New York City Department of Transportation

The New York City Department of Transportation, abbreviated NYCDOT or DOT is only an agency of the City of New York, which is responsible for parts of the transport infrastructure of the city. The headquarters is located in the Water Street 55 in southern Manhattan. The management of the Authority Janette Sadik - Khan was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on April 27, 2007. The authority has about 4100 employees and an annual budget of about 693 million U.S. dollars.

Tasks

The Authority is responsible for the care and maintenance of highways, streets, pedestrian ways, and some bridges and tunnels in New York City. Furthermore, the DOT for street signs, traffic lights the operation, maintenance and care of the bus stations, and the street lights of the city is responsible. The Staten Iceland Ferry, the ferry service between Manhattan and Staten Iceland, is also operated by the DOT.

Furthermore, the DOT is the authority of the city, which has oversight for traffic-related issues. It issues permits for special vehicles, such as special rights for disabled people and structures and is responsible for transportation safety and road safety. Furthermore, the DOT organizes the Adopt a Highway program in New York City.

Structures

Overall, the DOT for 787 buildings in the city is responsible. These include the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge, the Williamsburg Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge. In addition, 25 lift bridges such as the Broadway Bridge and five tunnels, still about 10,000 kilometers of roads, nearly 20,000 km pedestrian paths, 1.3 million street signs, traffic lights 12,000 and 300,000 street lamps. Another focus is the expansion of bike paths, bike parking and arrange bike hire in the city ( CitiBike ). For the use of bridges and tunnels operated by DOT, no toll is charged.

Comparable organizations

Other important traffic-related buildings in the city are maintained by the authorities MTA Bridges and Tunnels and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. For the maintenance of the transport infrastructure in the state of New York, the New York State Department of Transportation is responsible, based in Albany.