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Inquiry on NYC Streets Plan implementation and funding
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Council Member Brooks-Powers questions the implementation progress of the NYC Streets Plan and its funding in the preliminary budget. Director Jiha provides information on current efforts and funding allocations.
- DOT has completed only 19% of required bus lanes and 6.8% of required bus stop upgrades
- DOT has been more successful with bike lanes, completing 72% of the requirement
- The preliminary plan includes funding for new micro hubs and daylighting intersections
- OMB is working with DOT to support the implementation of the streets plan
Selvena Brooks-Powers
1:49:28
And just to be on the record, for Tin Cup Day under the leadership of speaker Adams, we did go up to Albany.
1:49:35
We did advocate in terms of the sunset, the need to sunset, the, the cost shift on the paratransit and what that impact looks like to the city.
1:49:47
And then lastly and chair I thank you for your patience just on the streets plan with DOT.
1:49:52
The streets plan is an enacted law but in DOT's most recent report, streets plan reporting, the department admitted that it has built only 9.6 miles of bus lanes or 19% of the requirement.
1:50:07
DOT was also required to upgrade 1,000 bus stops but has completed only 6.8% of the requirement.
1:50:16
DOT has been successful with constructing bike lanes having built out 58.2 miles of bike lanes which is almost 72% of the requirement.
1:50:27
With the onset of congestion pricing, prioritizing public transit infrastructure is more important than ever for working families.
1:50:36
How does the preliminary plan support and prioritize the benchmarks in the streets plan?
1:50:42
Is any additional funding added for the streets plan in the preliminary plan, and how is ONB ensuring that DOT has the funding needed to achieve the requirements set forth in the streets plan?
Jacques Jiha
1:50:56
Yeah.
1:50:57
The DOT is constantly working on to to get to the objective.
1:51:02
As you know, there has been community community pushback along the way, make it a bit sometimes difficult to do, But in this plan, we included funding to support new micro hubs, you know, that basically use for fleet goals that they have and to provide funding for daylight intersections.
1:51:25
So again, we're working with DOT all the time, constantly working with them, and I think I would defer to them when it comes to operationally what are they doing okay, to make sure that they implement the street spend.