Posted inSidewalk
The Longest Table
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A massive picnic table with neighbors and many others: the best way to make friends
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Category: 9th Avenue Renaissance
Posted inCHEKPEDS
Super Sidewalk + Super pedestrian reminds us why we keep fighting
Chekpeds and Open Plan, with their friends (Litter Legion, our elected officials) celebrated the sidewalk extension that DOT installed 18 months ago. This extension doubles the size of a sidewalk that had been shrunk by Robert Moses in order to… Read more “Super Sidewalk + Super pedestrian reminds us why we keep fighting”
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance
Join us: Super Sidewalk Fest
A long overdue celebration of a spectacular stretch of 9th Avenue .
Chekpeds invites you and your friends, family and colleagues for an afternoon to celebrate DOT’s newly-expanded 9th Avenue SUPER SIDEWALK. Join us and our elected officials to enjoy… Read more “Join us: Super Sidewalk Fest”
Posted inPort Authority
Port Authority Bus replacement: upcoming public consultations
On June 12, and 18 at 6:30 p.m. two committees of Manhattan Community Board 4 will hear from the Port Authority as part of New York City’s ULURP process. (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure). This process gives the public an… Read more “Port Authority Bus replacement: upcoming public consultations”
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance
Join us: Super Sidewalk Fest
A long overdue celebration of a spectacular stretch of 9th Avenue .
Chekpeds invites you and your friends, family and colleagues for an afternoon to celebrate DOT’s newly-expanded 9th Avenue SUPER SIDEWALK. Join us and our elected officials to enjoy… Read more “Join us: Super Sidewalk Fest”
Posted inSidewalk
Feds to NYPD: move your cars off the sidewalk or else
The U.S. Department of Justice has demanded that the NYPD stop allowing its officers to park illegally around stationhouses because the resulting obstructions are a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act — and the feds told the NYPD that the… Read more “Feds to NYPD: move your cars off the sidewalk or else”
Posted inSidewalk
What is a sidewalk? Not City’s agencies playpen
Every City Department forgets that the sidewalk is public space, a “walk lane” used by real people – 8 million of them. It is not a space for storing stuff and performing experiments. These constant encroachments of our pedestrian space… Read more “What is a sidewalk? Not City’s agencies playpen”
Posted inCongestion
Speak Up: congestion pricing hearings
9th Avenue in Manhattan, every day
The traffic is overwhelming, we cannot cross the street because of blocked pedestrian crossings, the honking is unbearable at all hours of day and night, we have one of the worst air quality in… Read more “Speak Up: congestion pricing hearings”
Posted inSidewalk
Our ever shrinking sidewalks: take action on bike parking
New York City needs more secure bike parking. In New York City, access to secure bicycle parking is the second most important factor determining whether people choose to ride a bike or not. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough to meet demand,… Read more “Our ever shrinking sidewalks: take action on bike parking”
Posted inCHEKPEDS
Our ever shrinking sidewalk space
How can you claim being a walkable city when our elected officials keep using our very tight sidewalk space for everything but walking? A bill co – sponsored by 17 elected officials allows pushcarts in locations where they could reduce… Read more “Our ever shrinking sidewalk space”