Adams focuses on dangerous intersections in pedestrian safety plan
Traffic-calming measures, also new crosswalk rule
Mayor Eric Adams, Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell on Wednesday announced a new plan to improve pedestrian safety at intersections.
With intersections the leading site of pedestrian injuries and fatalities, DOT plans to design improvements to make 1,000 intersections safer with upgraded traffic signals, raised crosswalks, and other expanded pedestrian space and visibility measures.
Empowered by a new traffic rule protecting pedestrians that took effect the same day, the NYPD will immediately begin expanded enforcement against drivers who fail to recognize the primacy of pedestrians in crosswalks.