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Transportation and Access Solutions in the Bronx River Community

Transportation and Access Solutions in the Bronx River Community. Prepared for Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice by Matthew Gosline, Aaron Knoll, Anna Peccianti, and Matthew Sloane of the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn New York. Existing Transportation Conditions Within the Bronx River Community.

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Transportation and Access Solutions in the Bronx River Community

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  1. Transportation and Access Solutions in the Bronx River Community Prepared for Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice by Matthew Gosline, Aaron Knoll, Anna Peccianti, and Matthew Sloane of the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn New York.

  2. Existing Transportation Conditions Within the Bronx River Community

  3. Challenge Pedestrian Safety

  4. Opportunity: Traffic Calming Lead Pedestrian Interval’s - Audible signal adjustments - Raised crosswalks Repainting crosswalks - Bulb Outs

  5. Vision Before

  6. Vision After

  7. Challenge Handicap Inaccessibility

  8. Opportunity: Bus Rapid Transit • Bus Rapid Transit provides express bus services through neighborhoods. Bus Rapid Transit • Is scheduled to come to the South Bronx in 2013. .

  9. Challenge Lack of Bicycle Accommodation

  10. Opportunity: Bicycle Grid Covered Bicycle Parking

  11. Opportunity: Bicycle Grid Bus Bicycle Racks – More Bicycle Lanes

  12. Opportunity: Public Awareness BRONXNEXT Public Access

  13. Challenge Access Issues

  14. Vision Way finding signs - Bridge across river under 174th - Light art under 174th

  15. Opportunity: 174th Street Greenstreet Native Planting – Additional Trees - Benches – Fence Art – Bicycle/Skateboarding Lanes

  16. Vision Before

  17. Vision After: 174th St. can be modified to become an open, pedestrian thoroughfare which connects the community and the river.

  18. Conclusion Grants and other funding streams can make these improvements easier to implement in the Bronx River Community.

  19. Funding Opportunities/Additional Resources • PUBLIC TRANSPORATION • NYSDOT - Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act www.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/index.htm • DESIGN • Creative Capital • www.creativecapital.org • New York State Council on the Arts • www.nysca.org/public/guidelines/visual_arts/index.htm • BICYCLES • Bikes Belong • http://www.bikesbelong.org/node/11968 • BICYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION • Bike New York • http://bikenewyork.org/ • SKATEPARK CONSTRUCTION • Tony Hawk Foundation • http://www.tonyhawkfoundation.org

  20. Thank you

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