Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

Real estate industry pays up to save 41st Street station

by Team ChekpedsOctober 18, 2010July 14, 2021

The federal government is expected to decide within a month to fund the redesign of the # 7 station at 41st Street and 11th Avenue, to make it possible for the station to be added later . Read More . … Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events

Plan NYC2030 – 2.0 – Bring your ideas

by Team ChekpedsOctober 14, 2010July 14, 2021

The City is continuing its series of “Community Conversations” to plan the next incarnation of PlaNYC 2030. Having your voice in the mix is integral to changing the City’s next steps. We’re asking for safer walking, biking , Better transit… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

“Hayley and Diego’s Law” Goes Into Effect : Careless Drivers Will Now Face Jail Time for Injuring Pedestrians

by Team ChekpedsOctober 13, 2010July 14, 2021

JOIN US, Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, Council Member Margaret Chin, Transportation Alternatives, other elected officials, and pedestrian safety advocates to announce that a new law is in effect that increases the penalties for careless drivers who injure pedestrians,… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Transit

34th Street Transitway- “block by block” Curb Usage Consultations

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

To learn about the block-by-block curb use needs of 34th Street, the NYC DOT and NYC Transit will host a series of forums to give the building owners and managers, residents and businesses of 34th St a chance to provide… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

District Attorney’s Vehicle Crimes Unit to look into the horrific crash at 47th Street and 9th Avenue

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

Yesterday our neighbor Larry Roberts reported at 1:35 p.m.: “there was a horrific accident involving a van and a motorized wheelchair early this (Thursday October 7, 2010) afternoon. The ambulance had just pulled away when I took the attached photo.… Read more

CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Events, Pedestrian safety

Right Here: two most dangerous intersections in New York City

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

Over the summer, the DOT published a report on Pedestrian Safety and a plan to address the many corridors and dangerous intersections. This plan had been mandated by the Pedestrian safety law that Council member Brewer and CHEKPEDS members worked… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Events, Sidewalk

Inconvenient Banking: ATMs on Sidewalks

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

The city council will hold hearings on a bill to make ATM installations subject to a consent agreement with the Department of Transportation. It would subject them to placement constraints. This is good news for pedestrians who have to fight… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety

Pedestrian Victory : 9th Avenue to be treated as a “Senior” Zone

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

A DOT consultant has initiated a review of 9th Avenue from 34th to 50th Streets from 8th to 10th Avenue, to identify traffic calming measures adequate to the large concentration of seniors in the area. Two measures have already been… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

A New Play Street!

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

The Clinton School for Writers and Artist just opened its door on St Michaels Academy’s site, 33rd Street between 9th and Dyer Avenues. Yesterday, Community Board 4 approved the closure of the street, four times a week at lunch time.… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, DOT STUDY

Buses Behaving Badly

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

Last month, Manhattan Community Board 4 heard from the new neighbors at 10th Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets, who have discovered the inconvenience of being surrounded by New Jersey Transit buses for five hours a day: idling , blocked… Read more