Groundbreaking NYCDOT Pedestrian Study Recommends Testing 20 mph Limit for Neighborhoods

[jonathan winston]

New York DOT raises the bar again. It has released its Pedestrian Safety Study and Action Plan:

http://blog.tstc.org/2010/08/18/groundbreaking-nycdot-pedestrian-study-recommends-testing-20-mph-limit-for-neighborhoods/

The action plan makes four recommendations:

• 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.

Hopefully this will be a goad for our MTA to make some bold moves, too.