CHEKPEDS

Shared Streets, Clean Air and Curb Lane usage

by Team ChekpedsJune 14, 2022August 21, 2022

Just few of the topics that will be covered at Manhattan Community Board 4 Transportation Committee (Click HERE for full Agenda) Wednesday June 15, 6:30 p.m. by Zoom Click here for full details and registration

Sidewalk

Clearing snow for people is a higher priority

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 9, 2022April 3, 2022

Three inches of snow fell last week and the familiar pattern emerges again: 24 hours later, car lanes are immaculate. Bike lanes and walk lanes are still messy and dangerous. The Sanitation Department recently boasted of their smaller equipment to… Read more

Sidewalk

No recovery without clean sidewalks

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 9, 2022April 3, 2022

NO this is not during the 70’s when New York was engulfed in trash and graffiti. This picture was taken in January 2022 on West 34th Street, three blocks from the empire State building. It is as bad as the… 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

2021 in review: Sidewalk

by Team ChekpedsDecember 25, 2021January 12, 2022

The pedestrians’ stature rose in 2021: DOT just published the Street Master Plan, as the 2019 law mandates. It includes a plan for pedestrians and sidewalks . It introduces the “walk lane” and elevates walking to a transportation mode. This… 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

Sidewalk

Empire State Penn Complex

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021January 10, 2022

After many months of consultations and some concessions by the Empire State Developemnt corporation (ESD), Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) testified at the Environment Impact Statement meeting on December 8, 2021 . CB4 opposed the project unless significant changes are… Read more

CHEKPEDS

The battle for a safe intersection

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021January 10, 2022

Elected officials DOT and residents celebrate the addition of life saving features at this dangerous midtown intersection. Assembly member Linda Rosenthal and Erica Overton of her staff called to celebrate new pedestrian safety features at West 57th Street and 8th… 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

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