Safe Streets

Streets that are safe for walking and biking discourage vehicle traffic.

Route 9 Broadway

Five villages are collaborating to create regional economic opportunity by making Route 9 a more functional, safe complete street that is accessible to all. See the Route9 Active Transportation website for more details.

See the DOT project site here.

Thanks to efforts of our Senator ASC, NYSDOT has dedicated $3.5m for FFY 2023 to proceed to the "preliminary engineering phase". NYSDOT has awarded the contract to WSP and they are to begin their work in June 2023 (https://route9active.org/letters/2022-12-15-nysdot-cousins.pdf).

A recent fatality demonstrates the need to address this unsafe corridor. Read about it here.

Here's what international best practices look like: https://biketarrytown.org/presentations/route-9-complete-streets_make-it-great_dot_2023-06-20.pdf

The DOT held a public workshop on March 7th, 2024 with enormous turn out and support for safe streets. See picture by scrolling down to past events here.

Estimated timeline:
May 2024: complete and submit draft project scoping report
Aug 2024: public workshop 2
Oct 2024: complete and submit draft design report
Nov 2024: public workshop 3
Jan 2025: submit final design report

Click to expand presentation slides:

route-9-complete-streets_make-it-great_irvington_2024-04-06.pdf

Irvington conducted a traffic study in 2023. Suggestions include:

Construct sidewalks on the east side of Broadway/NYS Route 9 between the Immaculate Conception Church driveway and Sunnyside Lane.
Add curb extensions at the northeast corner of Broadway/NYS Route 9 and Sunnyside Lane to reduce turning radii, resulting in slower turning speeds, shortening the pedestrian crossings, and enhancing pedestrian-vehicular visibility.
Add an in-road pedestrian sign to warn drivers to yield to pedestrians and slow approaching traffic to the intersections of Broadway/NYS Route 9 and Main Street and Broadway/NYS Route 9 and Matthiessen Park S/Heritage Hill Road.
Include ADA compliant pedestrian curb ramps with any roadway improvements designed along the corridor.

Sidewalk projects

The village is always looking for opportunities to add sidewalks and improve the safety of our streets. It has completed the following street improvement projects:

Safe Routes to School (approx. 2008): Sidewalks on Station Rd / Willow St / Oak St / Dows Lane School campus / MS/HS campus
Station Road and thru Tunnel
Main Street ADA accessibility / sidewalk bump outs / enhanced visibility crosswalks
Veterans Memorial Plaza – enhanced visibility crosswalks
Heritage Hill Rd – enhanced visibility crosswalks
Hudson Road West from the Ardsley on Hudson train station to Mercy College
South Broadway sidewalk near Columbia University property
Harriman Road sidewalks (due to Ida damage)

Irvington is currently working to improve the sidewalks along South Astor Street near the Irvington train station.

New sidewalks planned for South Astor StreetA new round of sidewalk construction this summer will bring a new look to South Astor Street.

Idling Laws

Westchester County has enacted an Anti-Idling Law to prohibit the idling of vehicles for more than three consecutive minutes.

Idling for more than 10 seconds uses more fuel and produces more emissions that contribute to smog and climate change than stopping and restarting your engine does. Personal vehicles generate around 30 million tons of CO2 every year just by idling https://afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publication/idling_personal_vehicles.pdf

The Westchester County Mobility & Transit Plan, completed in 2022, studied and recommended ways to better align the county’s mobility network with the needs of residents, workers, and visitors.

The study background and process and downloadable project documents are available on this website.

While the study comment period ended on August 26, 2022, the County welcomes additional feedback.