"The DOT will now time traffic lights on 1st, 2nd, and 8th Avenues to allow bicycles and vehicles to travel at 15 miles per hour. The intervals are designed to allow cyclists to hit a series of green lights, clearing the way for them to bike multiple blocks without stopping. Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn said green wave timing keeps cyclists moving at speeds that are safer for them and for pedestrians, while ensuring they abide by traffic rules."
"For a driver or cyclist, hitting back-to-back green lights feels like magic, Flynn said. Green Wave corridors leverage that feeling to encourage safer travel speeds across transportation modes, with nearly no impact on nearby streets, while keeping pedestrians safer. The commissioner framed signal retiming as one of many moves DOT is making to reduce deaths and severe injuries from traffic crashes via the city's Vision Zero program."
"Under Vision Zero, we're prepared to use every tool available, from street redesign to signal retiming and updating curb regulations, in order to deliver safer streets for New Yorkers, he said. The three corridors where DOT will install green wave signaling this month. The 1st Avenue green wave will run full-time between Houston and 19th Streets, and during off-peak hours and on weekends from Houston Street to 34th Street."
"DOT insists the retiming will not slow private vehicles and MTA buses down because they rarely exceed 15 mph on days when traffic is heavier. According to a data analysis that DOT conducted of green wave timing that it installed on Manhattan's 3rd Avenue between 59th"
Green wave signal timing will be installed on stretches of 1st, 2nd, and 8th Avenues in Manhattan. Traffic lights will be timed to allow bicycles and vehicles to move at 15 miles per hour, enabling cyclists to pass multiple blocks without stopping. The timing is intended to keep cyclists moving at speeds considered safer for them and for pedestrians while still requiring traffic-rule compliance. The change is framed as part of the city’s Vision Zero effort to reduce deaths and severe injuries from traffic crashes. DOT says the retiming will not slow private vehicles or MTA buses because they rarely exceed 15 mph during heavier traffic days. The 1st Avenue corridor runs between Houston and 19th Streets full-time, with additional off-peak and weekend coverage, while 2nd and 8th Avenue corridors operate full-time within specified limits.
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