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9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety, Port Authority, Sidewalk

Spring fever: DOT is transforming our streets

by Team ChekpedsJune 26, 2019July 14, 2021

So many times, we complained that DOT was too slow or not doing enough .. Let’s give them credit for the projects going on in our neighborhood. These are very exciting times for Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea even if some… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

Join us in asking for more walking space

by Team ChekpedsJune 10, 2019July 14, 2021

Like all of us , people who walk, you are probably frustrated by the lack of space for pedestrians. On both 8th and 9th Avenues, one often has to walk in the bike lane . Not good for cyclists or pedestrians.… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Join Us Monday-1 p.m. to protest traffic violence

by Team ChekpedsJune 8, 2019July 14, 2021

On June 6, a driver deliberately tried to run over a cyclist who was crossing the west side highway lawfully in the crosswalk. Watch the Video Press Conference – Right of Way camera enforcementMonday, June 10th, 1 p.m.City Hall Join… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, Transit

11th Avenue being converted to one-way (44/57)

by Team ChekpedsJune 7, 2019July 14, 2021

Finally after 12 years of planning work, the DOT has started the conversion of 11th Avenue from two-way to one-way south between 44th and 57th Streets ! It was the ultimate goal of the Hell’s kitchen study, to optimize the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

New Bike Lanes and Pedestrian Safety projects underway

by Team ChekpedsJune 3, 2019July 14, 2021

This is really happening! Split phase signals on 57th Street at both 8th and 10th Avenues. And indeed closing the bike lane gap from 56th Street to Central Park ! Yoo hoo ! DOT is in full swing!

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Greening

Claim a free tree guard!

by Team ChekpedsJune 3, 2019July 14, 2021

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… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety

Great Job DOT! Safer Crossing for 800 students at West 41st Street and 10th Avenue

by Team ChekpedsJune 3, 2019July 14, 2021

After a successful campaign by both residents of 555 10th Avenue and the parents of the school Success Academy Hudson Yards, DOT installed a new split LPI at the very dangerous intersection of W41st Street and 10th Avenue. This is… Read more

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Join Us to Celebrate Bob’s life

by Team ChekpedsApril 28, 2019July 14, 2021

Celebration of Bob’s Life Saturday, May 4th, 2019, 2p.m. to 5 p.m. Hartley House 413 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036 Robert Paul Kalin (February 28, 1954 – January 22, 2019) A quiet and humble person, he never… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

Another safety improvement on W42nd Street and 8th Avenue

by Team ChekpedsApril 28, 2019July 14, 2021

Step by step this intersection is getting better, although it is so bad, you can hardly notice the progress ! Pedestrians crossing at the north of the intersection, now have the priority, while the turn signal for eastbound motorists who… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Transit

M42 Bus: from Pokey to Presto in 2019?

by Team ChekpedsApril 28, 2019July 14, 2021

Improving bus service in New York city is a key prerequisite to the success of congestion pricing . From giving more commute options to residents who live in transit deserts, to speeding up the current buses in Manhattan, this is… Read more