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Will 7th Avenue bike lane have safer intersections?
This month the DOT presented a proposal for a parking protected bike lane on 7th Avenue between Clarkson and 30th Street. While in the past the discussion may have focused on loss of parking, this year all the questions from the public and the committee were on intersection safety.
Following the death of a cyclist on [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, pedestrian
Tagged bicycles, crashes, pedestrian, safety
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One block of 8th Avenue will soon be safer for pedestrians and cyclists
In May 2017 the DOT plans to redesign the awful block of 8th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd streets.
the pedestrian area increased by 60% by removing the barricade.The adjacent bike lane will be by delineated by large blocks on the pedestrian side and flexible bollards on the vehicular side to prevent obstructions.
We had been working [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, pedestrian, Sidewalk
Tagged bicycles, pedestrian, safety, Street Design
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Hudson Park Greenway: Our elected officials step up the pressure with the State
After Chekpeds board member Chana Widawsky sent a terrific letter to our elected officials, on the risks to the bicyclists on the Hudson River Park Greenway, Senator Brad Hoylman rallied all the elected officials whose district includes the Greenway and they collectively sent a very strong letter to the New York State Department of Transportation [...]
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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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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Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen win Safer Bike Lanes
Under significant pressure from the community and its elected representatives, DOT agreed to add 33 real pedestrian refuges to the proposed 6th Avenue bike lane between 8th and 33rd Street. Community Board 4 will vote to approve the revised proposal in February.
You know this picture of 9th Avenue bike lanes that DOT uses in many [...]
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Tagged bicycles, pedestrian, safety
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Are Cyclists like Drivers or Pedestrians?
In the wake of the horrific deaths of two pedestrians after being hit by cyclists , a healthy debate has taken place in the press and at CHEKPEDS. It seems that the question is at the heart of the current debate on cyclists.
One treats bicycles like vehicles because they use the roadway, but they do [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, pedestrian, Traffic Justice
Tagged bicycles, crashes, pedestrian, policy
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Free Outdoor Movie : Breaking Away
[ May 21, 2014; 7:45 pm to 9:45 pm. ]
Sponsored by West 45th/46th Street Block Association and CHEKPEDS.
Questions? Volunteer? Have something to donate or raffle off? Please contact west45thstreet@gmail.com or347-460-1818
