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2nd Avenue Safety and Mobility Improvements

New York City Department of Transportation Presented by the Bicycle and Greenway Program on January 6th, 2016 to Community Board 8

2016

Overview

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• Background

• Project Benefits • Overall Design • Left Turn Treatments

• Proposal

• Design: 59th St to 68th St • Design: 68th St to 105th St

• Project Summary

Why 2nd Avenue? Vision Zero Priority Corridor

Vision Zero

• Multi-agency effort to reduce traffic fatalities in NYC

• Borough Action Plans released in 2015

• Priority Intersections, Corridors, and Areas identified for each borough • 2nd Ave Priority Corridor • 2nd Ave at E 79th St Priority Intersection

For the complete plan: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/ped-safety-action-plan-manhattan.pdf

Manhattan Priority Map

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Background 2nd Avenue

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North of 105th St

Existing Protected Bike Lane Installed 2012

South of 59th St

Existing Bike Route Installed 2011 105th St to 59th St

Gap in Bike Network Due to 2nd Ave Subway Construction Construction activity on Second Avenue will finish in 2016

Background Select Bus Service

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Bus Lane Hours 7am – 10am 2pm – 7pm

SBS Stop Locations 96-95th St 87-86th St 79-78th St 68-67th St

Background Citi Bike

6 Citi Bike station map inside CB 8 is approximated.

Expanded to E 86th St

in the fall of 2015

Will expand to E 130th St

by the end of 2017

219,000 trips either started or ended in CB 8

through November

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1st Ave E 85th to E 86th St

12-hour Bike Volume

October 2007 297

October 2011 362

October 2015 893

Source: ATI Data, Bicycles btw. E 85th St and E 86th St on 1st Ave and btw. E 87th St and E 86th St on 2nd Ave in October 2007, 2011, and 2015. 7am-7pm.

2nd Ave E 87th to E 86th St

12-hour Bike Volume

October 2007 314

October 2011 631

October 2015 940

Background Bike Volumes

• A three fold increase in cycling on 1st and 2nd Avenues since 2007.

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Proposal Existing Issues

Long pedestrian crossing

distances

Disorganized roadway No bike facility

Disproportionate scale to

neighborhood

Vision Zero Corridor

Proposal Design: 68th St to 69th and 70th to 105th St

Existing

Proposed

Curbside parking

protected lane

Pedestrian safety islands

Lane reduction new turn lanes

Various closures during subway construction

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Commercial loading

regulations

Proposal Benefits

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Bicycle lane protected

from traffic

Reduced crossing distances

Traffic calming New trees

1st Avenue at E 77th St

Neighborhood scale design

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Protected bike lanes improve safety for all street users (pedestrians, cyclists and motorists):

• Total injuries: reduced by 20%

• Crashes with injuries: reduced by 17%

• Pedestrian injuries: reduced by 22%

• Cyclist injuries: show minor improvement even as bicycle volumes have dramatically increased

Protected bicycle lane projects with 3 years of after data include the following: 9th Ave (16th-31st), 8th Ave (Bank-23rd, 23rd-34th), Broadway (59th-47th, 33rd-26th, 23rd-18th), 1st Avenue (Houston to 34th), 2nd Ave (Houston-34th), Columbus Ave (96th-77th) Note: Only sections of projects that included protected bicycle lanes were analyzed Source: NYPD AIS/TAMS Crash Database

-25% -22%

-2%

Proposal Benefits

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Protected Bicycle Lanes with 3 yrs of After Data:

Before vs After

Before After

-17%

-20%

Improves visibility of cyclists

Provides space to negotiate conflict

Removes left turns from through lanes

Proposal Design: Mixing Zones at 1-way Left Turns

Creates left turn vehicle storage

Bike lane continues the length of the block

Turning vehicles queue for turn phase

Pedestrians and cyclists have a leading phase to get a head start

96th St

86th St 79th St 72nd St

Proposal Design: Turn Bays at 2-way Left Turns

Proposal Transitional Design: 59th St to 68th St

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Existing

Proposed

Proposal Design: 68th St to 69th St

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Existing

Proposed

Proposal

Subway Station Design: 69th St to 70th St

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Existing

Proposed

Proposal Design: 70th St to 105th St

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Existing

Proposed

Summary Project Benefits

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Existing

Proposed

Safer, more organized street

Reduced crossing distances for pedestrians

Expansion of the bike network

Continuation of bus lane

Questions? Thank You