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Highway widenings

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HOV lane LIE[1]

Grand Concourse

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Atlantic Avenue

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Tom Cocola, a spokesman for the Transportation Department, disagreed.

''Our roads are not designed for heroin users,'' Mr. Cocola said in an e-mail response to questions. ''It is shameful and disingenuous for Transportation Alternatives to try to seek publicity from this tragedy.''[3]

Eastern Parkway

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Queens Boulevard

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https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/09/archives/it-takes-a-spry-pedestrian-to-survive-on-queens-blvd.html?searchResultPosition=33

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/thecity/30deat.html?searchResultPosition=10

Culture/Economy

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NYCDOT

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1970s

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New traffic signal equipment all intersections between 69th Street and 125th Street for $6.5 million, financed by a joint state-Federal grant, reduce traffic accidents/better traffic flow

Special parking regulations, bus zones, regulations on crosstown streets, one-way streets helped contribute to reduction in congestion-reduced travel time in Manhattan by 10% over 5 years

Grant for replacement of red/green signals with three head signals, building masts to put signals above the middle of streets rather than on sidewalks, include walk/don't walk signals in traffic light box, install electronic equipment in anticipation of future conversion to computerized signaling that would be responsive to traffic needs in the future; first proposed by Henry A. Barnes in 1962-first section not in place until May 1969[18]

1980s

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Decline in traffic accidents to its lowest level in 1986 since 1912, due to road engineering changes, increased enforcement for drivers who run red lights, and new rules requiring officers to take intoxicated drivers into custody. Summonses for drivers who ran red lights tripled since 1981, and increased from 406,958 in 1985 to 419,593 in 1986

271 pedestrian deaths, an 18 percent drop from 1985-consistent with declines since 1982-city began programs aimed at reducing pedestrian fatalities. 83 of the 271 deaths were in Brooklyn, 81 were in Queens, 70 in Manhattan, 32 in the Bronx, 5 on Staten Island

The number of pedestrians injured in traffic accidents increased from 13,500 to 14,700; below the 17,000 to 19,000 figure from the early 1980s

The number of pedestrian deaths declined steadily since 1970, when the annual total was around 500; an average of 300 pedestrians died each year since 1980

The DOT said that the faster replacing of Stop, Yield, One-Way and Do Not Enter signs and projects to increase pedestrian safety also helped.

Programs to institute longer crossing times wee set to be instituted on Upper Broadway, Grand Concourse, Empire Boulevard, Flatbush Avenue

Expansion of a pilot program to install cameras on traffic lights that photograph red light violations[19]

1998

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Widened sidewalks, eliminated traffic islands at Herald Square-improved safety; 182 pedestrians killed in 2001, down from 378 in 1989; police created the Traffic Control Division, 1998 traffic-tracking program; expansion of police force and falling crime freed police for traffic duty; articles about maimed bicyclists and lethal drag racing attracted attention to traffic safety[20]

Down from 187 in 2000 to 156 in 2004 and in 2005

De Blasio administration

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Deaths in traffic accidents down from 257 in 2014 to 230

133 IN 2015, DOWN FROM 139 IN 2014, 183 in 2013[21]

  1. ^ Ain, Stewart (1996-11-10). "H.O.V. Lane To Queens Is Snarled". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  2. ^ Kugel, Seth (2004-05-16). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: GRAND CONCOURSE; Making a Once-Noble Boulevard Look Less Like the Interstate..." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  3. ^ Bahrampour, Tara (2003-02-16). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: ATLANTIC AVENUE; On a Road That Has Claimed Lives, a Push to Save Them". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  4. ^ Leeder, Sara (2001-03-18). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: CROWN HEIGHTS; Traffic Woes on Eastern Parkway, A 'Highway With Stoplights'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  5. ^ "QUEENS BOULEVARD READY FOR BUILDING; Subway Completion There Will Stimulate Large Housing Improvements". The New York Times. 1930-03-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  6. ^ "LIGHTS INSTALLED ON ROAD TO FAIR; First of 90-Mile Network of Amber Globes Are Set Up on Queens Boulevard SIGHTSEEING TRIPS TO END 'Farm of Future' Will Show Control of All Machines in Fields by Radio". The New York Times. 1939-04-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  7. ^ "$7,000,000 QUEENS BOULEVARD". The New York Times. 1922-09-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  8. ^ "FOR UNIFORM BUILDINGS; Harvey Plans Queens Boulevard Step in Estimate Board Today". The New York Times. 1937-01-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  9. ^ "QUEENS BOULEVARD TO COST $7,000,000; Method of Financing Improvement Sought by BoroughPresident Connolly.BEGIN WORK THIS FALL Boulevard, Seven Miles In Length,Will Surpass Finest Thoroughfares in the World". The New York Times. 1922-06-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  10. ^ "QUEENS BOULEVARD BECOMING REAL OPEN ROAD". The New York Times. 1936-01-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  11. ^ "NEW QUEENS BOULEVARD.; Work to Begin Shortly on 200-Foot Highway". The New York Times. 1917-06-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  12. ^ "QUEENS ASSURED OF BRIDGE FUNDS; Clancy Wants 2 Rail Spans Across Queens Boulevard Rebuilt in Time for Fair 1964 FINISH IS DOUBTED State to Do the Construction Work With Urban Federal Money, Moses Reports". The New York Times. 1960-09-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  13. ^ "QUEENS BOULEVARD WILL BE REPAVED; Plans for Improving Surface, Long Source of Complaints, Announced by Johnson. WORK MAY BE BEGUN SOON Three Proceedings Now Before Estimate Board to Obtain Authorization of Project". The New York Times. 1934-07-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  14. ^ "SEEKS TO IMPROVE QUEENS BOULEVARD; Commerce Chamber Sponsors Competition for Plan to Unify Development. WORK NEARS COMPLETION Suggestions Are Sought for Order- ly Growth of Apartment and Business Sections". The New York Times. 1933-01-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  15. ^ Kugel, Seth (2004-04-11). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: SUNNYSIDE; The Mayor Cries Safety, Residents Cry Brushoff". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  16. ^ James, George (1987-07-21). "The Talk of Queens Boulevard; The Boulevard Loses a Large Measure of Homeyness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  17. ^ Dougherty, Philip H. (1965-03-10). "Queens Boulevard, Once Just a Good Route to Jamaica, Is Becoming a 'Golden Area'; Urban Togetherness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  18. ^ Fosburgh, Lacey (1970-07-27). "City to Install Computer‐Run Traffic Lights Uptown". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  19. ^ Boorstin, Robert O. (1987-03-06). "Pedestrian Traffic Deaths Show Sharp Decline in New York City". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  20. ^ Kinetz, Erika (2002-01-06). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: NEW YORK UP CLOSE; Danger Is Lurking Where Speed And Thickets of Humanity Meet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  21. ^ Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (2016-01-01). "Number of Traffic Deaths in New York Falls for a Second Straight Year". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
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