AGENCY TESTIMONY
Project prioritization and equity considerations in DOT planning
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Margaret Forgione explains how DOT identifies and prioritizes street reconstruction projects, emphasizing the importance of equity in the decision-making process. She highlights the agency's commitment to investing in communities of color across the five boroughs.
- Describes the use of statistical prioritization frameworks including safety, roadway conditions, and community demographics
- Emphasizes equity as a major consideration in project ranking
- Provides examples of significant investments in diverse communities throughout NYC
Margaret Forgione
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DOT identifies street reconstruction needs regularly and through a variety of stakeholders, including community members, elected officials, other agencies, as well as proactively through our internal operational and planning teams.
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As part of the capital planning process, DOT evaluates perspective street projects using statistical prioritization frameworks that include metrics to quantify safety needs, roadway conditions, mobility improvements, climate considerations, and community demographics.
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Equity is one of the largest considerations in determining how projects rank.
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Our most recent tenure capital plan for street reconstruction invests the most money ever in communities of color throughout the 5 boroughs, including cycling and safety improvements in Northern Manhattan, Mott Haven, and Hunts Point, drainage improvements in Southeast Queens, the Rockaways, and South Brooklyn, and pedestrian and transit projects on the North Shore of Staten Island and along Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.