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Protected: Sign the Petition : Safety is a priority on the greenway
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Tag: bicycles
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety, Port Authority, Sidewalk
Best Wishes for 2018
2017 felt like a rotten year, but we kept our heads down and managed to accomplish a lot with the help of DOT, our elected officials and the Community Board:
Reclaim Street Space for pedestrians: A whole block of 8th… Read more “Best Wishes for 2018”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets
Cross Town Protected Bike lanes on W37/38th streets?
Community Board 4 wrote a letter to DOT asking them to study the feasibility of protected crosstown bike lanes on 37th and 38th Streets from 11th to 8th Avenue .
The bike lanes would connect workers and residents of the… Read more “Cross Town Protected Bike lanes on W37/38th streets?”
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DOT Focuses on Protecting Intersections for Cyclists
After a number of Community Boards banded together to ask the DOT to protect intersections along bike lanes, a study is underway to look at all intersections treatments and come back with recommendation some time next year.
As part of… Read more “DOT Focuses on Protecting Intersections for Cyclists”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice
We Desperately Need Protected Intersections
Activists are making the rounds of Community Boards with one message to DOT: we need protected intersections! by letting cars turn at the same time as cyclists and pedestrians cross the intersection, DOT is creating a dangerous situation and is … Read more “We Desperately Need Protected Intersections”
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NYPD Responds to Criticism after the Death of Two Cyclists
Chief Chan as well as his direct reports and the head of the Collision Investigation unit were on hand to discuss the various issues raised after the death of two cyclist in CB4 in June.
NYPD confirmed that their current… Read more “NYPD Responds to Criticism after the Death of Two Cyclists”
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Will 7th Avenue bike lane have safer intersections?
This month the DOT presented a proposal for a parking protected bike lane on 7th Avenue between Clarkson and 30th Street. While in the past the discussion may have focused on loss of parking, this year all the questions from… Read more “Will 7th Avenue bike lane have safer intersections?”
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk
One block of 8th Avenue will soon be safer for pedestrians and cyclists
In May 2017 the DOT plans to redesign the awful block of 8th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd streets.
the pedestrian area increased by 60% by removing the barricade.The adjacent bike lane will be by delineated by large blocks… Read more “One block of 8th Avenue will soon be safer for pedestrians and cyclists”
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Hudson Park Greenway: Our elected officials step up the pressure with the State
After Chekpeds board member Chana Widawsky sent a terrific letter to our elected officials, on the risks to the bicyclists on the Hudson River Park Greenway, Senator Brad Hoylman rallied all the elected officials whose district includes the Greenway and… Read more “Hudson Park Greenway: Our elected officials step up the pressure with the State”
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Traffic fatalities are skyrocketing: what will the DOT do?
In December 2016, our neighborhood experienced two more fatalities, bringing the 2016 toll to 6 , or three times as many as in 2013. A tourist was killed crossing W39th Street at 10th Avenue and a bicyclist was killed while… Read more “Traffic fatalities are skyrocketing: what will the DOT do?”