Help Redesign City Streets at the Atlantic Avenue Safety Improvement Workshop
Since Halloween, 12 pedestrians have been killed in traffic accidents, many of them caught on video. As part of the larger Vision Zero program to end road fatalities, various city agencies have organized an Atlantic Avenue Safety Improvement Workshop from 5:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17 at Cypress Hills Community School on 265 Warwick Street….
Since Halloween, 12 pedestrians have been killed in traffic accidents, many of them caught on video.
As part of the larger Vision Zero program to end road fatalities, various city agencies have organized an Atlantic Avenue Safety Improvement Workshop from 5:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17 at Cypress Hills Community School on 265 Warwick Street. According to the announcement, light refreshments will be served.
The workshop will focus on identifying street safety concerns, discussing street design solutions, gathering community input, and brainstorming ways to improve safety on Atlantic Avenue.
Representatives from the Department of Transportation, the Department of Design & Construction, and other city agencies will take note of public input for safety improvements on future designs for the strip of Atlantic Avenue between Georgia Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard in East New York and Ozone Park.
For those unable to attend, input can be shared here.
[Photo: NYC Department of City Planning]
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Okay that takes care of Jaywalking, now what does the city do about what is pictured above? you have pedestrians lawfully crossing at the designated crosswalk and there is a driver in a rush trying to squeeze between them, You can see how hard they whipped that turn. If the pedestrians don’t see the car or the driver miscalculates the turn the pedestrians get hurt. How do we change the culture of drivers taking unnecessary risks and not giving the pedestrians the right of way? People have to care/respect for each other not because the law demands it but because if the roles were reversed they would expect the same level of respect. I grew up in NYC my whole life, all that ticketing does is make you look around for a cop before breaking the law.
I’ve lived in Honolulu for two years now and the biggest difference is people here have more respect for each other. Pedestrians wait for the crosswalk, Drivers will wait for you to cross safely to the other side, no one honks at each other unless absolutely necessary and they thank you when you act in a considerate way. It has to be part of the culture. Getting home a minute or two earlier isn’t worth risking someone else’s life.
Okay that takes care of Jaywalking, now what does the city do about what is pictured above? you have pedestrians lawfully crossing at the designated crosswalk and there is a driver in a rush trying to squeeze between them, You can see how hard they whipped that turn. If the pedestrians don’t see the car or the driver miscalculates the turn the pedestrians get hurt. How do we change the culture of drivers taking unnecessary risks and not giving the pedestrians the right of way? People have to care/respect for each other not because the law demands it but because if the roles were reversed they would expect the same level of respect. I grew up in NYC my whole life, all that ticketing does is make you look around for a cop before breaking the law.
I’ve lived in Honolulu for two years now and the biggest difference is people here have more respect for each other. Pedestrians wait for the crosswalk, Drivers will wait for you to cross safely to the other side, no one honks at each other unless absolutely necessary and they thank you when you act in a considerate way. It has to be part of the culture. Getting home a minute or two earlier isn’t worth risking someone else’s life.
True, as much as I would hate it as a driver, speed cameras at accident-prone spots would reduce certainly stop most local folks from speeding at that spot.
True, as much as I would hate it as a driver, speed cameras at accident-prone spots would reduce certainly stop most local folks from speeding at that spot.