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Open Street W22nd: Post COVID what’s next?

by Team ChekpedsOctober 15, 2022December 7, 2022

Worked hard at the neighbor thing Over 60 neighbors of W22nd Street participated in a charette to find a common vision of how to manage the public space and its access on the West 22nd Open Street. In spite of… Read more

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Community Board 4 proposes measures to reduce trash on sidewalks

by Team ChekpedsOctober 4, 2022December 26, 2022

On September 20, MCB4 published the recommendations issued by its Sanitation in Buildings Working Group. The team worked for the last 6 months to identify a few key changes that could be applied to building design and building management, in… Read more

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Reclaiming a lane from Lincoln Tunnel

by Team ChekpedsOctober 3, 2022December 26, 2022

Work is underway to reclaim a Lincoln Tunnel Era lane when our sidewalks were shrunk by Robert Moses. See the full report From W42nd Street Magazine .

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Join Us: The Greenway @ Chelsea Piers

by Team ChekpedsApril 28, 2022May 1, 2022

Tuesday May 3rd, 3-5 p.m. , Meet @ Pier 59 esplanade (19th Street) Chelsea Piers is an extraordinary amenity of the Hudson River Park. However the Greenway capacity at that location has not kept up with the growth in cycling,… Read more

Sidewalk

How would you allocate curb space – survey

by Team ChekpedsApril 4, 2022May 17, 2022

There is an ever-increasing demand on our curb space. Bus stops, bike parking , deliveries, drop off, garbage, seating, open restaurants. We want to learn how community members would prioritize various uses. This will help identify the most crucial use… Read more

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Join Us: Upper 9th Avenue redesign

by Team ChekpedsApril 4, 2022June 14, 2022

We did not think it would happen in our lifetime, but soon the upper part of 9th Avenue will feature wider sidewalks and better protection for cyclists (we hope). In 2007 Chekpeds produced the 9th Avenue Renaissance report, the community’s… Read more

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Pedestrian Mobility Plan

by Team ChekpedsApril 4, 2022May 17, 2022

As part of the legally mandated Master Plan, the Pedestrian Group of the Department of Transportation is actually “planning” walk lanes. They developed a street classification based on pedestrian traffic demand. The classification prescribes the width of walk lane required… Read more

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Clearing snow for people is a higher priority

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 9, 2022April 3, 2022

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… Read more

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No recovery without clean sidewalks

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 9, 2022April 3, 2022

NO this is not during the 70’s when New York was engulfed in trash and graffiti. This picture was taken in January 2022 on West 34th Street, three blocks from the empire State building. It is as bad as the… Read more

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Can electrification clear the curb?

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 9, 2022April 3, 2022

Streetsblog NY, the influential publication for streets and transportation, published two OpEds submitted by CHEKPEDS. The first OPINION: Do Not Put EV Charging Stations on Public Property explains why the city should rely exclusively on private parking operations to provide… Read more