Category Archives: Greening
Speak UP: Port Authority presents plan for rebuilding the Bus Terminal
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After 10 years of planning , the Port Authority is launching its Federal Environmental impact review for a new terminal commuter terminal to replace the existing one on site , and a long distance terminal/ staging building to remove Curb side terminals and buses parked on the […]
Posted in Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, Greening, Port Authority, Sidewalk, Transit
Tagged air quality, buses, Pedestrian safety, Trasnit
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What streets are open?
Mayor de Blasio claims there are 40 miles of open streets. Where are they ? Thankfully a New Yorker with time and skills made a map. Click on the link or the picture to access the real time map updated !
https://nycopenstreets.com
More happiness everywhere, on the newly open blocks: West 22nd Street residents cannot believe all […]
Claim a free tree guard!
Time to claim a tree guard for your favorite tree!
One of the initiatives funded by the 2019 Participatory budget will provide tree guards for newly planted trees. If there are some in your neck of the hood, on the streets and especially on the avenues where the conditions are harsher for the newly planted trees, […]
True Democracy: vote for $$$
We particularly like the tree guards and the bus clocks , which both benefit such a large number of pedestrians in our district.
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Vote Today!
1. Vote online NOW by clicking here
2. Vote in person at any of the following poll sites:
THE LGBT CENTER
208 West 13th Street
Saturday, March 30, Sunday, March 31
Saturday, April 6, […]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Greening, Transit
Tagged buses, MTA, seniors
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Best wishes for 2019!
Dear members ,
At this time of year we’d like to reflect on our progress and stake out a few goals for 2019. There is much to like about 2018..
Focusing on Crash Data
In 2018 we launched Crashmapper.org, a web tool that received many accolades from the press, the agencies and the advocates. The tool maps and analyzes […]
From Parking to Plaza: the Canoe is completed!
We are very pleased to announce that the Canoe plaza (at West 36th street and 9th Avenue) is now complete. This project started in 2009 , during the Western Rail Yards negotiations took a long time to materialize, but it was worth the relentless effort it took to make it happen!
After four year of fruitless […]
In case you missed it
It was summer, it was hot and you had better things to do than reading about transportation. Still you missed some major moves. Here are the ones we watched:
Pedestrians
Corey Johnson sent a letter to DOT asking for better pedestrian protection on the proposed 10th Avenue bike lane . DOT has agreed to change the traffic signals on […]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Greening, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk, Transit
Tagged bicycles, buses, congestion pricing, crashes, MTA, parking, Pedestrian safety
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West 37th Street Renaissance
Over 10 years ago CHEKPEDS initiated a 9th Avenue Renaissance project which incorporated over 1,000 input from the community. The resulting suggested various designs for streets.
Fast forward to 2017 , when the recently formed Hudson Yards/Hell’s Kitchen Alliance (HYHK Business Improvement District) initiated a Streetscape Study of its district.
in 2018, HYHK started to implement the plan […]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, Greening, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk
Tagged furniture, park-plaza, Pedestrian safety, Street Design
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Your Tax $ , Your Vote!
Each year our council member allocates $ 1 million of his capital budget to be spent according to his constituents’ wishes. This is called participatory budgeting . 2018 is no exception but you have only one day left to cast your vote.
In the last 2 years, 200 trees were installed as part of this process, and this […]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, Clean Air, Greening, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk
Tagged Pedestrian safety
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The future of Hell’s Kitchen South
On April 3rd over 60 people gathered at the Metro Baptist Church to hear about HKSC proposed plan to help undo the damage and disfiguring scars left by the many open air cuts that were created to allow for the Lincoln Tunnel entrances and exits in Hell’s Kitchen South.
Congressman Jerry Nadler spoke to assure all […]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, Clean Air, Congestion, Greening, Transit
Tagged PANYNJ, park-plaza, safety
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