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Category Archives: Congestion
A Return to gridlock as the City reopens?
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Chekpeds’ Oped published in Chelsea Community News:
The COVID-19 quarantine has made us all aware of how wonderful New York can be: How clean and fresh the air has been, how quiet without gridlock blocking EMS, and without too many cars! Most significantly, there were no pedestrian fatalities in the last two months in Manhattan[1]. Certainly, [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Noise, Pedestrian safety
Tagged buses, congestion pricing, Pedestrian safety, traffic
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What streets are open?
Mayor de Blasio claims there are 40 miles of open streets. Where are they ? Thankfully a New Yorker with time and skills made a map. Click on the link or the picture to access the real time map updated !
https://nycopenstreets.com
More happiness everywhere, on the newly open blocks: West 22nd Street residents cannot believe all [...]
More Streets are OPEN!
Saturday morning, May 23rd, three (3) more blocks will open in our district: W21st Street (9/10), W 22nd Street (7/8) in Chelsea and W51st Street (9/10) in Hell’s Kitchen. These are in addition to the first four (4) blocks opened last Saturday in Chelsea with the Business Improvements Districts as partners.
From a pedestrian (or a [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk
Tagged health, park-plaza, parking, Pedestrian safety, sidewalk
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2019 was a roller coaster- Best Wishes for 2020
Dear friends ,
2019 brought us many successes , but – in the end- turned out to be one of the bloodiest for pedestrians and cyclists in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. Eight fatalities! double from last year. This is devastating. Pedestrians and bicyclists of all ages deserve a safer city. We will not stop until that [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk, Transit
Tagged bicycles, buses, congestion pricing, crashes, MTA, NYPD, Pedestrian safety
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Pedestrian and Bike Mayors ?
One week ago the Chair of the City Council’s Transportation committtee introduced legislation to establish two offices: one of pedestrians and one for bicyclists. Kathleen Treat, representing CHEKPEDS, spoke in favor of it.
This position exists in London and Amsterdam and would be very useful in New York City to elevate the profile of Pedestrians and [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk
Tagged Pedestrian safety, policy, sidewalk
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More legislative good news
Two more legislations passed last week that will improve our safety on the streets:
the carting industry reform will limit the number of commercial haulers in each of the service districts, thus reducing the overall miles travelled by commercial garbage trucks by 50%. This industry had continued to demonstrate its disregard for human life and for [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, Traffic Justice
Tagged safety, Street Design, trucks
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New Wide Sidewalk and Fully Protected Bike Lane on 8th Avenue
DOT has completed its installation of a wider sidewalk and protected bike lane from W38th to W45th Streets, with NO CONFLICTS with vehicles (full split phase signals, no left turn at W42nd Street) and striped green at W45th Street ! This is the beginning of a new era for pedestrian and bicyclist safety! THANK YOU [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Port Authority, Sidewalk
Tagged PANYNJ, Pedestrian safety, sidewalk
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How Bad is our Air Quality?
In its quest for healthier walking, CHEKPEDS has initiated an Air Quality study with 25 volunteers from our district, from 15th to 57th Streets . Over the next month, they will each collect 21 air samplings at their respective sites.
The Kickoff , organized by Ernest Modarelli who is managing the project ( shown here on the left) took [...]
We need your help to measure Air Quality!
Our neighborhood experiences the third worst air quality in New York city, which in itself is not compliant with Federal guidelines. We suspect that the reality is even worse , since measurements have been done with very few captors.
We need a few volunteers to spend 10 minutes, 3 times a day at specific locations in [...]
LAST CHANCE to voice your concerns on PA’s Bus Replacement Project
[ September 5, 2019; 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] SPEAK UP : Tell the Port Authority to be more encompassing and bolder in its goals and solutions . This new facility will probably last more than 50 years.
Port Authority Bus Replacement Project
Thursday September 5, 4 – 7:30 p.m.
Westin Hotel Times Square,
Broadway Ballroom,
207 W 43rd Street (7/8), New York, NY
The PA does not intend to fully relieve the [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Events, Port Authority, Transit
Tagged buses, PANYNJ, Pedestrian safety, safety
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