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Category Archives: DOT STUDY
Long awaited changes come to 11th Avenue – Less parking, Less congestion
Finally ! Once again , 11th Avenue goes in both directions between 34th and 40th Streets, allowing 9th and 10th Avenues to get relief from Lincoln tunnel- bond traffic congestion.
The Department of Transportation effected the changes last week and will add high visibility cross walks this week. An LPI has also been added at 37th [...]
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This a great day for pedestrians in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen
As part of the Hell’s Kitchen Transporation Study we had requested that a number of intersections be equipped with split phase signals, which give a exclusive crossing phase to pedestrians. The Department of Transportation came through for us, approving all the intersections we had recommended: 12 more pedestrian crossings to be protected in 2017. [...]
10 Years of fights and successes for safer streets
CHEKPEDS was founded in September 2005. With a bit of delay, we are taking time to reflect on the last 10 years, the joys, the frustrations and overall the great progress YOU have accomplished with us and the help of untold number of partners . We are incredibly grateful for your advocacy and activism.
There is [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Greening, Noise, pedestrian, Sidewalk, Traffic Justice, Transit
Tagged bicycles, buses, crashes, furniture, MTA, NYPD, PANYNJ, parking, pedestrian, safety
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24 Intersections now SAFER in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen
8 years into the DOT Traffic study of Hell’s Kitchen, DOT is adding six (6) Split phases and 18 Lead Pedestrian Intervals in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, a welcome news for the residents of these neighborhoods overwhelmed by the horrendous thru traffic.
Combined with those already installed as part of other projects ( bike lane, crash [...]
BIGGEST TRAFFIC CHANGE in years makes a superb debut in the quiet of the summer
On July 13th , in the middle of the day, Port Authority and DOT started to operate a contra lane on Dyer Avenue, between 42nd and 41st Streets for buses to reach the Lincoln Tunnel in a safer way. This resulted in 90 less left turns by buses at 42nd Street and 9th Avenue a [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Congestion, DOT STUDY, pedestrian, Transit
Tagged buses, PANYNJ, safety, traffic
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2014 was a game changer for pedestrians
Vision Zero:
Mayor Di Blasio made good on his campaign promise to get serious on traffic injuries and fatalities. This year 22 bills were passed in the council to improve information, increase enforcement and increase penalties for careless drivers who do not respect the laws. The DOT embarked in a city-wide consultation with the communities to [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Greening, pedestrian, Sidewalk, Traffic Justice, Transit
Tagged buses, furniture, MTA, NYPD, PANYNJ, park-plaza, pedestrian, safety
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Pedestrian’s delight: 9th Avenue gets a protected crossing at 43rd Street
This week, DOT installed what hundreds of Manhattan Plaza senior citizens and families with young children have been asking for years: a traffic signal that protects pedestrian crossing 9th Avenue on the south leg from westbound cars turning south from 43rd Street onto 9th Avenue.
Above , cars have a red turn arrow, while pedestrians crossing the [...]
DOT to implement Pedestrian Safety features as the result of Hell’s Kitchen Study
DOT presented to Community Baord 4′s Transportation Committee two proposals to protect from turning cars pedestrians who cross with the walk sign. The first split phase signal at 43rd Street and 9th Avenue will give an exclusive Walk phase to protect seniors who cross 9th Avenue on the south crossing from cars and buses turning [...]
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2013: A Year to Remember – Best Wishes for 2014
Port Authority in festive mood
2013 saw the economy rebound and hopefully the circumstances of many of our neighbors improved with it. At least when it comes to street improvements, they apply to ALL street users, no matter who they are, and we counted many successes this year:
On the ground: cross town bike paths, 44th Street [...]
HK Study Yields a Major Pedestrian Improvement
In 2003, pedestrians were dismayed to see DOT and the Port Authority erect a barricade blocking the crossing of Ramp C at 36th Street and 9th Avenue supposedly in the name of safety! It was essentially to improve traffic flow. This made it quite cumbersome to use the west sidewalk of 9th Avenue and forced [...]
