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Pedestrian’s delight: 9th Avenue gets a protected crossing at 43rd Street

This week, DOT installed what hundreds of Manhattan Plaza senior citizens and families with young children have been asking for years: a traffic signal that protects pedestrian crossing 9th Avenue on the south leg from westbound cars turning south from… Read more “Pedestrian’s delight: 9th Avenue gets a protected crossing at 43rd Street”
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Pedestrian Delight: Canoe is near completion with traffic light to safely cross Ramp C

A plaza the community dreamed up in 2007 as part of the 9th Avenue Renaissance report is becoming reality as the first meaningful public space in Hell’s Kitchen South, on 9th Avenue at 36th Street. The plaza which reclaimed one… Read more “Pedestrian Delight: Canoe is near completion with traffic light to safely cross Ramp C”
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DOT to implement Pedestrian Safety features as the result of Hell’s Kitchen Study

DOT presented to Community Baord 4’s Transportation Committee two proposals to protect from turning cars pedestrians who cross with the walk sign. The first split phase signal at 43rd Street and 9th Avenue will give an exclusive Walk phase to… Read more “DOT to implement Pedestrian Safety features as the result of Hell’s Kitchen Study”