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Action Alert: New Hazards to Bicyclists
NYSDOT Proposing Widespread Use of Rumble Strips
Contact NYSDOT and Your Legislators - Urge NYSDOT Not to Jeopardize the Safety of Its Roadway Users!
Current NYSDOT Policy: Do not install rumble strips on secondary roads except in rare instances.
Proposed NYSDOT Policy: Installation of rumble strips will be the preferred practice in the design of all secondary roads with a few exceptions.
Rumble Strips are a well-documented hazard to bicyclists; the debacle on Rt. 100 is proof enough. Accepted practice nationwide dictates rumble strips be used only sparingly on roads permitting cycling.
NYSDOT is proposing an Engineering Instruction (EI), titled “Secondary Highway Audible Roadway Delineators – Guidance and Policy,” which is at variance with the practices recommended by the Federal Highway Administration, The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and other standards setting agencies. Such national agencies generally recommend rumble strips are to be used on two-lane roads if there is a documented run-off-the road accident problem — and then used only as a last resort due to the hazards they create for other roadway users, including bicyclists.
Contact NYSDOT and your legislators to urge NYSDOT to not issue the proposed policy TODAY. Call, write, or email (or utilize all three methods of communication) your Assembly Member, State Senator and the Commissioner of Transportation.
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How to contact NYSDOT
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Commissioner Stanley Gee
NYS Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
More Information
* Cycling Central at LoHud.com
* Idea has cyclists ready to rumble (LoHud.com)
* Press Release (PDF - New York Bicycling Coalition)
* A Safety Move That Cyclists Call a Menace (New York Times)
* Streetblog New York City
* Rumble Strip Grumble (Bicycle Colorado)