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Hoboken's experience with daylighting and its differing conclusions
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Council Member Brooks-Powers questions why Hoboken's conclusions on daylighting differ from DOT's study. Deputy Commissioner Beaton explains the differences and limitations of Hoboken's approach.
- Hoboken reports fewer collisions and injuries as a result of daylighting
- Beaton notes that Hoboken's daylighting was historical and related to narrow streets
- DOT found no formal study from Hoboken on the effectiveness of their daylighting measures
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
0:49:10
going Well, speaking of Hoboken, Hoboken across the river reports significantly fewer collisions or injuries as a result of daylighting.
0:49:18
Why do you think their conclusions differ from their experiences?
Eric Beaton
0:49:24
Yeah.
0:49:24
I mean, first, we very much appreciative of everything that Hoboken does.
0:49:28
They've been a terrific member of the city community, including their work on daylighting and also road diets and hardening and other things that they have done.
0:49:41
A lot of their daylighting was very historic and actually related to the narrowness of their streets and the ability for vehicles to make turns.
0:49:51
As far as we can tell, including reaching out to them, they've never done a study of those effects.
0:49:57
I know that they've talked quite a bit about it.
0:50:00
And I don't have any way to say that they're wrong.
0:50:03
But we were not able to find anything that really speaks to what the actual effectiveness was, knowing that it's one of many things that they've done to have some safety record.