CHEKPEDS

HK Study Yields a Major Pedestrian Improvement

by Team ChekpedsDecember 28, 2013July 14, 2021

In 2003, pedestrians were dismayed to see DOT and the Port Authority erect a barricade blocking the crossing of Ramp C at 36th Street and 9th Avenue supposedly in the name of safety! It was essentially to improve traffic flow.… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Greening, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

New Plaza dubbed “The Canoe”, is taking shape in Hell’s Kitchen

by Team ChekpedsDecember 28, 2013July 14, 2021

As long as we can remember, NYPD and other vehicles perpendicularly parked on a block length of 36th Street’s north sidewalk, between 9th and Dyer Avenues forcing all pedestrians to walk on the roadway. This is the path to the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety

Finally! 42nd Street and 9th Avenue safer for pedestrians

by Team ChekpedsOctober 3, 2013July 14, 2021

After 7 years of dogged persistence on the part of our members, the south crossing at 42nd Street and 9th Avenue is now much safer. When the light turns red on 9th Avenue, pedestrians now get the WALK signal immediately,… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Garage Siren Project: Meet the traffic engineers of tomorrow!

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 17, 2013July 14, 2021

The Boy Genius of Ulan Bator in Mongolia, “Battushig, 16, led me down a steep incline into the building’s underground garage …. Many children in the city play in their apartment buildings’ driveways, but this one seemed oriented in a… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Rally to Demand Pedestrian’s right of Way!

by Team ChekpedsAugust 5, 2013July 14, 2021

ENOUGH! Join CHEKPEDS, T.A. activists and other outraged New Yorkersfor a City Hall rally. Rally to Demand Our Right of Way Wednesday August 7, 2013, 8:30 am Steps of City Hall Renee Thompson was a 16-year-old girl walking home… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

Pedestrian Safety: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

by Team ChekpedsJuly 28, 2013July 14, 2021

57th street residents rejoice that DOT recently installed a new mid-block pedestrian signalized crossing between 8th and 9th Avenues. This very long block is now on par with 42nd and 43rd Streets where such signals have been implemented with much… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Greening, Pedestrian safety

A new traffic calming technique: Flower Power

by Team ChekpedsJuly 11, 2013July 14, 2021

Now, that the Parks Departement has planted nearly all the trees (15 more will be planted in the fall) on the bike lane median, we will be working towards filling the tree beds with plants to prevent trucks and buses… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Which Candidates will reduce Pedestrian Crashes by 50%?

by Team ChekpedsJuly 11, 2013July 14, 2021

While we continue to fight with DOT engineers to put our safety first at each of our crosswalks, especially on 41st and 42nd Streets, studies show that avoiding 44% of pedestrian injuries and fatalities in New york city is entirely… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

Fighting one foot at a time to reclaim the ever-shrinking sidewalk

by Team ChekpedsJune 28, 2013July 14, 2021

By Ernest Modarelli. 9th Avenue’s sidewalks are already overcome with sandwich boards, sidewalk cafes and storm enclosures, but hogging excessive sidewalk space in the name of accessibility to establish commercial presence is going too far! This was recently the case… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

The invention of Jaywalking

by Team ChekpedsJune 28, 2013July 14, 2021

How did we get from the New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The horrors of peace appear to be more appalling than the horrors of war. The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the… Read more