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Traffic Calming

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This biennial, competitive program works to improve safety and quality of life, by slowing traffic and reducing pedestrian and bicycle crashes.

How It Works

The Department of Transportation and Engineering (DOTE) works hand in hand with community councils to identify and prioritize streets for safety improvements. Our process combines neighborhood knowledge with transportation and engineering expertise.

Each community council may submit any two streets for consideration. All submitted streets are ranked using the same evaluation criteria:

  • Crash Data (30%) – Total crashes, fatal/severe crashes, and pedestrian/bike crashes within ¼ linear mile on the requested street between 2022 and 2024.

  • Speed Data (30%) – Number and percentage of vehicles speeding during a 48-hour traffic count period.

  • Equity (20%) – Streets are evaluated on tiered census tract data considering areas with underserved populations and limited vehicle access.

  • Pedestrian Generators (10%) – Proximity to key destinations such as neighborhood business districts, schools, parks, recreation areas, health centers, bodegas/convenience stores, senior centers, community centers, or libraries along the requested street or within one city block.

  • Bus Ridership (10%) – Total ridership on bus routes/stops along the corridor.

(DOTE will collect the data above; community councils do not need to collect this data.)

Final rankings are posted publicly, and we fund as many projects as the budget allows.

Deadline

The deadline for community council submissions is Friday, February 28, 2025. DOTE will select a location on a neighborhood’s behalf if a community council does not provide a selection by the deadline.

Want To Get Involved?

To submit streets for consideration for traffic calming, contact your community council. Access community council information and contact details here.

2026 Tentative Schedule

DOTE contacts all community councils – December 20, 2024

Submission deadline – February 28, 2025

Traffic counts – March through June 2025

Award announcement – July 2025

Planning – Summer / Fall 2025

Engineering – Winter 2025

Construction – Summer 2026

  

2025
Eleven projects were funded for 2025.
 
2023/2024
Thirty-four projects were funded for 2023/2024. Additionally, 24 "vulnerable user" projects near schools/parks/recreation areas were funded through a one-time source of funds.