The Borough President’s responds to a letter received from the DOT. He originally requested the DOT to explore the feasibility of refiguring the traffic lights along the loop in Central Park during off peak-hours. The response from DOT “our traffic engineers have evaluated [your] suggestion and determined that it is not feasible because it would impact pedestrian safety.”
His request back to DOT was to provide:
- Data used to measure pedestrian traffic along the Central Park Loop in the early morning hours
- An explanation of why flashing yellow lights provide sufficient protection for pedestrians along Prospect Park West’s Bike Lane- but not in Central Park
- All relevant data used to determine that changing the lights to flashing yellow would impact pedestrian safety.
You can read the document available online here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50898327/Scott-Stringer-Responds-to-DOT-re-Central-Park-Cycling-03-16-11
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