The recent NYC DOT report indicates that while daylighting can prevent collisions under certain specific circumstances, its overall impact on traffic safety may be limited.
Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez emphasized the importance of utilizing various safety measures, declaring that the city would continue to leverage every tool available for protecting road users.
The report underscored that while hardened daylighting—with physical barriers—shows some benefits for pedestrian safety, it remains less effective compared to other street safety measures.
Daylighting using only signage lacked significant statistical safety improvements, though researchers acknowledged that visible markers could be beneficial where visibility is a critical issue.
#traffic-safety #nyc-department-of-transportation #daylighting #vision-zero-initiative #urban-planning
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