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Category Archives: pedestrian
SPEAK UP: Public comments on the Bus Terminal replacement project
[ July 10, 2019; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] SPEAK UP : tell the Port Authority your priorities
[caption id="attachment_6040" align="alignleft" width="300"] PABT ramps – credit Brian Weber[/caption]The public meetings are part of the Port Authority’s robust 120-day public outreach process to solicit comments from elected officials in New York and New Jersey, the City of New York, neighborhood residents, other stakeholders and the public [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, Events, pedestrian, Port Authority, Transit
Tagged buses, crashes, PANYNJ, park-plaza, parking, pedestrian, safety, traffic
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Finally! More walking/cycling space on 8th Avenue
The horrendous stretch of West 38th Street to West 45th Street is slated by DOT for an upgrade and not a minute too soon. The changes will take place later this year.
Pedestrian congestion is so extreme on this stretch, that last year conflicts between pedestrians and cyclists escalated with a pedestrian sending a cyclist to the [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, pedestrian, Port Authority, Sidewalk
Tagged bicycles, PANYNJ, pedestrian, safety, sidewalk
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Spring fever: DOT is transforming our streets
So many times, we complained that DOT was too slow or not doing enough .. Let’s give them credit for the projects going on in our neighborhood. These are very exciting times for Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea even if some projects took a very long time to come to fruition.
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, pedestrian, Port Authority, Sidewalk
Tagged bicycles, buses, PANYNJ, pedestrian, traffic
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More walking space: introducing the “Walking Lanes”
As our reader Michael McGrinder commented: “The word sidewalk implies a place for walking, not walking sideways”.
Chekpeds testified at the City council asking for just that : official well defined Walk Lanes – which are dedicated, unobstructed space on sidewalks or in the street- for pedestrians to walk. Today this goes by the obscure name [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, Complete Streets, pedestrian, Sidewalk
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Join us in asking for more walking space
[ June 12, 2019; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Like all of us , people who walk, you are probably frustrated by the lack of space for pedestrians. On both 8th and 9th Avenues, one often has to walk in the bike lane . Not good for cyclists or pedestrians. At intersections we need to walk around buses and cars, right in the traffic.
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Posted in CHEKPEDS, Events, pedestrian, Sidewalk
Tagged pedestrian, safety, Street Design
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Join Us Monday-1 p.m. to protest traffic violence
On June 6, a driver deliberately tried to run over a cyclist who was crossing the west side highway lawfully in the crosswalk. Watch the Video
Press Conference – Right of Way camera enforcementMonday, June 10th, 1 p.m.City Hall
Join Corey Johnson and Antonio Reynoso to ask that the driver be held accountable and for the [...]
Could NYC sidewalks be freed of garbage?
In its response to a recent Department of Sanitation’s request for information, CHEKPEDS makes a strong case that they could.
As a location for the temporary storage of building waste, we propose to use some of the public right-of-way that is currently used for the free storage of private vehicles. Specifically, our proposal repurposes several on-street [...]
New Bike Lanes and Pedestrian Safety projects underway
This is really happening! Split phase signals on 57th Street at both 8th and 10th Avenues. And indeed closing the bike lane gap from 56th Street to Central Park ! Yoo hoo ! DOT is in full swing!
Great Job DOT! Safer Crossing for 800 students at West 41st Street and 10th Avenue
After a successful campaign by both residents of 555 10th Avenue and the parents of the school Success Academy Hudson Yards, DOT installed a new split LPI at the very dangerous intersection of W41st Street and 10th Avenue. This is one of the Lincoln Tunnel entrances where drivers use two lanes to turn aggressively and [...]
Another safety improvement on W42nd Street and 8th Avenue
Step by step this intersection is getting better, although it is so bad, you can hardly notice the progress !
Pedestrians crossing at the north of the intersection, now have the priority, while the turn signal for eastbound motorists who make a left turn on 8th Avenue has been moved to the end of the cycle [...]
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