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Category Archives: pedestrian
Landmark Ruling: City liable for crash because lack of traffic calming
The New York high court just ruled that the City can be held liable for failing to study and implement traffic calming measures, which the jury determined were a major factor contributing to the crash. In a 2004 incident, the driver was traveling at 54 mph on Gerritsen Avenue, which had a speed limit of [...]
Traffic fatalities are skyrocketing: what will the DOT do?
In December 2016, our neighborhood experienced two more fatalities, bringing the 2016 toll to 6 , or three times as many as in 2013. A tourist was killed crossing W39th Street at 10th Avenue and a bicyclist was killed while crossing 55th Street at 12th Avenue
We send a strong letter to our elected officials asking [...]
Hudson River Park greenway: Near Death Experiences
in 2006 Carl Nacht was killed by a vehicle in the Hudson River Park, on the greenway. On 2016 another person was killed on the greenway at Chambers street.
CHEKPEDS sent a letter to the Department of Transportation and the Hudson River Park Trust late last year to alert them of the exceedingly dangerous situation at [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, pedestrian, Traffic Justice
Tagged bicycles, crashes, pedestrian, safety
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Good Bye 2016… Welcome 2017
2016 ended up as a tough year!
Congestion – Clean Air
The Project to replace the Port Authority Bus Terminal dominated our activity , with townhalls, press conferences, testimonies , killer missives and arm wrestling between our elected officials and the Port. We thought it was ending up on a positive note when the Port Authority Board [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Greening, pedestrian, Port Authority, Sidewalk
Tagged bicycles, crashes, furniture, NYPD, PANYNJ, park-plaza, pedestrian, safety
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Will self driving cars improve pedestrian safety?
The US DOT thinks so , and that is why 2016 is the first year when self driving cars became a reality on multiple levels: the US DOT published rules to create a regulatory framework by types and related expectations and some sates (Nevada, California, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, North Dakota, Tennessee and Utah—and Washington D.C.) ( Pittsburgh) have legalized their [...]
Pedestrian Delight: 40 phone booths will be removed
After years of advocacy ( since 2008!) and with the help of MCB4 District Manager Jesse Bodine and Borough President Brewer and her staff, DoiTT has finally confirmed in writing which phone booths will be removed and NOT be replaced by a LinkNYC installation. See the complete list HERE .
Some of them do not comply [...]
Pedestrian Safety advances: 3 new Protected Pedestrian Crossings
At the September CB4 Transporation Committee Meeting, the Department of Transportation indicated they were proceeding with the installation of split LPIs at the following locations
@ 8th Avenue on W 31st Street (approved)
@ 8th Avenue on W 38st Street (approved – fatality)
@ 11th Avenue on W 37th Street (approved – fatality)
A split LPI signal consists of [...]
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This year again more greening and protected trees
We are continuing our annual program of greening the neighborhood . This year four new tree guards were installed in addition to the 25 that had been previously installed in Hell’s Kitchen South.
Two very large ones on 9th Avenue @ 56th Street and on 8th Avenue @ 20th to protect Micro gardens on the bike [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, Clean Air, Greening, pedestrian, Sidewalk
Tagged park-plaza
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Regulation of Sightseeing Bus – Better but needs work
On September 23, 2016 the City Council held an oversight hearing of the Hop-on, Hop-off bus industry a welcome initiative.
Intro 529 -A increased safety requirements for drivers, a proposal we support whole heartedly. However CB4 asked that the drivers be subject to the same safety test as the MTA drivers. Nothing less.
Intro 713 -A proposed [...]
Proposal to “double the number of street vendors” runs into fierce opposition
With less than two weeks to comment and no community consultation , the proposed legislation started on the wrong foot .
Community board 4 testified that it was opposed to the legislation unless the siting criteria for vendor carts was consistent with other street furniture most notably Newsstands, and food carts be allowed to use parking [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Congestion, pedestrian, Sidewalk
Tagged furniture
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