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9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, DOT STUDY

Change of Venue: Monday October 17th, DOT Traffic Study Recommendations

by Team ChekpedsOctober 16, 2011July 14, 2021

Don’t Miss it : Monday is the day we have been working toward for the last 6 years. Note the new room to accommodate the larger crowd we expect. Will we get a fully protected pedestrian crossing on the south… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Events, Pedestrian safety

JOIN US: Hell’s Kitchen DOT Traffic Study: Recommendations

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 30, 2011July 14, 2021

The Federally funded study of our neighborhood, supported by all our elected officials, was started in July 2007 with the goal to calm the traffic and increase pedestrain saftey in the area from 29th to 55th Streets, from 8th Avenue… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety

More pedestrian space – Less bikes riding on the sidewalk

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 16, 2011July 14, 2021

As bike lanes may be extended to the north , we can expect more bike traffic and more bike parking on the sidewalk . On some blocks the situation is already overwhelming . With the bike lanes DOT is now… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY

Mark Your Calendar: Hell’s KItchen Transportation Study

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 15, 2011July 14, 2021

In june , DOT held the 5th Project Advisory Committee meeting . You can browse the presentation here. The DOT is making good progress in the analysis of solutions, using the simulation system they have developed for the project. As… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets

Crosstown Bike Lanes proposed for 29th and 30th Streets

by Team ChekpedsAugust 20, 2011July 14, 2021

Following Dershowitz Sister-in-Law’s Death, DOT will present to Community Board 4 its proposal to improve the safety of bicyclists who travel to and from the greenway to connect with the 8th and 9th Avenue protected bike lanes . CB4 Transportation… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Greening, Sidewalk

Finally Summer is Here!

by Team ChekpedsJuly 3, 2011July 14, 2021

This time of year, trees are the best friends of pedestrians and businesses alike by providing much needed cooling. After a massive effort to obtain 250 new trees from the city , Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association jointly with CHEKPEDS has… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Events, Greening

Speak UP: Buses or Playground at 33rd Street and Dyer Avenue?

by Team ChekpedsJune 12, 2011July 14, 2021

The next Transportation Planning Committee will evaluate two competing proposals to use a vacant lot at the corner of 33rd Street and Dyer Avenue . Discussion: Bus parking on Port Authority property on 33rd Street Discussion: Clinton School & PANYNJ… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events

Join Us | Free outdoor movie – Triplets of Belleville

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2011July 14, 2021

Join us as we turn Mathews Palmer Playground into a Ride-In Movie Theater in honor of Bike Month NYC. Come out and watch Triplets of Belleville under the stars. Sponsored by West 45th Street Block Association and CHEKPEDS (Clinton Hell’s… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Sidewalk, Transit

Join Us: CB4 Transportation committee to focus on 34th Street

by Team ChekpedsApril 16, 2011July 14, 2021

The upcoming transportation Committee of CB4 will take up a number of issues relevant to residents of 34th Street and its surroundings: 34th Street Transitway, long distance buses at 9th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, and the illegal curb… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

Which Phone Booths should be removed?

by Team ChekpedsApril 16, 2011July 14, 2021

Community Board 4 Transportation committee will examine suggestions for changes to be included in the next franchise contract to be enacted in 2014. This will ensure that the next contract will allow community boards to obtain removal and relocations of… Read more