
2022 was a banner year for safe transportation.
2022 was so good for pedestrians and cyclists in Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea that we do not want it to end! Our wishes is that it continues in 2023 , and it will! Thank you to DOT and Sanitation for giving us safer and more livable streets. Top three: expanded sidewalks and safer bike lanes […]

2022 was a banner year for safe transportation. #2
Next two: Three Neck downs and bicycle racks, West 21st Open Street’s Longest table

2022 was a banner year for safe transportation. #3
Major Citywide milestones brought about by many activists: we are thankful to Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe […]

W 45th Street pilot shows how to clear sidewalks of garbage in New York City
On December 19th, 2022, something truly remarkable happened on the West 45th Street block between 9th and […]

Three crossings just got safer in district 4
Four years ago, Manhattan Community Board 4 MCB4 sponsored a traffic design to slow down turning cars […]

More pedestrian space on 9th Avenue (coming soon)
As part of the completion of 9th Avenue in front of Moynihan Station and Manhattan West, the […]
Expanded sidewalks and open streets are game changers for People with Disabilities
An Alternative for People with DisabilitiesEvery Veterans Day I join the parade up Fifth Avenue in my electric wheelchair.I lost the ability to walk because of my exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam and I see younger veterans from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in their wheelchairs. We’re on the avenue for about an hour […]
Finally, pedestrians get their due on Eighth Avenue and beyond
Last weekend Mayor Adams and DOT Commissioner Rodriguez inaugurated the sidewalk widening of 25 blocks of 8th Avenue and provision of 25 safe intersections, as an illustration of their efforts to make 1000 intersections safer in New York City – a goal they have exceeded. This is a rewarding milestone for CHEKPEDS which has been […]
News boxes or pedestrian obstacles?
Council Member Erik Bottcher is leading the crusade to remove pedestrian obstacles from crowded sidewalks , and we could not be happier. This week, the Council Member introduced a bill , Intro 810, to improve the oversight of the news box industry and ensure that the boxes are properly built and maintained in locations that […]
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