Manhattan CB2 committee asks DOT to review signal timing at Canal Street and Washington Street to improve access to Canal Park

Manhattan Community Board 2's Traffic & Transportation Committee agreed at a short virtual meeting to ask the New York City Department of Transportation to review and, if appropriate, adjust signal timing at the east fork of Canal Street and Washington Street to better synchronize the pedestrian “walk” phase for access to Canal Park.

The request followed a presentation by Jeffrey Rowland, who told the committee the pedestrian signal on the west side of Washington Street at the eastbound fork of Canal Street turns on later than the corresponding north-side signal and provides too little crossing time for some pedestrians. "Green barely allows a senior to get from here to there," Rowland said while showing photographs of the intersection and signal heads. He also described a traffic signal head that…