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| DOT's Office of School Safety Engineering maintains a database of over 1,400 program schools citywide. The program includes public and private, elementary and middle schools with 250 or more students. Around each program school DOT installs and maintains safety engineering treatments that increase visibility and promote safety at intersections where students cross to and from school. In addition The Office of School Safety Engineering has created Traffic Safety Maps for over 1,400 programs schools to help students plan their safest routes to school. All school intersections have...  In addition to the standard safety treatments shown above DOT may install devices to help lower the speed of motor vehicles around schools. One of the most common treatment is a speed reducer. The Agency is also piloting reduced speed zones around schools. A Speed Reducer is raised portion of the roadway accompanied by warning signage that is intended to help slow vehicle speeds. In some cases, when a speed reducer is to be not feasibly do to roadway constraints, DOT may consider installing a Reduced Speed Zone. Reduced Speed Zones include 20mph reduced speed limit signs accompanied by flashing beacons that operate during school hours. Traffic Safety Maps In addition to these physical improvements, the DOT also prepares Traffic Safety Maps for schools serving elementary and intermediate school students having an enrollment of 250 students or more. The maps show the roadway network, signals, and school crosswalks surrounding over 1,400 schools. The maps can be used by teachers, parents, and students to plan a safe route to walk to school. Safety Education Resources By reviewing the important safety tips covered in the guides below in conjunction with the school's Traffic Safety Plan Map, teachers can assist their students in discovering how their personal tools, as well as tools in the traffic environment, will help them stay safer. They can use the activities suggested, or create their own, to reinforce their students' safety knowledge and strengthen their vocabulary, reading, and math. This guide can help students and parents understand the meaning of the signs and markings they see everyday in their neighborhood. This guide was developed by the NYC Department of Education Region 7 Local Instructional Superintendent's Office and the Department of Transportation Safety Education Office, to help teach children to understand the importance of the many safety tools available to all of us. In addition to these resources, educators from DOT's Safety Education Division are available to conduct training workshops for teachers on using the curriculum and maps with their students. For information on the workshops and programs for students, please contact DOT's Safety Education Division at (212) 839-2200 or at schoolsafetyed@dot.nyc.gov. Safe Routes to Schools - Priority Schools Initiative
The Priority Schools Initiative is an ongoing effort by NYCDOT to improve student pedestrian safety around schools that have the most serious crash histories. Each of DOT's Priority Schools receives an individualized planning study which determines both short-term and long-term measures to improve safety.
Current Priority Schools DOT's has analyzed the latest citywide crash data and school data in order to identify a new group of 135 Priority Schools. Each Priority Schools will receive an individualized planning study to determine recommended measures to improve safety for students walking to school. The links below list the new Priority Schools: (pdf links) Bronx Priority Schools Brooklyn Priority Schools Manhattan Priority Schools Queens Priority Schools Staten Island Priority Schools Priority Schools Previously Studied In 2004, DOT's consultants analyzed citywide crash data and school data in order to identify its first 135 Priority Schools. As of December 2007, 100% of the short-term safety improvements at the 135 Priority Schools were completed. This work included new traffic and pedestrian signals, the addition of exclusive pedestrian crossing time, speed bumps, speed boards, high visibility crosswalks and new parking regulations. Capital construction of the long-term safety measures has begun at the priority schools ongoing and will continue. Priority Schools Previously Studied Toolkit of Safety Measures A report prepared for the DOT Office of School Safety Engineering describes the safety measures that can be used to advance the goals of the Priority School Initiative. The report is a comprehensive 'toolbox' of mitigation measures that can be used to advance the goals of the School Safety Engineering Project. The list includes both traditional and nontraditional measures currently in use by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), as well as new or innovative measures that have been developed and that are in use by other jurisdictions. View the "Toolkit" of Safety Measures - The sixty-six safety measures in this report are organized in four chapters: Roadway Re-design, Active Traffic Calming, Safe Routes to School, and Passive Traffic Calming. Related Programs
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