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2022 was a banner year for safe transportation. #3

by Team ChekpedsDecember 31, 2022February 9, 2023

Major Citywide milestones brought about by many activists: we are thankful to Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, Open Plans, Streetsblog, Streetspac , Riders Alliance, Tri State Transportation Campaign and many more for their efforts in changing the big picture… Read more

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Do not miss these upcoming Open Street events – Correction

by Team ChekpedsOctober 4, 2022October 22, 2022

Design your street -W22nd (7/8) Saturday, October 15 – 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. 315 West 22nd Street Break Bread with your neighbors and make new friends Sunday, October 16, 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. West 21st Street (9/10)

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Open Street Magic

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2022December 26, 2022

Happy crowd of neighbors and passers-by enjoyed an opera performance on West 21st Street (9/10), on September 10, 2022. The company “The Opera Next Door” performed “The Old Maid and the Thief”. Over 200 people of all ages attended and… Read more

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A flurry of good news on the safety front

by Team ChekpedsJune 14, 2022August 21, 2022

Locally DOT is widening 8th and 9th Avenues’ sidewalks to accommodate more pedestrians and make the bike lane safer. The change will extend from 31st to 43rd Streets on 8th Avenue and 50th to 58th Streets on 9th Avenue. 9th… Read more

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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

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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

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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

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety, Penn Station

2021 in review: Structural changes

by Team ChekpedsDecember 25, 2021January 12, 2022

Sometimes , invisible changes are more momentous than those in plain sight. The changes 2021 brought us will have positive impacts on street safety and improvements: Paint on roadway is not a sidewalk. City lawyers confirmed that all painted installations… Read more

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New York City Streets Master Plan does not disappoint!

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021January 10, 2022

The NYC DOT just published the Streets master plan, as required by a groundbreaking law Council Speaker Corey Johnson passed in 2019. We could not be happier. The plan includes for the first time a pedestrian master plan , where… Read more

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A profound transformation for Midtown

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2021January 10, 2022

Look at this image : it is a first in New York City . Press hounds usually are the first to detect when a big story comes to town. Some of them – although not the New York Times- commented… Read more