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    Community Boards Share Many Concerns Over Permanent Open Restaurant Program

    Open Restaurants  •  Citywide

    Roadway cafe in Brooklyn. Image Credit: NYC DOT.

    Community boards in support and against the application had concerns about quality of life issues and community board involvement in future reviews. Last year’s Open Restaurants program was established to allow restaurants to operate sidewalk or roadway cafes without the extensive approval process to provide safe outdoor dining options during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the program was enabled through an emergency executive order that temporarily suspended the sidewalk café application process, a permanent program would require changes to laws and agency rules. The first step is a proposed zoning text amendment to get rid of the geographical restrictions of where sidewalk and roadway cafes can be located. While zoning text amendments do not need to go through the full ULURP process, it is customary for the Department of City Planning to seek the feedback of community boards for these applications. (read more…)

    Tags : Community Boards, Department of City Planning, Department of Transportation, Open Restaurants, Open Restaurants Plan
    Date:10/22/2021
    Category : Community Boards
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    New Acting Transportation Commissioner Appointed as Commissioner Trottenberg Departs

    Appointments  •  Citywide

    Acting Transportation Commissioner Margaret Forgione. Image Credit: NYC DOT

    The new Acting Commissioner is a 26-year veteran of the Department of Transportation. On December 4, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Margaret Forgione will be the Acting Commissioner of the Department of Transportation after Commissioner Polly Trottenberg departs on December 11th. (read more…)

    Tags : Acting Commissioner Margaret Forgione, appointments, Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, Department of Transportation
    Date:12/09/2020
    Category : Mayor
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    Major Bus and Bike Improvements Increase Mobility in the Bronx

    Transportation  •  The Bronx and Manhattan

    A dedicated bus lane. Image Credit: NYC DOT

    The changes affect four bus lines connecting ten major subway lines in the Bronx and Manhattan. On October 9, 2020, Mayor de Blasio announced major bus and bike improvements in the Bronx furthering the Better Buses Restart plan and keeping the City on track with de Blasio’s recovery agenda. (read more…)

    Tags : buses, Department of Transportation, subways
    Date:10/20/2020
    Category : Mayor
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    Lower Speed Limits, Traffic Cameras in School Zones Aim to Reduce Traffic Deaths

    Vision Zero  •  Citywide

    A speed limit sign. Image Credit: Google Maps

    The City plans to expand the number of speed traffic cameras through 2021. On September 1, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that through a coordinated effort between the Administration, the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the NYPD, speed limits will be reduced by five miles per hours on 25 miles of major streets, adherence to speed limits will be more strictly enforced, and speed cameras have been activated in all 750 school zones Citywide. (read more…)

    Tags : Department of Transportation, NYPD, school zones, speed cameras, speed limits, traffic safety, Vision Zero
    Date:09/16/2020
    Category : Mayor
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    DOT, DDC, DEP and Elected Officials Celebrate “Great Street” Grand Concourse Renovation

    Street Renovations  •  Grand Concourse, Bronx

    New crosswalks and wider meridians help make the Grand Concourse safer for pedestrians. Image Credit: DDC

    Phase 4 of the project will begin in April 2021. On August 12, 2020, the Department of Transportation, Department of Design and Construction, and Department of Environmental Protection, along with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Council Member Vanessa Gibson, announced the completion of Phase 3 of the reconstruction of Grand Concourse in the Bronx. (read more…)

    Tags : "Great Streets" program, Department of Design and Construction, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Transportation, Grand Concourse
    Date:08/31/2020
    Category : Department of Design and Construction
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    Comptroller’s Audit Reveals DOT Inadequate Maintenance of Street Name Signs

    Audits  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: Office of the Comptroller

    The DOT still does not have a complete inventory of the City’s 250,000 street name signs. On August 14, 2020, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer released a follow-up audit of the Department of Transportation, three years after the original audit of their street name sign maintenance. The 2017 audit of the Department of Transportation revealed significant inadequacies in the Department’s ability to install and maintain street signs, and the 2020 audit revealed that the Department still lacks a standard procedure to address street name sign complaints in a timely manner. (read more…)

    Tags : Audit Report, Comptroller's Office, Department of Transportation
    Date:08/25/2020
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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