bicycles Archives

A flurry of good news on the safety front

by Team ChekpedsJune 14, 2022June 14, 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

CHEKPEDS

Join us for an action-packed MCB4 Transportation Committee

by Team ChekpedsMay 17, 2022May 17, 2022

From ADA ramps , Greenway improvements, Shared Streets, Bus stops and Parking regs, this meeting has it all! Here is the full agenda The meeting is on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 6:30 p.m. on Zoom

CHEKPEDS

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

Complete Streets

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

Congestion

2021 in review: Safety

by Team ChekpedsDecember 25, 2021April 3, 2022

W39th Street and 9th Avenue, peak PM There is way too much traffic violence in our district: five people killed and 500 injured in 2021. On the bright side, this is 44% less deaths and 30% less injuries compared to… Read more

Sidewalk

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

Complete Streets

Two-way-jersey-barrier-protected bike lane coming to W40th Street

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2021December 11, 2021

It was logical – but by no means a forgone conclusion- that jersey barriers would protect a two-way bike lane on West 40th Street near the Lincoln tunnel entrance. This segment will connect W38th and W39th Street crosstown bike lanes… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Streets stubbornly dangerous in spite of remarkable progress

by Team ChekpedsJuly 3, 2021July 14, 2021

Crashmapper comparison Compared to the first 6 months of 2019, our district of Chelsea and Hell’s kitchen has experienced a 51% decrease in traffic injuries to pedestrians and cyclists. This is significantly better than the city average which stands at… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

Tired of bikes on sidewalk/ attached to everything?

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2021July 14, 2021

Bike Corrals are bike racks installed in the curbside lane of the street (instead of on the sidewalk) to provide public bike parking. The new commissioner of the Departement of Transportation just announced that 10,000 bike corrals will be installed… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk, Transit

2019 was a roller coaster- Best Wishes for 2020

by Team ChekpedsDecember 26, 2019July 14, 2021

Dear friends , 2019 brought us many successes , but – in the end- turned out to be one of the bloodiest for pedestrians and cyclists in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. Eight fatalities! double from last year. This is… Read more