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Delivering for New York Tour: $6 Million While in Congress to Make City Streets Safer in All Five Boroughs Weiner Calls for Restoration of the "Barnes Dance"
New York City Today, Anthony Weiner made his third stop on his Delivering for New York tour at the intersection of 23rd Street and 3rd Avenue where he discussed his success in Congress in delivering $6 million for transportation and infrastructure improvement projects that make pedestrians safer in New York City. Weiner served on the Transportation Committee during consideration of the last big intermodal transit-funding bill. He used the post to focus on non-automotive solutions and worked on making pedestrians safer. (Congressional Record, Extensions of Remarks March 28, 2007, Folios E659 and E660) Weiner: Delivering $3 Million for Pedestrian Safety in All Five Boroughs Weiners efforts resulted in funding for improvement projects not just in his home district, but for the entire city. His $3 million in funding across the five boroughs $600,000 for each was dedicated to projects, such as pedestrian center islands, turning lights and lanes and expanded corner sidewalks. [PUBLIC LAW 10959, 119 STAT.1297-1383, No. 1049-3283] Weiner: Delivering $2.5 Million to Protect School Kids Weiner provided funding for New York City to improve the pedestrian safety in the areas surrounding ten schools four in Queens, three in Brooklyn, one on Staten Island and two in the Bronx. Upgrades included new traffic and pedestrian signals, pedestrian crossing upgrades, speed bumps, high-visibility crosswalks and new parking regulations. [PUBLIC LAW 10959, 119 STAT.1264-1373, No. 204-3014] Weiner: Delivering $500,000 to Keep Trucks Away From Residential Streets Weiner secured $500,000 for the NYC Department of Transportation to study routing improvements in five locations one in the Bronx, one in Queens, two in Brooklyn and one on Staten Island to lessen truck traffic and noise impact through possible improvements to intersections, improved signage, possible truck route changes, and possible enforcement strategies. [PUBLIC LAW 10959, 119 STAT.1264-1322, No. 206-1693] For too long transportation funding was dedicated to making it easier for drivers to get from point A to point B," Weiner said. "I fought to make sure that New York City got its fair share of funding and that it targeted our slowest moving but most vulnerable travelers - pedestrians." Weiner also highlighted Idea #100 from his second book of ideas, Even More Keys to the City: 61 Additional Ideas to Keep New York the Capital of the Middle Class. Weiner has proposed the return of the Barnes Dance at intersections. Weiners proposal would alter traffic patterns at intersections in high-traffic areas and areas near schools and senior and nursing facilities and eliminate the vehicle-pedestrian conflict by stopping cars at these intersections in every direction so that pedestrians can cross the street more safely, including diagonally, without direct competition from cars.
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