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DOT's outreach to other jurisdictions regarding daylighting
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Council Member Brooks-Powers inquires about the jurisdictions DOT contacted during their daylighting study. Deputy Commissioner Beaton explains that they reached out to various local and national cities.
- DOT contacted neighboring cities like Hoboken and other New York state jurisdictions
- National cities like San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington DC were also consulted
- Beaton notes that New York City has a lower rate of pedestrian injuries than the rest of New York state, despite being exempt from state daylighting laws
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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What other jurisdictions did you reach out to when you inquired about their analysis of daylighting benefits?
Eric Beaton
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So it was a very long list, many of which is listed in the report.
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But locally it included Hoboken and other neighboring cities.
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Nationally we worked through the National Association of City Transportation Officials.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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Did you reach out to like Nassau County because they have daylight in almost all of
Eric Beaton
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them?
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Well we reached out to a lot of New York state jurisdictions just because there is that law around the state.
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New York City actually has a lower rate of pedestrian injuries than the rest of New York state despite being the only jurisdiction that's exempted.
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So we talked to Yonkers, but we also talked to San Francisco and Chicago and Washington DC, like to other cities that have some of this, in some cases, rules on the books, in some cases not.
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But we didn't find any of them that had done this look at injuries to see what was
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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going Well, speaking of Hoboken, Hoboken across the river reports significantly fewer collisions or injuries as a result of daylighting.