Category: CHEKPEDS
Posted inCHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety

Pedestrian’s delight: 9th Avenue gets a protected crossing at 43rd Street

by Team Chekpeds
This week, DOT installed what hundreds of Manhattan Plaza senior citizens and families with young children have been asking for years: a traffic signal that protects pedestrian crossing 9th Avenue on the south leg from westbound cars turning south from… Read more “Pedestrian’s delight: 9th Avenue gets a protected crossing at 43rd Street”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY

DOT to implement Pedestrian Safety features as the result of Hell’s Kitchen Study

by Team Chekpeds
DOT presented to Community Baord 4’s Transportation Committee two proposals to protect from turning cars pedestrians who cross with the walk sign. The first split phase signal at 43rd Street and 9th Avenue will give an exclusive Walk phase to… Read more “DOT to implement Pedestrian Safety features as the result of Hell’s Kitchen Study”