dilworth
Presented with Times Square Alliance and reNEWable Times Square
Broadway between 42nd and 47th Streets, Manhattan
Location: connecting Grand Avenue, West Maspeth in Queens and Grand Street, Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York City
Carry: 2 roadlanes with sidewalks
Type: through truss swing bridge
Opened: 5 February 1903
Average daily traffic volumes (2008): 13,000
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Naeem Khan
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
The NYCDOT Art Program partnered with Local Project to present Long Island City-based artist Cristian Pietrapiana’s work “We Are All Tourists,” a series of six decorative panels installed along the corrugated metal fence at Vernon Boulevard and Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, Queens. Each panel, measuring 6’ x 4’, features an enlarged original drawing printed on Sintra board with a UV coating. The intricate line drawings tell the stories of travelers and tourists passing through New York City over a period of 600 years. His artwork illustrates the Pre-Columbian Era, the Dutch Settlements, the Revolutionary War Period, the Industrial Revolution, the Post Industrial Era and modern day.
NYCDOT Art Program, Community Commissions
In partnership with Local Project
“We Are All Tourists” by Cristian Pietrapiana
Vernon Boulevard and Queens Plaza South, Queens
NYCDOT held an international design competition to select a design to beautify the new pedestrian plazas in Times Square while awaiting a full redesign and permanent build-out. A jury, including representatives from the Times Square Alliance, the Mayor's Office and the Design Commission as well as an outside artist selected Cool Water, Hot Island from over 150 submissions and it was installed in July 2010.
Artist Molly Dilworth, best known in New York for her rooftop paintings, designed the mural based on the urban "heat-island effect," where cities tend to experience warmer temperatures than rural settings. The blues and light shades of the design reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat—improving the look of the popular pedestrian areas while also making it more comfortable places to sit.
Support was provided by donations made to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. The Mayor's Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting innovative public-private partnerships and projects such as those of the DOT. Photos are courtesy of the Times Square Alliance.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Cool Water, Hot Island by Molly Dilworth
Presented with Times Square Alliance and reNEWable Times Square
Broadway between 42nd and 47th Streets, Manhattan
NYC DOT & Council Member Ruben Wills provided free bike helmets, fittings and distribution at PO Edward Park, Queens to a total of 298 attendees!
Playful, surreal narratives designed by artist Carla Torres have been painted onto 715 feet of concrete barrier in Tribeca along the Hudson River Greenway near Pier 25.
Torres’ design is inspired by silhouetted shadow puppets and a narrative based on the longing for spring and the playful energy of the cyclists and pedestrians who use the park on a daily basis.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
Design submission by Carla Torres
Presented with New York Cares and Hudson River Park Trust
West St South between North Moore St and Laight St, Manhattan