NCJ Number
161047
Date Published
1995
Length
37 pages
Annotation
The New York Police Department, working in partnership with the Department of Transportation and other agencies, is implementing a traffic congestion reduction strategy in response to a directive from the mayor and as part of the effort to reduce crime, fear of crime, and disorder and to improve the quality of life and economic development climate.
Abstract
The Police Commissioner has established a Traffic Control Division, which will be responsible for expediting the flow of traffic and reducing pedestrian and vehicle accidents. While the Department of Transportation is the primary city agency responsible for transportation issues, the Police Department's Traffic Control Division is responsible for enforcement initiatives. It will focus its efforts on the morning and evening rush hours and in midtown during the middle of the day. The Traffic Division will also work to improve the flow of traffic in the central business districts of the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens and coordinate the efforts of all patrol precincts and other Police Department units to address traffic problems. The strategy will include a campaign to make residential and business communities aware of the intent to address traffic issues in the city. Figures