ParticipatoryBudgetingProjectProposalForm

District:CouncilMemberHelenRosenthal,District6
ContactPerson:(DelegateorFacilitator)
Name:KenCoughlin
Phone:2127210613
Email:coughlin.ken@gmail.com
ProjectName:BetterseparationofcyclistsandwalkersonHudsonRiverGreenway
CommitteeName:Transit,Street,SidewalksandPublicSafety
Agency(ies)ResponsibleForImplementation:ParksDepartment
Location(s):(Address,intersection,orlandmarknamebeasspecificaspossible.Forschoolsorother
facilities,includefacilityname.Forstreetprojects,includethestreetitisonandthestartingandending
crossstreets)

SectionofHudsonRiverGreenwayfrom72ndSt.toRiverWalk(approximately84thSt.)
BriefProjectDescription:(Listthespecificelementsofwhatwillbebought/constructed/installed.)
1. Improveseparation/delineationofpedestrianandcyclistareasonexistingwaterfront
pathfrom72ndSt.toRiverWalkthroughnewthermoplasticpavementmarkings,
bettersignageanddistinctivepavementtreatmentsforthetwousergroups.
2. Createanalternativerouteforusebycyclistsduringhightrafficsummermonths.
Thisnewroutewilluseexistingpathstotheeastofthewaterfrontpathstartingjust
tothenorthoftherestrooms.Itwillrequirenewsignageforbothcyclistsand
pedestrians,thermoplasticpavementmarkings,barrierstokeepcyclistsfrom
accessingthewaterfrontroute,andplasticbollardswherethenewproposedroute
traversestheserviceroadatthe79thSt.trafficcircletodemarcatetherouteand
separatecyclistsfromParksDept.servicevehicles.Workcouldalsoinclude
landscapingtoreducethegradeoneithersideofthetrafficcircle,aswellasthe
creationofanewpaththatconnectsthebikepaththatrunsunderthehighway
overpasswithexistingpathsthatlinktotheproposedreroute.
Feasibility&CapitalEligibility:(Istheprojectcapitallyeligible?Arethereanyregulatorydecisions,
agencypoliciesorpotentialhurdlesthatneedtobeconsideredseparatefromfunding?)

Theprojectisfeasibleandcapitaleligible.TheRiversideParkadministratorinitially
proposedthesummermonthbicyclepathreroute.

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EstimatedCost:(Ifavailable.Includesourceofestimate.)
EstimatestocomefromRiversideParkadministrator

Need:(Brieflydescribewhatproblem(s)thisprojectwilladdressintwotofoursentences.)
ThisareaoftheHudsonRiverwaterfrontisahighlyattractivedestinationforbothNew
Yorkersandtouristsduringwarmweathermonths,andthepopularBoatBasinCafcanadd
tothecongestion.Atthesametime,theHudsonRiverGreenwaythatsharesthisspaceis
themostusedbicyclepathintheUnitedStatesandthemajornorthsouthcommuting
routeforManhattancyclists.Conflictsbetweencyclistsandthehighvolumeofpedestrians
duringcertaintimesarefrequentandinevitable.
Benefit:(Brieflydescribethepotentialimpactofthisprojectonthecommunityintwotofoursentences.)
Reroutingcyclistsontolightlyusedpathsduringtimeswhenthewaterfrontpathismost
congestedwillreducethechanceofbikepedestriancrashesandimprovetheexperience
forbothwalkersandcyclists.Moreclearlyseparatingcyclistsfrompedestriansalongthe
existingwaterfrontrouteatothertimeswillresultinsimilarbenefits.
PotentialChallenges&OtherComments:
Carewillhavetobetakentoensurethatwalkersonpathsslatedfortheproposedreroute
arefullyawarethattheyaresharingthespacewithcyclists,andviceversa.Cyclistspicking
upspeedonthedownhillportionsoneithersideofthetrafficcircleareapotentialdanger
tounwarywalkers.Conversely,notallcyclists,particularlyyoungerones,willbeableto
ridetheirbikesupthesesamegrades.

ResearchConductedToDate:
ParticipatoryBudgetingNeighborhoodAssemblies(receivedhighprojectscore)
InformaldiscussionswithRiversideParksadministrator
Outreachtoselectedmembersofthecyclingcommunityforfeedbackonthe
proposal

Appendix
Roughsketchofproposedcyclepathreroute

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