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= Highway widenings = HOV lane LIE

= Grand Concourse =

= Atlantic Avenue = Tom Cocola, a spokesman for the Transportation Department, disagreed.

 Our roads are not designed for heroin users,  Mr. Cocola said in an e-mail response to questions. '' It is shameful and disingenuous for Transportation Alternatives to try to seek publicity from this tragedy. ''

= Eastern Parkway =

= Queens Boulevard =

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/09/archives/it-takes-a-spry-pedestrian-to-survive-on-queens-blvd.html?searchResultPosition=33

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/thecity/30deat.html?searchResultPosition=10

Culture/Economy
= NYCDOT =

1970s
New traffic signal equipment all intersections between 69th Street and 125th Street for $6.5 million, financed by a joint state-Federal grant, reduce traffic accidents/better traffic flow

Special parking regulations, bus zones, regulations on crosstown streets, one-way streets helped contribute to reduction in congestion-reduced travel time in Manhattan by 10% over 5 years

Grant for replacement of red/green signals with three head signals, building masts to put signals above the middle of streets rather than on sidewalks, include walk/don't walk signals in traffic light box, install electronic equipment in anticipation of future conversion to computerized signaling that would be responsive to traffic needs in the future; first proposed by Henry A. Barnes in 1962-first section not in place until May 1969

1980s
Decline in traffic accidents to its lowest level in 1986 since 1912, due to road engineering changes, increased enforcement for drivers who run red lights, and new rules requiring officers to take intoxicated drivers into custody. Summonses for drivers who ran red lights tripled since 1981, and increased from 406,958 in 1985 to 419,593 in 1986

271 pedestrian deaths, an 18 percent drop from 1985-consistent with declines since 1982-city began programs aimed at reducing pedestrian fatalities. 83 of the 271 deaths were in Brooklyn, 81 were in Queens, 70 in Manhattan, 32 in the Bronx, 5 on Staten Island

The number of pedestrians injured in traffic accidents increased from 13,500 to 14,700; below the 17,000 to 19,000 figure from the early 1980s

The number of pedestrian deaths declined steadily since 1970, when the annual total was around 500; an average of 300 pedestrians died each year since 1980

The DOT said that the faster replacing of Stop, Yield, One-Way and Do Not Enter signs and projects to increase pedestrian safety also helped.

Programs to institute longer crossing times wee set to be instituted on Upper Broadway, Grand Concourse, Empire Boulevard, Flatbush Avenue

Expansion of a pilot program to install cameras on traffic lights that photograph red light violations

1998
Widened sidewalks, eliminated traffic islands at Herald Square-improved safety; 182 pedestrians killed in 2001, down from 378 in 1989; police created the Traffic Control Division, 1998 traffic-tracking program; expansion of police force and falling crime freed police for traffic duty; articles about maimed bicyclists and lethal drag racing attracted attention to traffic safety

Down from 187 in 2000 to 156 in 2004 and in 2005

= De Blasio administration = Deaths in traffic accidents down from 257 in 2014 to 230

133 IN 2015, DOWN FROM 139 IN 2014, 183 in 2013