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Wallabout Street One-way Conversion and
Pedestrian Safety Improvements
2014
Commissioner Polly Trottenberg New York City Department of
Transportation
Office of Research, Implementation & Safety
Community Board 1, Transportation Committee May 29, 2014
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Request for one-way conversion of Wallabout St received
from:
Community Board 1
Rabbi Niederman / United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg
and North Brooklyn
Councilmember Levin requested congestion relief on Wallabout
St
Background
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Existing Conditions
Wallabout St from Kent Ave to Union Ave
Very narrow (33) two-way street
B48 bus runs east/west
Was a local truck route (demapped in 2013)
Heavy school bus route
Busy local retail corridor
Industrial and high density residential
Heavy pedestrian traffic
Show
extended
limits
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Child Pedestrian Fatality on Wallabout St & Bedford Ave in
2009
Corridor had 60 Injured and 5 Killed or Severely Injured over 5
years
32% of injuries are pedestrians
Chaotic traffic flow causing dangerous environment for
pedestrians
Safety Issues
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Cuurent Conditions
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Proposal
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Convert Wallabout St to one-way eastbound (Heyward St to
Nostrand Ave/Lee Ave)
Add pedestrian space and parking throughout corridor
Install / extend No Standing regulations on Flushing Ave and Lee
Ave
Convert Union Ave to two-way between Wallabout St & Flushing
Ave
Convert Marcy Ave from Wallabout St to Flushing Ave to
pedestrian space
Reroute westbound B48 bus on to Flushing Ave
Proposal
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Benefits
Improves pedestrian safety and pedestrian comfort
Relieves congestion on Wallabout St
Simplifies traffic circulation, takes advantage of truck route
removal
Why eastbound Wallabout St?
Aligns with existing one-way eastbound configurations at Classon
Ave & at Lee Ave
Eastbound has higher traffic volumes
Proposal
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B48 Bus Route Existing
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B48 Bus Route Proposed (Discussed with, not yet approved by the
MTA)
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Locations of Major Improvements U
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n A
ve
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Wallabout St & Heyward St Existing
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Wallabout St & Heyward St Proposed
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Wallabout St & Lynch St Existing
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Wallabout St & Lynch St Proposed
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Wallabout St & Middleton St Existing
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Wallabout St & Middleton St Proposed
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Wallabout St & Lee Ave Existing
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Wallabout St & Lee Ave Proposed
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Union Ave / Marcy Ave Existing
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Union Ave / Marcy Ave Slip Ramp Closure
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Westbound Wallabout St Traffic (Before)
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Anticipated Rerouting of
Westbound Wallabout St Traffic (PM peak)
+61
cars
+55
cars
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Overall parking loss / gain
Adding full time parking spaces ~24 net new parking spaces
throughout the project area
Parking time reduced 8 spaces: Lee Ave (east curb) between
Wallabout & Flushing (4-7pm -> 7am-7pm)
34 spaces: Flushing Ave (north curb) from Bedford to Lee
(7am-7pm)
Parking Supply
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Proposed Curb Regulations Changes
Necessary to
handle
redirected
westbound
traffic on Lee
Ave & Flushing
Ave and to
improve
Flushing Ave
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Summary of Benefits
Safer, less congested, less chaotic Wallabout St
Added pedestrian space throughout
Improved traffic operations on Wallabout St
Improved traffic operations on Flushing Ave
Improved traffic operations on Lee Ave
More logical circulation pattern on Union Ave between Wallabout
St & Flushing Ave
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Questions? Thank
You