Kenneth Bibbins

The Program, Finance, and Administration Committee meeting focused on the draft 2026-2027 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). Key discussions included the near completion of the UPWP, which sets the operating budget and funds activities such as complete streets, data analysis, and long-range transportation planning, consistent with the Moving Forward 2025-2055 Regional Transportation Plan. The Executive Director's report highlighted ongoing work including the finalization of the UPWP, plans for the annual council meeting with the theme "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Transportation Innovation," updates to the New York Best Practice Model, and recent brown bag sessions on topics like the weigh-in-motion program on the BQE and the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan. Core program activities detailed include maintaining the RTP and TIP, congestion management analysis, and project plan implementation. Discretionary activities, focusing on member agency needs, cover areas like safety (e.g., Clarkstown safety study), freight (e.g., last-mile facilities review in NYC), and community planning workshops.

The meeting included the executive director's report, which highlighted the approval and adoption of NIMK's transportation improvement program (TIP) and the regional transportation plan, including over 900 projects and studies totaling more than 39 billion. An updated baseear 2019 model which integrates an upgraded truck model is very near completion and will be rolled out soon. A meeting with the full survey community of practice (COP) was held, including a presentation by New York State DOT and Oakidge National Laboratory on the National Household Travel Survey. The newest addition to that trove of data comes in the form of an interactive dashboard that allows users to visualize county level socioeconomic and demographic data in the NIMC region. NIMT selected six graduate level students from universities across New York and New Jersey to participate in one-year academic fellowships in transportation planning. The meeting also included a presentation on the New York State Department of Transportation's US Route 9 Preliminary Engineering Project.

This strategic plan for New York State outlines the highway safety program for FFY 2010, aiming to reduce fatalities, prevent motor vehicle crashes, and decrease injury severity. Key focus areas include addressing trends in crashes involving specific highway users, improving safety for younger and older drivers, commercial vehicle operators, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and bicyclists. The plan also prioritizes increasing seat belt and child restraint use, and reducing unsafe driving behaviors such as impaired driving and speeding, supported by initiatives in police traffic services, traffic records, and community programs, with goals targeted for December 31, 2010.

This Strategic Highway Safety Plan for New York State aims to reduce motor vehicle fatalities and fatal crash rates by promoting best practices and strategies. It focuses on seven key emphasis areas: Driver Behavior (including impaired driving, speeding, and occupant protection), Pedestrians, Large Trucks, Motorcycles, Highways (including data analysis, intersection design, travel lane departures, and work zone safety), Emergency Medical Services, and Traffic Safety Information Systems. The plan seeks to ensure a safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation system through integrated efforts in education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency medical services.

This strategic plan outlines New York State's highway safety program for Fiscal Year 2011, aiming to prevent motor vehicle crashes, save lives, and reduce the severity of injuries. The plan identifies nine emphasis areas, including improving safety for younger and older drivers, commercial vehicle operators, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and bicyclists, alongside enhancing traffic records systems. It also prioritizes increasing seat belt and child restraint use and reducing dangerous driving behaviors such as impaired driving and speeding. The intended outcome is to achieve specific reductions in traffic fatalities and serious injuries by December 31, 2011.