Transportation
This traffic calming design narrows the roadway at intersections to slow turning vehicles and shorten pedestrian crossing distance
What is a curb extension
This type of intersection design reduces conflict points by directing traffic in a circular flow
What is a roundabout
“If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic.”
Who is Fred Kent
This team oversees the installation and upkeep of physical street elements like seating, barriers, and other assets that support public use of space
What is the Furniture and Operations team
This Queens neighborhood is known for its diversity and is located along a corridor targeted for pedestrian safety interventions
What is Jackson Heights
This roadway design approach reduces the number of travel lanes to calm traffic and improve safety for all users
What is a road diet
This public transit feature allows buses or trains to arrive more frequently by reducing delays at intersections
What is transit signal priority
“Equity must be at the center of how we design and manage our streets.”
Who is Ydanis Rodriguez
This team is responsible for rapid delivery of safety improvements using interim materials before full capital reconstruction
What is the SIP team
This Brooklyn neighborhood is named after a major avenue that connects to a large park and has been the focus of safety improvements
What is Flatbush
This street design feature uses barriers or parked cars to separate cyclists from moving traffic
What is a protected bike lane
This principle focuses on designing transportation systems that safely accommodate all users, including pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers
What is complete streets
“We cannot accept that traffic deaths are inevitable. They are preventable.”
Who is Polly Trottenberg
This team handles internal operations such as procurement, staffing, and budget coordination across multiple program areas
What is the Admin team
This Manhattan neighborhood sits at a major transit hub where a crosstown corridor was redesigned to prioritize buses
What is Union Square
This traffic safety program aims to eliminate all traffic deaths and serious injuries in New York City
What is Vision Zero
This pricing strategy charges drivers a fee to enter busy urban areas to reduce traffic
What is congestion pricing
“The best way to improve public safety is to design streets that make safe behavior the easiest choice.”
Who is Janette Sadik-Khan
This team leads the design and implementation of plazas and shared streets that convert roadway space into pedestrian-focused environments
What is the Public Realm team
This Staten Island neighborhood is home to the borough’s main ferry terminal and surrounding street safety projects
What is St. George
This type of project converts excess roadway at complex intersections into usable public space while improving safety and simplifying traffic movements
What is a plaza conversion
This type of crash occurs most often at intersections when vehicles turn across pedestrian paths
What is a turning conflict
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
Who is Jane Jacobs
This team develops citywide networks that support non-car travel, including protected lanes and infrastructure for emerging mobility devices
What is the Cycling and Micromobility team
This Bronx area includes a major east–west corridor known for heavy bus ridership and recent street redesign efforts
What is Fordham