Transportation Safety Action Planning

The US Department of Transportation awarded Peekskill $300,000 to conduct a comprehensive traffic safety action plan and construction certain demonstration activities like shared-use lanes. The City of Peekskill currently awaits its signed funding contract from USDOT to begin this work. Read our Safe Streets for All grant application.

A task force including staff from the Department of Planning & Development, Public Works, and the Peekskill Police Department monitor roadway incidents involving vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists on a quarterly basis to determine the areas of greatest need. When the Safe Streets for All planning work commences, the City will invite stakeholders to join and meet with this task force to advise the planning team. View our records of vehicular and pedestrian roadway accidents from 2023.

City staff are also participating in the Northern Westchester East-West Corridors Planning Study led by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) and NYSDOT. This $3 million study will aim to provide alternative commercial trucking routes to alleviate the congested and dangerous conditions on Main Street in Downtown Peekskill. The corridor study will also seek to promote cycling and shared-use trail connections from throughout northern Westchester to the Peekskill waterfront.

Documents

  1. NYSDOT Northern Westchester Corridor Needs Report (June 2023)
  2. Peekskill Vehicle Accidents Map (2023 Year End)