CHEKPEDS

Three crossings just got safer in district 4

by Team ChekpedsDecember 26, 2022February 9, 2023

West 45th Street @ 9th AVenue Four years ago, Manhattan Community Board 4 MCB4 sponsored a traffic design to slow down turning cars at dangerous intersections. The design used what is called a ” bulb out” also known as “neck… Read more

Pedestrian safety

Finally, pedestrians get their due on Eighth Avenue and beyond

by Team ChekpedsNovember 5, 2022October 14, 2023

8th Avenue’s widened sidewalk and protected bike lane at W 46th Street. Last weekend Mayor Adams and DOT Commissioner Rodriguez inaugurated the sidewalk widening of 25 blocks of 8th Avenue and provision of 25 safe intersections, as an illustration of… Read more

Sidewalk

News boxes or pedestrian obstacles?

by Team ChekpedsNovember 5, 2022February 9, 2023

Council Member Erik Bottcher is leading the crusade to remove pedestrian obstacles from crowded sidewalks , and we could not be happier. This week, the Council Member introduced a bill , Intro 810, to improve the oversight of the news… Read more

Sidewalk

Curbs must serve all New Yorkers

by Team ChekpedsNovember 5, 2022February 9, 2023

The Sanitation Commisionner is introducing a much needed change: put your garbage out by 6 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. if you use a sealed container or 8 p.m. if you want to stick with bags. This is a very… Read more

CHEKPEDS

More sidewalk widening on 9th Avenue.

by Team ChekpedsOctober 21, 2022February 9, 2023

It looks like another one of DDC’s endless construction site for the water tunnels! in fact it has been one of those for five years now. But now DOT is taking this opportunity- as it did on the northern part… Read more

Sidewalk

Open Street W21: the longest table

by Team ChekpedsOctober 16, 2022February 9, 2023

https://vimeo.com/763011077Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: OSW21.mp4 (https://vimeo.com/763011077) You could have joined 500 of your neighbors for a potluck lunch on the Open West 21st Street. Everyone was smiling. Couldn’t imagine a more uplifting event. Every Open Street… Read more

Sidewalk

Open Street W22nd: Post COVID what’s next?

by Team ChekpedsOctober 15, 2022December 7, 2022

Worked hard at the neighbor thing Over 60 neighbors of W22nd Street participated in a charette to find a common vision of how to manage the public space and its access on the West 22nd Open Street. In spite of… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Community Board 4 proposes measures to reduce trash on sidewalks

by Team ChekpedsOctober 4, 2022December 26, 2022

On September 20, MCB4 published the recommendations issued by its Sanitation in Buildings Working Group. The team worked for the last 6 months to identify a few key changes that could be applied to building design and building management, in… 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

CHEKPEDS

A flurry of good news on the safety front

by Team ChekpedsJune 14, 2022August 21, 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