QUESTION
Does the Department of Transportation have detailed traffic data contributing to slowdown response times?
2:06:37
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Dan Steinberg confirms that the Department of Transportation has detailed traffic data indicating widespread congestion across major corridors in all five boroughs.
- The DOT employs a sophisticated system called Enricks for tracking vehicle speeds.
- The system reveals widespread congestion, particularly in major corridors across all five boroughs.
- The Mayor's Management Report includes an indicator on average speeds in Midtown, sourced from TLC cars, showing significant slowdown.
- Efforts are ongoing to make such detailed traffic data more publicly accessible.
Lincoln Restler
2:06:37
I do think in an ideal world, there would be a much better connectivity and linkage there so we could make that analysis together in an informed way about what we're investing in and why.
2:06:46
Certainly, there are a number of areas that we highlighted in our conversation, you know, in the hearing today.
2:06:52
Such as NYPD overtime, where it'd be really helpful for the agency to make a better case for why this is the best use of a $1,000,000,000.
2:07:01
Relative to other budget cuts that the city is experiencing.
2:07:04
So I appreciate that.
2:07:07
I'm glad we had a chance to have a fun conversation about Mariana.
2:07:11
And I have just a couple close out questions that are just clarifications on other items that on items that you mentioned earlier in the in your testimony.
2:07:22
Do you have more detailed traffic data then I think it was the crossing data that you referenced, that you thought was contributing to the slowdown response times.
Dan Steinberg
2:07:33
Yeah.
2:07:33
There there's a lot of data DOT has a very sophisticated system now called Enricks.
2:07:39
Very expensive.
2:07:40
And and they now have the ability to track vehicle speeds on most major cordors and and and they're seeing a widespread congestion.
2:07:48
It it really is in the major quarters in all five boroughs.
2:07:52
So there are ways now.
2:07:54
You know, we also track the the MMR actually does have one indicator on average speeds in Midtown.
2:08:02
Which is specifically sourced from TLC cars, which is a cool indicator, and it's slowing down.
2:08:09
A lot in Midtown.
2:08:11
But so, yes.
2:08:13
We could substantiate that claim and and have done the research.
Lincoln Restler
2:08:17
Okay.
2:08:17
I think we might be interested in figuring out how to make that more publicly accessible data.
2:08:22
So maybe that's something for us to figure out.