CHEKPEDS

SUVs are deadly – What to do about it ?

by Team ChekpedsJune 12, 2022June 23, 2022

Why the US gives Monster SUVs Five-Star Safety ratings? According to the National Association of City Transportation Officials ( NACTO) ” Vehicles are getting bigger, leading to a disturbing spike in deaths of people outside cars. Fatalities and serious injuries… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Join us for an action-packed MCB4 Transportation Committee

by Team ChekpedsMay 17, 2022May 17, 2022

From ADA ramps , Greenway improvements, Shared Streets, Bus stops and Parking regs, this meeting has it all! Here is the full agenda The meeting is on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 6:30 p.m. on Zoom

CHEKPEDS

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

Sidewalk

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

Complete Streets

Miracles of the month

by Team ChekpedsApril 4, 2022May 17, 2022

This month our Council Member Erik Bottcher and his team intervened successfully on our community’s behalf on three situations: West 39th Street “protected bike lane” was packed with cars parked on the lane and on the sidewalk. They belonged to… Read more

Clean Air

DEP’s mission: Protect the air we breathe or polluters’ bottom line?

by Team ChekpedsApril 4, 2022June 14, 2022

The Departement of Environmental Protection (DEP) is in the midst of hearings and rule making on idling enforcement. Some changes could gut the idling laws, while others will make it much more difficult for citizens to report commercial idling scofflaws.… Read more

Sidewalk

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

Sidewalk

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

Sidewalk

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