About

Mobility + Placemaking

The Village of Scarsdale Strategic Mobility + Placemaking Plan is a community-driven study to identify opportunities to improve placemaking and traffic safety in Scarsdale with consideration for parking and other community needs. The project will have two focus areas: the Village Center and Sprague Road.

Our project goals are to:

increase pedestrian and cyclist safety
provide access for all users
improve traffic flow and circulation
activate public spaces
incorporate sustainability

Village Center

The Village Center is the primary commercial hub in Scarsdale, and it is serviced by the commuter rail and several bus lines. The study area will encompass streets, sidewalks, and parks surrounding the Village Center. In addition, it will include major access corridors Popham Road, Crane Road, and Fox Meadow Road. The Village Center portion of the study will focus on enhancing pedestrian and cyclist safety. In addition, the project team will consider complete streets strategies to improve traffic flow, increase accessibility for all users, activate public spaces, and implement sustainable design practices.

What is placemaking?

Placemaking is a planning approach that prioritizes the creation of public spaces that promote people's health, happiness, and well-being. Examples of placemaking include benches, outside dining, public art, and streets trees and landscaping.

What data is being collected?

The project team is pulling from a variety of sources to help inform draft concepts and recommendations. Data will include traffic counts, crash history, Downtown Revitalization Committee surveys, transit ridership data, and Census data. Previous planning efforts, including the Comprehensive Plan, Freightway studies, and traffic studies, will also be reviewed.

An innovate drone data collection and analysis is underway. This analysis will provide:

Turn movement counts at intersections
Major driveway ingress/egress data
Origin-Destination statistics throughout the study area
Speed data
Locations of heavy breaking
Acceleration/deceleration
Locations of high weaving movements

Sprague Road Traffic Calming Initiative

The study will focus on the entire length of Sprague Road within Scarsdale. The east-west corridor, from White Plains Road on the West to Wilmot Road on the East, is a little over .5 miles. A small portion of the street between White Plains Road and Gaylor Road lies outside of the boundaries of Scarsdale. Sprague Road is a residential corridor that should act as a pilot for other residential streets in Scarsdale. The Sprague Road portion of the study should focus on implementing traffic calming strategies to reduce the speed of cars, decrease traffic conflict, and increase pedestrian safety.