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Groundbreaking NYCDOT Pedestrian Study Recommends Testing 20 mph Limit for Neighborhoods

by Michelle Ernst, Mobilizing the Region - News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign

Citing even one crash as “one crash too many,” New York City DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan on Monday released the city’s “roadmap for safety strategies.”  The study recommends four specific engineering and design strategies to improve pedestrian safety:

    * 20 mph zone pilot program in at least 75 residential neighborhoods;
    * dangerous corridor re-engineering on 60 miles of street per year;
    * dangerous intersection re-engineering at 20 intersections along major two-way Manhattan streets); and,
    * improving left-turn visibility by removing curb parking near intersections of targeted Manhattan avenues.

Joining the Commissioner at a Queens press conference were Mayor Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Quinn, and several other elected officials.

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