open sundays on prince street
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The New York City Department of Transportation's proposal to open SoHo's Prince Street to pedestrians only on Sundays in the spring and summer.TRANSCRIPT
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Prince Street Pedestrian Project“OPEN SUNDAYS” PROGRAM
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• Total: 320 sq. miles
• Parcels: 60%
• Parks: 15%
• Streets & Sidewalks: 25%
Streets represent ¼ of the city’s land area
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DOT Complete Streets Program
Support Improve
WalkingBicyclingTransitDrivingFreight
Physical EnvironmentAestheticsPerformanceSustainability
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• Current conditions – crowding, destination needs
• Why open Prince Street to pedestrians?
• What is a “pedestrian street”?
• How will it work?
•Evaluation and review
Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
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• Current conditions – crowding, destination needs
• Why open Prince Street to pedestrians?
• What is a “pedestrian street”?
• How will it work?
•Evaluation and review
Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
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Source: Gehl Architects citywdie pedestrian counts, 2007
Saturday Pedestrian Counts: Prince Street between Mercer Street and Greene Street
270
828
1200
3360
2826
4476
4686
5388
5124
5472
41284284
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
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8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8
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Average = 4,500 pedestrians per hour weekends during
proposed time period
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Prince Street Sunday Traffic Counts
Pedestrians: 4500/hr
Vehicles: 200/hr
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Subway, 5
2%
Wal
ked, 2
7%
Car, 8%
Taxi,
7%
Bicyc
le, 4
%
Bus, 2
%
How do people get to Prince Street?
Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06
Only 8% of people surveyed on Prince
Street arrived in a private car
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Prince Street Pedestrian Intercept Survey Findings: • People travel to Prince Street primarily by public transportation or non-motorized modes
• Visitors come to Prince Street primarily to shop in neighborhood stores or eat in restaurants
• 80% of people on Prince Street on Saturdays experience the street as being crowded
• By a ratio of 5:1, expanding pedestrian space would attract people to come to Prince St. more often
•Visitors who would come more often with a reallocation of space from parking to pedestrians spend about five times as much money in the neighborhood as do visitors who would come less often
Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06
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Prince Street Pedestrian Intercept Survey Findings: • People travel to Prince Street primarily by public transportation or non-motorized modes
• Visitors come to Prince Street primarily to shop in neighborhood stores or eat in restaurants
• 80% of people on Prince Street on Saturdays experience the street as being crowded
• By a ratio of 5:1, expanding pedestrian space would attract people to come to Prince St. more often
•Visitors who would come more often with a reallocation of space from parking to pedestrians spend about five times as much money in the neighborhood as do visitors who would come less often
Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06
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Prince Street Pedestrian Intercept Survey Findings: • People travel to Prince Street primarily by public transportation or non-motorized modes
• Visitors come to Prince Street primarily to shop in neighborhood stores or eat in restaurants
• 80% of people on Prince Street on Saturdays experience the street as being crowded
• By a ratio of 5:1, expanding pedestrian space would attract people to come to Prince St. more often
•Visitors who would come more often with a reallocation of space from parking to pedestrians spend about five times as much money in the neighborhood as do visitors who would come less often
Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06
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Prince Street Pedestrian Intercept Survey Findings: • People travel to Prince Street primarily by public transportation or non-motorized modes
• Visitors come to Prince Street primarily to shop in neighborhood stores or eat in restaurants
• 80% of people on Prince Street on Saturdays experience the street as being crowded
• By a ratio of 5:1, expanding pedestrian space would attract people to come to Prince St. more often
•Visitors who would come more often with a reallocation of space from parking to pedestrians spend about five times as much money in the neighborhood as do visitors who would come less often
Source: “Curbing Cars: Shopping, Parking and Pedestrian Space in Soho”, 12 / 14 / 06
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“Open Sundays” Pilot Project:
• Prince Street open to pedestrians from Lafayette St. to W Broadway (6 blocks)
• Sundays, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend (14 Sundays)
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Paris
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Copenhagen Salzburg
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“Why make the boundary at Lafayette Street instead of Broadway?”
