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

CHEKPEDS

Two wins to improve our quality of life

by Team ChekpedsJune 14, 2022August 21, 2022

Our recent battle for a better air quality was successful. The DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) listened to the advocates’s suggestions: the new definition of what type of vehicles can be exempted from the law is carefully crafted to retain… Read more

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

CHEKPEDS

SUVs are deadly – What to do about it ?

by Team ChekpedsJune 12, 2022June 23, 2022

Why the US gives Monster SUVs Five-Star Safety ratings? According to the National Association of City Transportation Officials ( NACTO) ” Vehicles are getting bigger, leading to a disturbing spike in deaths of people outside cars. Fatalities and serious injuries… Read more

Sidewalk

How would you allocate curb space – survey

by Team ChekpedsApril 4, 2022May 17, 2022

There is an ever-increasing demand on our curb space. Bus stops, bike parking , deliveries, drop off, garbage, seating, open restaurants. We want to learn how community members would prioritize various uses. This will help identify the most crucial use… Read more

Sidewalk

Join Us: Upper 9th Avenue redesign

by Team ChekpedsApril 4, 2022June 14, 2022

We did not think it would happen in our lifetime, but soon the upper part of 9th Avenue will feature wider sidewalks and better protection for cyclists (we hope). In 2007 Chekpeds produced the 9th Avenue Renaissance report, the community’s… 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

Clean Air

DEP’s mission: Protect the air we breathe or polluters’ bottom line?

by Team ChekpedsApril 4, 2022June 14, 2022

The Departement of Environmental Protection (DEP) is in the midst of hearings and rule making on idling enforcement. Some changes could gut the idling laws, while others will make it much more difficult for citizens to report commercial idling scofflaws.… Read more

Sidewalk

Pedestrian Mobility Plan

by Team ChekpedsApril 4, 2022May 17, 2022

As part of the legally mandated Master Plan, the Pedestrian Group of the Department of Transportation is actually “planning” walk lanes. They developed a street classification based on pedestrian traffic demand. The classification prescribes the width of walk lane required… Read more

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