Transportation & Engineering

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.

Want To Get Involved?

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

Schedule

We are currently constructing projects from the FY25 and FY26 program cycles.  We will accept community requests again in Winter 2026 for the FY28 program cycle.