Safe Streets for Seniors - Outreach Forest Hills, Queens 2012 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Safe Streets for Seniors - Outreach Forest Hills, Queens 2012 Selfhelp Austin Street Senior Center – September 19, 2012 Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan New York City Department of Transportation Office of Research, Implementation and Safety

Senior Pedestrians • 12% of the population in NYC are seniors • 36% of pedestrian traffic fatalities are seniors NY NYC P C Population pulation NYC T NY C Traffic ffic Fatalities talities 12% 18% 14% 56% Seniors (65+) Adults (25-65) Source: 2006 ‐ 2010 NYCDOT ‐ NYPD Fatality Database; 2010 U.S. Census Young Adults (15-24) Children (0-14) 2

NYC’s Safe Streets for Seniors Forest Hills

Forest Hills Senior Focus Area All Pedestrian Injuries 1 ‐ 2 2 ‐ 5 5 ‐ 9 9 ‐ 15 15 ‐ 24 Senior Pedestrian Injuries 1 ‐ 4 5 ‐ 7 8 ‐ 9 10 ‐ 12 Senior Centers

DOT Toolbox Daylighting Da ylighting: Better driver- Signal Timing: Can add more Signal Timing Countdown Signals Countdo wn Signals: Tell pedestrian visibility time to cross where possible pedestrians how much more time they have to cross Side Sidewalk Extensions lk Extensions: Shortens Pedestrian R destrian Refuge Islands fuge Islands: Road Diet ad Diet: Organizes traffic, crossing distance, slows turning Shortens crossings on wide less speeding streets, provides safer crossing cars

Discussion Queens Blvd & Yellowstone Blvd Long cr ng crossing distances f ossing distances for all cr all cross osswalk alks Illegal and Illegal and unsa unsafe e turns turns

108 th Street Discussion Man Many senior seniors need s need mor more time to time to safely cr sa ly cross the oss the wide str wide street 108 th St & 65 th Ave Wide str Wide street eet with speeding with speeding 108 th St & 63 rd Ave

Discussion Forest Hills Senior Focus Area How do you usually travel around your • neighborhood? Do seniors get around the same way? • Which crosswalks in the study area feel least safe to • cross? Does the senior crash data cover the most important • locations? What other locations need safety improvements for • seniors/disabled? Are there treatments from the DOT toolbox that • would help your neighborhood? What other street treatments would you suggest in • the study area?

Thank Questions? You Contact: Queens Borough Commissioner’s Office at qbc@dot.nyc.gov or 212 ‐ 839 ‐ 2510