New York City In 2014
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New York slowing down ... literally .. ......
A city as fast paced as this going at 25 mph ..
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Officials Plan Adjustments as New York City Slows to 25 M.P.H.
By MATT FLEGENHEIMERJUNE 20, 2014
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s traffic safety push yielded perhaps its most significant change early on Friday, when the State Legislature approved a plan to reduce the default speed limit in New York City to 25 miles per hour.
Now comes the hard part: retooling the highly choreographed traffic dance in a city of 14,000 taxis, 12,700 signalized intersections and 6,000 roadway miles.
The city will have some time. The reduction from 30 m.p.h. cannot begin until 90 days after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signs the bill into law. (A spokesman said Mr. Cuomo was expected to do so.)
In the interim, transportation officials have begun plotting the details of the change, with plans that include the highly technical, like recalibrating automated enforcement cameras, and the visual.
“We’ve got to print up new signs,” said Polly Trottenberg, the city’s transportation commissioner, adding, “There are more ‘30’ signs than you would think.”
Among the most far-reaching changes will be adjusting the timing of traffic signals across the city. Ms. Trottenberg said the department set its lights “such that you will have a smooth progression of green lights if you’re driving safely at the posted speed limit.”
As a result, the department said, the amount of time between successive signals turning green will increase.
According to Transportation Alternatives, a cycling and pedestrian advocacy group, the city once calibrated some of its lights for speeds above the posted limit.
“Traffic engineers in the past have been less concerned about speed limit compliance and more concerned about maximum throughput,” said Paul Steely White, the group’s executive director.
Advocates for both pedestrians and drivers agreed that any safety gains from the changes would be limited without more aggressive police enforcement.
John A. Corlett, the legislative committee chairman for AAA New York, said he was skeptical of “how vigorously the N.Y.P.D. enforces 30 on local streets” as it is.
Along some congested corridors, many drivers have little choice but to slow down. According to a Transportation Department report last year, the average speed of a taxicab south of 60th Street was 9.3 m.p.h.
In a video criticizing recent legislative productivity in Albany, Rob Astorino, the Republican candidate seeking to unseat Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, marveled that lawmakers had focused on “lowering the speed limit in a traffic-choked city where you’re lucky to go 5 miles an hour.”
The speed reduction was a top priority under Mr. de Blasio’s “Vision Zero” plan to eliminate traffic deaths by 2024, an approach adopted from Sweden.
Ms. Trottenberg predicted that New Yorkers would notice little change in their travel times, noting that driving efficiency is often “determined by the intersection far more than it’s determined by the speed on the straightaways.” She also cautioned that roadways with current speed limits of more than 30 m.p.h. would not necessarily drop to 25.
After the change, the city’s speed-tracking cameras, all located near schools, will issue tickets to drivers who travel at least 36 m.p.h. in a 25 m.p.h. zone, according to the Transportation Department, down from the 41 m.p.h. threshold under the current limit.
The difference could be significant. In a memorandum earlier this week, Sherif Soliman, the city’s director of state legislative affairs, said that pedestrians had a 30 percent chance of surviving the impact of a vehicle traveling 40 m.p.h. At 35 m.p.h., the survival rate increases to 50 percent.
The administration also expects to conduct a public awareness initiative concerning the new speed, though it is unclear what form this might take.
Clearly, one recent Transportation Department campaign will have to be revised. A series of advertisements during the Bloomberg administration trumpeted the benefits of following the speed limit. The title: “That’s Why It’s 30.”
A city as fast paced as this going at 25 mph ..
..........Officials Plan Adjustments as New York City Slows to 25 M.P.H.
By MATT FLEGENHEIMERJUNE 20, 2014
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s traffic safety push yielded perhaps its most significant change early on Friday, when the State Legislature approved a plan to reduce the default speed limit in New York City to 25 miles per hour.
Now comes the hard part: retooling the highly choreographed traffic dance in a city of 14,000 taxis, 12,700 signalized intersections and 6,000 roadway miles.
The city will have some time. The reduction from 30 m.p.h. cannot begin until 90 days after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signs the bill into law. (A spokesman said Mr. Cuomo was expected to do so.)
In the interim, transportation officials have begun plotting the details of the change, with plans that include the highly technical, like recalibrating automated enforcement cameras, and the visual.
“We’ve got to print up new signs,” said Polly Trottenberg, the city’s transportation commissioner, adding, “There are more ‘30’ signs than you would think.”
Among the most far-reaching changes will be adjusting the timing of traffic signals across the city. Ms. Trottenberg said the department set its lights “such that you will have a smooth progression of green lights if you’re driving safely at the posted speed limit.”
As a result, the department said, the amount of time between successive signals turning green will increase.
According to Transportation Alternatives, a cycling and pedestrian advocacy group, the city once calibrated some of its lights for speeds above the posted limit.
“Traffic engineers in the past have been less concerned about speed limit compliance and more concerned about maximum throughput,” said Paul Steely White, the group’s executive director.
Advocates for both pedestrians and drivers agreed that any safety gains from the changes would be limited without more aggressive police enforcement.
John A. Corlett, the legislative committee chairman for AAA New York, said he was skeptical of “how vigorously the N.Y.P.D. enforces 30 on local streets” as it is.
