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1. 1. Grinding to a Standstill? Search For New Downtown Traffic Plan | Transportation Alternatives

   www.transalt.org/newsroom/medi - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/7/2008   Last Visited: 7/6/2008

   That is why we are doing this," said DOT's Downtown Brooklyn Transportation Coordinator Ryan Russo, who said the study focuses on existing as well as future transportation woes.
   
   "We figure out how to get people there with no bias as to how," Russo said.
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   According to Russo, the study will address the peak and off-peak congestion growth as well as look at existing and potential spillover onto residential streets.
   
   While 85 percent of people arriving to the area use high occupancy modes, such as public transit or carpooling, Russo said even those options are congested.
   
   "Congestion will never be fully eliminated," said Ryan Russo, DOT's downtown Brooklyn transportation coordinator."Congestion is the hallmark of a successful city, but it needs to be managed."
   
   Several residents asked for the study to look into East River tolls, as well as reconsider the Verrazano Bridge toll, as well.
   
   The area already has the workforce of downtown Denver, said Russo, but in 15 years it may have the workforce of downtown Baltimore.

2. 2. Streetsblog » Meatpacking District Will Get a Makeover

   www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/22 - [Cached]

   Last Visited: 12/9/2007

   Ryan Russo, DOT's Director for Street Management and Safety, explained that the agency is taking advantage of a scheduled repaving of Ninth Ave. in mid-July to respond to long-standing community request to remove the two-block northbound contra-flow traffic lane from the avenue, which has been blamed for several pedestrian fatalities, most recently in February.
   
   DOT's plan also includes the conversion of one southbound lane on Ninth Ave. to a buffered-bike lane.The expectation is that by year's end, this bike lane will extend down Hudson St. and Bleecker St., eventually linking up with the recently-approved Bleecker St. bike lane, providing a continuous bike route across Lower Manhattan, all the way to the East Village.
   
   Russo explained that there are many collateral benefits of removing the northbound lane and reconfiguring southbound traffic.Most notably, DOT is creating a 4,500 sq. ft. plaza just above 14th Street.To the east of this plaza will be two traffic lanes and the new bike lane.To the west will be a single lane for traffic making the right turn onto westbound 14th Street.The new plaza island also breaks up the lengthy, treacherous 120' crosswalk into two manageable crossings of 34' and 24'.
   
   Responding to board member concerns that the new plaza would be uncomfortable surrounded by traffic and that local residents prefer attaching the new public space to the busy sidewalk on the west side, Russo said the benefit of this plan is that it provides an immediate solution and is not considered a "capital project."Altering any of the curbing or the existing central island that separates the northbound and southbound traffic would require new drainage studies, new traffic signals, and would require a lengthy process for funding and contracting through other city agencies.Further, Russo said he believed that the traffic on the west side of the new plaza would be relatively light, similar to the traffic one finds on the cobblestoned west side of Union Sq. Park.

3. 3. TimesRatnerReport: December 2005

   timesratnerreport.blogspot.com - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/1/2005   Last Visited: 6/12/2006

   The committee first heard from Ryan Russo, the Downtown Brooklyn Transportation Coordinator of the city Department of Transportation, who described the city's efforts to study traffic--an effort several panelists found wanting.
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   When Russo described how the city had recently reconfigured the intersection at Flatbush and Atlantic, Yassky asked, "Do you envision additional mitigation?"