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Broadway traffic and pedestrian volumes may be too heavy to accommodate traffic flow from Prince Street
Sunday, March 9th
3:00 pm
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Sunday 3/9, 3:30pm
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Sunday 3/9, 2:50pm
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Sunday, March 9th
3:30 pm
Lafayette Street traffic and pedestrian crossing volumes low enough to accommodate flow from Prince Street
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Sunday 3/9, 3:55pm
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• Current conditions – crowding, destination needs
• Why open Prince Street to pedestrians?
• What is a “pedestrian street”?
• How will it work?
•Evaluation and review
Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
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Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
What is a “pedestrian street”?
• No vehicular traffic or parking permitted, except emergency vehicles• Roadway open to use by pedestrians and cyclists
• All NYC vending restrictions apply – no vending allowed in roadway
• Not similar to a “street fair” – no stalls, food kiosks, games or rides
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Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
What is a “pedestrian street”?
• No vehicular traffic or parking permitted, except emergency vehicles
• Roadway open to use by pedestrians and cyclists• All NYC vending restrictions apply – no vending allowed in roadway
• Not similar to a “street fair” – no stalls, food kiosks, games or rides
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Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
What is a “pedestrian street”?
• No vehicular traffic or parking permitted, except emergency vehicles
• Roadway open to use by pedestrians and cyclists
• All NYC vending restrictions apply – no vending allowed in roadway• Not similar to a “street fair” – no stalls, food kiosks, games or rides
• Sidewalk cafes as permitted by Dept. of City Planning
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NYPD and Dept. of Consumer Affairs will
work to control vendors
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Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
What is a “pedestrian street”?
• No vehicular traffic or parking permitted, except emergency vehicles
• Roadway open to use by pedestrians and cyclists
• All NYC vending restrictions apply – no vending allowed in roadway
• Not a “street fair” – no stalls, food kiosks, games or rides
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Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
Who will manage the program?
• DOT will contract Soho Partnership to clean the streets
• DOT will contract Soho Partnership to place and remove barricades
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• Current conditions – crowding, destination needs
• Why open Prince Street to pedestrians?
• What is a “pedestrian street”?
• How will it work?
•Evaluation and review
Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
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Notifications, evaluation, and review:
• Flyers will be distributed to residents, businesses, and street vendors to inform them of pilot program before it is implemented
• “Open Sundays” will be studied by DOT during operation to evaluate positive or negative effects on pedestrian movement and local traffic circulation
•During the program and after the pilot program ends, local businesses and residents will be surveyed for their opinions
• A post-mortem evaluation will be held with the Community Board to measure the program’s success
Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
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• Flyers will be distributed to residents, businesses, and street vendors to inform them of pilot program before it is implemented
• “Open Sundays” will be studied by DOT during operation to evaluate positive or negative effects on pedestrian movement and local traffic circulation
•During the program and after the pilot program ends, local businesses and residents will be surveyed for their opinions
• A post-mortem evaluation will be held with the Community Board to measure the program’s success
Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
Notifications, evaluation, and review:
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• Flyers will be distributed to residents, businesses, and street vendors to inform them of pilot program before it is implemented
• “Open Sundays” will be studied by DOT during operation to evaluate positive or negative effects on pedestrian movement and local traffic circulation
• During the program and after the pilot program ends, local businesses and residents will be surveyed for their opinions
• A post-mortem evaluation will be held with the Community Board to measure the program’s success
Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
Notifications, evaluation, and review:
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• Flyers will be distributed to residents, businesses, and street vendors to inform them of pilot program before it is implemented
• “Open Sundays” will be studied by DOT during operation to evaluate positive or negative effects on pedestrian movement and local traffic circulation
•During the program and after the pilot program ends, local businesses and residents will be surveyed for their opinions
• A post-mortem evaluation will be held with the Community Board to measure the program’s success
Prince Street “OPEN SUNDAYS”
Notifications, evaluation, and review:
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Prince Street Pedestrian Project“OPEN SUNDAYS” PROGRAM
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