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Bicycle Month 2011 – PSA
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CAll For Action: Pedestrians and bus riders must come first on 34th Street.
East Side residents and businesses have launched a full fledge attack on a DOT project to speed up buses on 34th Street (including our own M16) and give more space and safety to pedestrians who regularly overflow in the street… Read more “CAll For Action: Pedestrians and bus riders must come first on 34th Street.”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety
Building pedestrian facilities creates more jobs than building roads
The study, “Estimating the Employment Impacts of Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Road Infrastructure,” which examines the costs of engineering, construction, and materials costs for different types of projects in the city of Baltimore concludes: “Investment in transportation infrastructure of all types… Read more “Building pedestrian facilities creates more jobs than building roads”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events, Pedestrian safety
Join us: 23rd Street and 7th Avenue Pedestrian Safety Improvements
Join the Transportation Committee of Community Board 4 to hear what safety improvements the DOT team is proposing for this dangerous intersection.
CB4 Transportation Committee –
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Holland House, 351 W 42nd Street, Piano… Read more “Join us: 23rd Street and 7th Avenue Pedestrian Safety Improvements”
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Greening, Noise, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk, Traffic Justice
2010: After five years of activism, we are grateful for a safer year for pedestrians
At its December meeting, CHEKPEDS board took stock of the year’s accomplishments. We have much to celebrate in addition to our fifth year anniversary:
safety improvements such as the safe route for seniors project in Hell’s Kitchen , DOT’s publication… Read more “2010: After five years of activism, we are grateful for a safer year for pedestrians”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice
Why is crash data not published?
The exchange today between DOT and the members of the City Council Transportation Committee got testy at times : “There are crash data, can you publish them monthly?” ” No they belong to the NYPD … ” WHAT ?
The… Read more “Why is crash data not published?”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice
Join Us at the City Council Hearings to obtain statistics on traffic law enforcement
The City Council’s Transportation Committee is tackling a vexing problem, as part of a larger package of bills: how to measure NYPD enforcement efforts as they relate to traffic safety. Martin Treat has been resolute in his quest to gain… Read more “Join Us at the City Council Hearings to obtain statistics on traffic law enforcement”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice
District Attorney’s Vehicle Crimes Unit to look into the horrific crash at 47th Street and 9th Avenue
Yesterday our neighbor Larry Roberts reported at 1:35 p.m.: “there was a horrific accident involving a van and a motorized wheelchair early this (Thursday October 7, 2010) afternoon. The ambulance had just pulled away when I took the attached photo.… Read more “District Attorney’s Vehicle Crimes Unit to look into the horrific crash at 47th Street and 9th Avenue”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Events, Pedestrian safety
Right Here: two most dangerous intersections in New York City
Over the summer, the DOT published a report on Pedestrian Safety and a plan to address the many corridors and dangerous intersections. This plan had been mandated by the Pedestrian safety law that Council member Brewer and CHEKPEDS members worked… Read more “Right Here: two most dangerous intersections in New York City”
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety
Pedestrian Victory : 9th Avenue to be treated as a “Senior” Zone
A DOT consultant has initiated a review of 9th Avenue from 34th to 50th Streets from 8th to 10th Avenue, to identify traffic calming measures adequate to the large concentration of seniors in the area.
Two measures have already been… Read more “Pedestrian Victory : 9th Avenue to be treated as a “Senior” Zone”