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Tag Archives: bicycles
A miracle in the making
As announced DOT is widening the western sidewalk of 8th Avenue from W38th to W45th Streets and adding a protected bike lane. It is stunning : Yes, all that space is ours!
a NO left turn has been installed on W42nd Street, a small revolution in itself!
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, pedestrian, Sidewalk
Tagged bicycles, pedestrian, safety, Street Design
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Who is entitled to a Green Wave?
Deep into the Green Wave plan, DOT is proposing a design change which will have a profound impact on our culture and our streets and that mercifully the main press missed: ” Implement and review “Bicycle Progression” at one location in 2019 and identify other corridors for implementation in 2020. This signal timing strategy, often [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, pedestrian
Tagged bicycles, pedestrian, speed, Street Design
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A Safer Greenway & West Side Highway? Yep!
Two years ago, following a cyclist’s death at Chambers Street, CHEKPEDS sent a letter to our elected officials and NYS DOT asking them to better protect Greenway. Cyclists have experienced many near misses, when southbound drivers turn west and cross the Greenway. Senator Brad Hoylman ordered a study of the West Side Highway and [...]
11th Av. conversion crowns 15 years of advocacy on the west side
Our long-held dream to rebalance the vehicular traffic between 9th and 11th avenues by converting 11th Avenue becoming one-way south only has been realized. As promised, DOT changed traffic lights and markings at the end of June 2019. In August, will be the installation of bus loading platforms and a bike lane on the west side [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY
Tagged bicycles, buses, Street Design
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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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11th Avenue being converted to one-way (44/57)
Finally after 12 years of planning work, the DOT has started the conversion of 11th Avenue from two-way to one-way south between 44th and 57th Streets !
It was the ultimate goal of the Hell’s kitchen study, to optimize the unused capacity and re balance the load between the various avenues. The installation will take place in [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, Transit
Tagged bicycles, buses, Street Design, traffic
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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!
Protected intersections will be standard on 11th Avenue bike lane
Last Month, New York City DOT gave MCB4′s Transportation Committee a comprehensive update on the roll out of a newly configured 11th Avenue, with a one-way section from 40th Street to 57th Street and two-way below 40th Street. This project is part of the DOT’ Study of Hell’s Kitchen started in 2007 at CHEKPEDS’ request [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, DOT STUDY
Tagged bicycles, buses, safety, Street Design
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Will bicyclists and pedestrians ever be on the same wavelength?
Following the September 2018 publication of the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT)‘s study “Cycling at a Crossroad”, a cyclist and a pedestrian joined forces in developing a simulator to identify the best possible signal timing, one that would provide the maximum safety to both pedestrians and cyclists while guaranteeing the longest green wave [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, pedestrian, Traffic Justice
Tagged bicycles, crashes, pedestrian, Street Design
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