bowling green month year - new york...may 02, 2012 · april 25, 2012 . pedestrian issues long...
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Month
Year
Bowling Green
Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City Department of Transportation
Presented by the Pedestrian Projects Group, May 2, 2012 to Community Board 1
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Project Area
Whitehall
St
• Whitehall Street: Charging Bull south
to Pearl Street
• State Street: Broadway south to
Whitehall Street
2010 Water-Whitehall
Improvements 2
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Pedestrian Generators
Whitehall
St
Bull Sculpture
Staten Island Ferry
National Museum of the
American Indian/
Customs House / Courts
Bowling Green
Battery Park
Subway
Access
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Pedestrian Issues
Lack of pedestrian
access to Bull sculpture
Pedestrians walking in the street:
160 - AM peak hour
220 - PM peak hour 4
April 25,
2012
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Pedestrian Issues
Long crosswalks Crowded sidewalks
Pedestrians north of Stone Street
walking in the street:
290 - AM peak hour
390 - PM peak hour 5 April 25,
2012
Stone St
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• Pavement markings
• Signal timing
• New signage
• Painted and/or textured surfaces
• Flexible delineators
Rapid Response Toolkit
Forsyth St
Allen St
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Painted Sidewalk
Extension Examples
Canal Street at E. Broadway
Lower East Side
Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn
Rapid Response Toolkit
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Proposal
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Whitehall Street Plan
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Whitehall Street Plan
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Extends 2010
improvements north
Shortens
crosswalks
existing
Provides relief to
over-crowded
sidewalks
Whitehall Street Plan
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Existing + Proposed
Existing Proposed 11
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Bowling Green/Broadway Plan
New pedestrian space
connects to crosswalk
“Painted” sidewalk to
bring people south next
to fence + curb
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Proposal
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Existing + Proposed State Street
Clarifies travel
lanes from State
St to Water St
Improves traffic alignment
around standing buses on
west curb
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Process
Reviewed by:
• MTA/NYCT
• Parks Department
• Homeland Security
• NYPD Traffic and
Counterterrorism
• FDNY
Contacted adjacent property
managers and owners
Maintenance Partner:
• Downtown Alliance
• Outreach to Community Board 1: May
• Duration approximately 2 weeks
• Implemendation date: To be determined
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Summary
1. Improve pedestrian environment
around Charging Bull
2. Widen sidewalks on Whitehall St
between Pearl St and Morris St
with color coating
3. Line roadbed “sidewalk” with
flexible delineators and planters
4. Shorten crosswalks on
Whitehall St
5. Restripe State St
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