Along some congested corridors, many drivers have little choice but to slow down. According to a Transportation Department report last year, the average speed of a taxicab south of 60th Street was 9.3 m.p.h.
In a video criticizing recent legislative productivity in Albany, Rob Astorino, the Republican candidate seeking to unseat Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, marveled that lawmakers had focused on “lowering the speed limit in a traffic-choked city where you’re lucky to go 5 miles an hour.”
The speed reduction was a top priority under Mr. de Blasio’s “Vision Zero” plan to eliminate traffic deaths by 2024, an approach adopted from Sweden.
Ms. Trottenberg predicted that New Yorkers would notice little change in their travel times, noting that driving efficiency is often “determined by the intersection far more than it’s determined by the speed on the straightaways.” She also cautioned that roadways with current speed limits of more than 30 m.p.h. would not necessarily drop to 25.
After the change, the city’s speed-tracking cameras, all located near schools, will issue tickets to drivers who travel at least 36 m.p.h. in a 25 m.p.h. zone, according to the Transportation Department, down from the 41 m.p.h. threshold under the current limit.
The difference could be significant. In a memorandum earlier this week, Sherif Soliman, the city’s director of state legislative affairs, said that pedestrians had a 30 percent chance of surviving the impact of a vehicle traveling 40 m.p.h. At 35 m.p.h., the survival rate increases to 50 percent.
The administration also expects to conduct a public awareness initiative concerning the new speed, though it is unclear what form this might take.
Clearly, one recent Transportation Department campaign will have to be revised. A series of advertisements during the Bloomberg administration trumpeted the benefits of following the speed limit. The title: “That’s Why It’s 30.”
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
What is your obsession with New York? and why are you posting pics of wrong neighborhoods?a damn shame this is the city that created Nas, Wu Tang, Mobb Deep, Tribe, Boot Camp Click, 50 Cent, etc.
Get gentrified brehs
Brooklyn
Bed Stuy, Clinton Ave
same exact spot - 20 years ago.. 1994
Queens
East Harlem
Bronx
Lower East Side
Bedford Ave - Brooklyn
Harlem
kermit da hustla
Banned
that's an excuse. because there are blacks living in these neighborhoods. i know them personally. and they're making six figure salaries. so, no, you're trying to look at it from an outdated perspective. the fact is, the opportunity for black people to make a living that allows them to live in these upscale gentrified neighborhoods is there. but they choose not to take it. there are no obstacles standing in their way, none that can't be overcome. racism is real, of course, but the system is there for us to exploit it and make money off it in spite of that bigotry we face.
go to school. stop focusing on dumb shyt. invest money. create businesses. live well. it's not difficult, breh.
what's the difference between a hipster and a yuppie
BocaRear
The World Is My Country, To Do Good Is My Religion
Not everybody makes a 6 figure salary breh, don't try & project the rich nikkas you know onto every single person living in these neighborhoods.
& What kind of person purposefully CHOOSES their own failure b?
, What you're doing right now is blaming the victims without fully understanding the situation that a lotta these people are in.You're assuming that everyone's as privileged as you are, when that's not life b. Truth is, not everyone knows about investing or knows how to start their own business or has a degree & instead blue collar 9-5 working folks.
Blacks, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and the homeless are in the hudson
kermit da hustla
Banned
Not everybody makes a 6 figure salary breh, don't try & project the rich nikkas you know onto every single person living in these neighborhoods.
& What kind of person purposefully CHOOSES their own failure b?
You're assuming that everyone's as privileged as you are, when that's not life b. Truth is, not everyone knows about investing or knows how to start their own business or has a degree & instead blue collar 9-5 working folks.
most blue collar 9-5 working folks can afford to live in these gentrified areas. do you know how much money construction workers make?
call it what it is. it's the result of black people not taking education seriously. you're making excuses. yes, in some respect, i'm blaming the victims for their own laziness and apathy. how difficult is it to study in high school and gain knowledge that can send you to college? how difficult is it to get a pell grant, some loans, and go to college? hell, there are plenty of scholarship programs out here for black underprivileged youths trying to get into college.
you are making excuses and it's time to turn the mirror on our own community. a lot of these people focus on dumb shyt and when the shyt hits the fan, they want to go
and look at us for help. as if we're supposed to feel sorry for their stupid fukking attitudes. you're right: not everyone knows about investing and starting businesses, etc. so, you know what you're supposed to do? figure it out. learn it. seek out help from others. if black people in these hoods who are getting pushed out truly want to better their situation, they'd try to. but they don't want. they want us to feel sorry for them and they want to complain. i'm not feeling sorry for them. and i'm not complaining about gentrification. those neighborhoods, for the most part, were terrible before they got cleaned up. i don't celebrate poverty the way many of my brothers and sisters do.
LA Fisher
Banned
I have no sympathy for NYers. You all bragged about your big fancy city and never took the time to own your own property
As a lover of Harlem and it's history I'm upset about that though.
As a lover of Harlem and it's history I'm upset about that though.
That girl in the red was just asking for it...and then feel violated when 4-5 of them drag her to one of those illegal hotels
So what are we upset about exactly? The fact that's it's cleaned up, safer, and more whites have moved into the area? or blacks being priced out of the areas and being moved out of neighborhoods that was once theirs?
many have moved to the south, including me and my siblings.....
Hans Wurst
Pro
it is time for a hipster holocaust
