Abreu questions DOT on daylighting timeline and equity

Thank you, Councilmember.

I was going to go to BIC, but since we're on the topic of daylighting, I want to stay there for a second.

Can you walk me through the anticipated timeline for meeting the administration's daylighting commitments?

And by that I mean the annual commitments.

Right, so the 1,000 intersections are better.

While it technically would apply starting next year, we do expect that we'll be meeting it this year as well.

So this is something we want to do every year going forward.

And as the commissioner said, do more, do it better.

We think that this intersection safety is a critical part of delivering Vision Zero.

And we want to make sure that we're meeting or exceeding that target.

So just making sure Vision Zero reimagined those target goals are set out beginning in 2027, not as of the announcement date.

Yeah, each goal might be a little bit different, but for a report that came out in the fall of 2026, it mostly looks ahead to future years.

But we have been working on it, and wherever we can, including on the 1,000 intersection number, we do want to meet it this year, too, and we are working towards that.

Since the report was released, how many additional intersections have been daylight?

We would have to get back to you on that specific number and timeline.

But we do track all of this.

We hope it's happening.

How many intersections have received daylighting at the entire intersection, and how many have received daylighting on a...

What are the benefits of installing daylighting on approach?

And when does the OT determine to use daylighting on approach?

Sure.

And, you know, it always depends on the details of the intersection.

But in general, what we see the value of hardened daylighting is does tend to be on the approach to intersections because that's where the visibility is usually most limited.

So, you know, as we think about where we can best use our resources to provide safety, you know, that is one of the places that we focus on with hardened daylighting.

Six months from now, how many intersections can we expect to see daylight?

Should we see 500?

Six months from now will be, I guess, sort of through the winter and early spring.

So that's not typically when we're implementing as much.

We tend to look at the year.

So it's not prorated necessarily.

I think it's hard to break it down that way because it's sort of like that over the course of the year.

But we're fully committed to this commitment that we've made.

So we're expecting 1,000 next summer.

Correct.

I don't want to hold you to that.

Over the full year.

Yeah.

All right.

Yeah.

Our construction timeline is between about April and early November, and so absolutely through the entire construction timeline.

Okay.

And will the initial investments in daylighting be focused in particular geographic areas?

And how will DLT ensure that daylighting interventions are distributed equitably throughout the city?

So it's based on a combination.

It's based on the data fundamentally.

And so we want to put these treatments where they can have the biggest benefit.

But the other core driver of our work program is what we call our priority investment areas, which is our equity framework.

And we'll have a new map, basically, as part of the new streets plan.

And we really prioritize the lion's share of our investments in, there's three tiers.

So in the first two tiers in particular, and that's basically what's driving those investments.

So it's a combination of the data telling us where can they be most effective, but also which neighborhoods really have been historically disadvantaged.