Posted inDOT STUDY, Events
CALL TO ACTION : Give Your Ideas to DOT for LESS TRAFFIC – BETTER STREETS
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One year ago CHEKPEDS published your vision of the 9th Avenue Renaissance. In July 2007 the DOT started a two-year federally-funded traffic study of Clinton Hell’s Kitchen. Check the progress and details on the project blog .… Read more “CALL TO ACTION : Give Your Ideas to DOT for LESS TRAFFIC – BETTER STREETS”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Events, Transit
Join Us for MTA and ARC presentations
Wednesday , April 16th 6:30 p.m.
Transit : Sick of waiting 45 minutes for the M11? What about bus service on 11th Avenue and on 42nd Street MTAand Department of Transportation representatives and Andrew Albert Chair of the New York… Read more “Join Us for MTA and ARC presentations”
Posted inDOT STUDY
Short Term recommendations
DOT has asked a list of short term recomendations they could implement shortly without spending capital funding which will be years in coming. These mostly consist in signage and in signal changes.
See the list of short term improvements we… Read more “Short Term recommendations”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Congestion
FINAL PUSH – CALL TO ACTION : 4 days only left for LESS TRAFFIC – BETTER TRANSIT – SAFER STREETS – CLEANER AIR
Just in from London: Congestion Pricing improves Pedestrian Safety
Pedestrian Deaths decreased by 7% in 2005 and pedestrian light injuries decreased by 8%
In New york , this would translate in 10 less deaths and 880 less injuries annually !… Read more “FINAL PUSH – CALL TO ACTION : 4 days only left for LESS TRAFFIC – BETTER TRANSIT – SAFER STREETS – CLEANER AIR”
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Community Input Meeting announced
The community at large is invited to contribute its ideas to the DOT -Clinton Hells Kitchen study .
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008, 6 p. m. @ Holy Cross School, 322 West 43rd Street , b/w 8th and 9th Avenues
Sam… Read more “Community Input Meeting announced”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Congestion
CALL TO ACTION : 8 days left for LESS TRAFFIC – BETTER TRANSIT – CLEANER AIR
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Show the elected that the vast majority of New Yorkers favors a plan to reduce traffic and fund mass transit.
With only 8 days left, you can make the difference.
Click on the banner below … Read more “CALL TO ACTION : 8 days left for LESS TRAFFIC – BETTER TRANSIT – CLEANER AIR”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Congestion, Events
CALL TO ACTION : LESS TRAFFIC – BETTER TRANSIT – CLEANER AIR Your last chance to convince the City Council!
Monday , City Council is holding its last hearing on congestion pricing
to gauge community support before the plan goes to a vote.
The congestion pricing proposal must be adopted by the city and the state legislatures before March 31,… Read more “CALL TO ACTION : LESS TRAFFIC – BETTER TRANSIT – CLEANER AIR Your last chance to convince the City Council!”
Posted inDOT STUDY
Pedestrian Safety is DOT’s #1 goal for Hell’s Kitchen study
In response to the Advisory Council’s suggestions, DOT confirms that pedestrian safety is the top priority for the study , and amended the scope of its Traffic Engineering Study of Hell’s Kitchen to include many additonal dangerous locations. The Transportation… Read more “Pedestrian Safety is DOT’s #1 goal for Hell’s Kitchen study”
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets
On Street Parking for Bikes
Community Board 4 voted last week to create “on street parking” for bikes, instead of on sidewalk. Chekpeds’ board member Eric Muise took the lead in identifiying the many locations where there is a concentration of bicycles which impede pedestrian … Read more “On Street Parking for Bikes”