Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Sidewalk

Pedestrian delight: 3 new bike corrals on 9th Avenue floating parking lane, first in NYC

by Team ChekpedsApril 20, 2013July 14, 2021

DOT installed three bike corrals last week on the floating parking lane in Hell’s Kitchen, freeing up much-needed pedestrian space on a very narrow sidewalk. Casa Di Isaaco, Pomodoro and Aurora Thai restaurants signed Chekpeds’ Good Neighbor Agreement to maintain… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Events, Pedestrian safety

Transportation Committee: Buses and Traffic Calming

by Team ChekpedsApril 14, 2013July 14, 2021

Bus Congestion at W. 44th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues Proposal for the sidewalk adjacent to the entrance to the High Line at W. 34th Street – sidewalk improvements with trees, benches, etc. that require modifications to the MTA bus stop… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Let’s put buses back in their place: away from residential streets!

by Team ChekpedsApril 14, 2013July 14, 2021

On a daily basis, large numbers of commuter and tour buses travel illegally on West 44th Street, a residential block between 9th and 10th Avenues instead of using the proper truck routes to reach their destination. In an effort to… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

Apply for a Slow Zone

by Team ChekpedsApril 14, 2013July 14, 2021

Neighborhood Slow Zones are a community-based program that reduces the speed limit from 30 mph to 20 mph and adds safety measures within a select area in order to change driver behavior. The goal of the Neighborhood Slow Zone program… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Transit

MSG vs CPC : Public or Private, Transportation or Arena, Today or Tomorrow?

by Team ChekpedsApril 10, 2013July 14, 2021

Today, I attended an extraordinary hearing at the City Planning Commission where for once, bold and fundamental societal choices were being discussed overtly in a wholesale fashion, instead of the grinding game of planning jurisprudence which usually characterizes this institution.… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Congratulations on a giant step forward in traffic justice!

by Team ChekpedsMarch 20, 2013July 14, 2021

After years of victims’ families despair and frustration, and over five years of dogged advocacy byTransportation Alternatives, with the support of CHEKPEDS and many others, NYPD is finally changing its ways: from now on, crashes will be called “collisions” instead… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Events, Greening

Join Us in Making Dyer’s Park Memories …

by Team ChekpedsMarch 20, 2013July 14, 2021

In search of greenery… Finding our community’s roots Ruth used to live in a house that was destroyed to make way for Dyer Avenue. She recounted on camera the life on 35th street, the hard working families who lived there… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

City Council votes to support speed enforcement by cameras

by Team ChekpedsMarch 20, 2013July 14, 2021

Earlier this week the New York City Council joined Transportation Alternatives and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign in announcing its support for state legislation that would authorize a speed camera pilot program in New York City. CHEKPEDS has been supporting these… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

And the Winner is ….

by Team ChekpedsMarch 20, 2013July 14, 2021

After a week of intense competition to reinvent the public phone, the public chose “NIFY” as best overall. You can see the full details here. Its functionality is very attractive , but it’s footprint is much larger than what we… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

VOTE for the Payphone of the Future

by Team ChekpedsMarch 7, 2013July 14, 2021

DoiTT made good on their committment to organize a design contest for the payphone of the future. Our community had asked for such in our resolution and Council Member Brewer helped make it a reality. Over the last two months… Read more