Clearing snow for people is a higher priority
Three inches of snow fell last week and the familiar pattern emerges again: 24 hours later, car lanes are immaculate. Bike lanes and walk lanes are still messy and dangerous. The Sanitation Department recently boasted of their smaller equipment to deal with bike lanes. But, as the picture above shows, there are still large patches […]
No recovery without clean sidewalks
NO this is not during the 70’s when New York was engulfed in trash and graffiti. This […]
Can electrification clear the curb?
Streetsblog NY, the influential publication for streets and transportation, published two OpEds submitted by CHEKPEDS. The first […]
2021 in review: Safety
There is way too much traffic violence in our district: five people killed and 500 injured in […]
2021 in review: Sidewalk
The pedestrians’ stature rose in 2021: DOT just published the Street Master Plan, as the 2019 law […]
2021 in review: Structural changes
Sometimes , invisible changes are more momentous than those in plain sight. The changes 2021 brought us […]
New York City Streets Master Plan does not disappoint!
The NYC DOT just published the Streets master plan, as required by a groundbreaking law Council Speaker Corey Johnson passed in 2019. We could not be happier. The plan includes for the first time a pedestrian master plan , where walking is considered a mode of transportation that deserves studying and engineering . We rejoice […]
Empire State Penn Complex
After many months of consultations and some concessions by the Empire State Developemnt corporation (ESD), Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) testified at the Environment Impact Statement meeting on December 8, 2021 . CB4 opposed the project unless significant changes are made. From a transportation standpoint, the project still does not describe what improvements to the […]
The battle for a safe intersection
Assembly member Linda Rosenthal and Erica Overton of her staff called to celebrate new pedestrian safety features at West 57th Street and 8th Avenue . A red arrow left turn signal protects pedestrians crossing W 57th Street to reach Central Park or the subway and a protected bike lane makes cycling uptown and to the […]
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