CHEKPEDS

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)

9th Avenue Renaissance

Mark Your Calendar: Open Streets Opera

by Team ChekpedsAugust 29, 2022October 3, 2022

This is the magic of open streets : the neighbors can get together and enjoy some music Enjoy Opera Al Fresco and FREE on our Open Streets. Saturday September 10, 6 p.m. West 21st street (9-10)

CHEKPEDS

Take action against unhealthy traffic

by Team ChekpedsAugust 21, 2022August 29, 2022

In our CD4 district, New Jersey vehicular traffic has returned with a vengeance to pre COVID level with longer peak hours, gridlock and very bad air quality. According to the New York Times , total registrations in the city for… Read more

Pedestrian safety

March To End Traffic Violence

by Team ChekpedsJune 23, 2022August 29, 2022

On Monday, a taxi driver drove onto a Manhattan sidewalk and left at least three people with severe life-altering injuries. In the aftermath, the Adams administration offered no concrete plans or solutions. We cannot let this stand. Join us tomorrow… Read more

Pedestrian safety

5 tests for AVs on city streets

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021January 8, 2022

After Chekpeds testified on autonomous vehicles, Waymo called us to discuss what they were doing for safety and we engaged in a productive dialogue. We asked them to answer the following questions: Left or right turns – car has the… Read more

Sidewalk

It is 8 p.m.: Do you know where your garbage is?

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021December 25, 2021

Is the idea of putting Trash Off the Sidewalk Space dead? No: many properties are trying it and liking it, but it remains a minuscule portion of the City. The bigger news is that both DOT and Sanitation recently gave… Read more

CHEKPEDS

9th Avenue resurfacing

by Team ChekpedsNovember 13, 2021December 11, 2021

NYC DOT will share a brief update on plans for 9th Ave. from 59th St. to 51st St., including temporary markings that will be installed this fall and the on-going development of a new proposed design for the corridor. Wednesday,… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Congestion: Open letter to Governor Murphy

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2021December 11, 2021

Dear Governor Murphy, We the people of Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea on the west side of Manhattan, implore you to take the appropriate steps to stem the humanitarian crisis New Jersey drivers befell our community everyday. From 3 to 8… Read more

CHEKPEDS

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

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