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after A Busy Summer
CHEKPEDS Newsletter
November 2008
Hearings on Eighth Avenue protected bike lane: Safety benefits for both bicyclists and pedestrians
Wednesday November 19, 6 p.m. Fulton Houses, 119 9th Avenue (btw 18/19st)
Community Board 4 will hold hearings on the conversion of the Eighth Avenue bike lane from unprotected to protected between 14th and 23rd Streets. The segment below 14th Street on 8th Avenue has already been converted. Some residents are opposed to this sensible initiative. Please come and lend your support to this important safety project . Download the Flyer Here (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/eb79315a80) and share it with you neighbors.
Mark your calendar: Final Vote on the Eighth Avenue Bike lane will take place at CB4 full board meeting on December 3, 2008. We need your support at both of these events.
The Upper West Side Streets Renaissance Campaign unveils a Blueprint for the Upper West Side with Special Guest Speaker Jan Gehl, the visionary urban designer who oversaw Copenhagen’s 30-year transformation into a pedestrian and cyclist friendly city.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:30pm, P.S. 87 , 160 West 78th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues Our neighbors on the Upper West Side ( 55th Street and above) are launching their campaign for Livable Streets. This community-created plan is a roadmap to a greener, healthier Upper West Side, and features designs for safer and more attractive streets, a world-class bicycle network, less noise and air pollution, and other keys to a more vibrant, healthy community. For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.uwssr.org (http://www.uwssr.org/)
A Busy Summer ....
Block the Box: Finally the resources to enforce it! In September 2008, Albany passed a legislation (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/efdcc28b25/ad=074&sh=story&story=28502) that changed gridlocking from a moving (!) violation to a parking violation, thus allowing Traffic Agents who direct the traffic at intersections to give out tickets for this infraction. What is known as a spillover is forbidden not only on the intersections but also in the pedestrian crossings. Since then hundreds of tickets have been issued. In 2006 borogh President Scott Stringer had published a report on the debilitating effects of gridlock on our traffic . He held a press conference in Hell's Kitchen at one of the top 10 gridlocked intersections in Manhattan asking for more enforcement. It is worth noting that this legislation is the only one in the congestion pricing package that was passed.
Pedestrian Safety summit: DOT Commissionner gets an earful of frustrated complaints from West Side's feisty pedestrians.
In May 2008, our elected officials convened a pedestrian summit with the DOT commissioner. More than 150 vocal residents showed up and shared a collection of grievances all very resonable. If none of them were new to us , it was all new news to the Comissionner and her team took copious notes . Click here (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/ff7815e6b6) to see the list of requests and here to track the progress on those .
Speed Bumps on 17th Street .A full year after the crash that killed Kumo, a seven year old boy, on 17th Street, the Department of Transportation finally installed the speed bump promised. This was not easy. Two speed bumps were installed last year between 8th and 9th Avenue , while the critical ones, between 9th and 10th, were held back because of construction . Finally the DOT relented after the Speaker's office subjected them to a barrage of phone calls. Protect against turning cars and shortened crossings at Penn South . The 9th Avenue bike lane is being extended north to 31st Street. At each intersection the left turn signal will give priority to pedestrians while unusually wide streets have been narrowed. A dream come true for residents of Penn South who had been complaining for years of these dangerous intersections.
Lead Pedestrian Interval (LPI) installed at 34th Street and Dyer Avenue. Residents here have feared for their life while crossing 34th Street when the Lincoln Tunnel traffic arrives at full speed and turns the blind corner . A 17 second LPI was installed that gives time to pedestrians to cross safely and reduces the honking from cars. A win-win for all. Check Out the Movie (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/072e7cd09e).
Buses: 34th Street River to River bus lanes In September, Dedicated bus lanes were painted red and given overhead signage to speed up the transit of tens of buses which use this corridor. WE are anxious ot see if this treatment is sufficient to keep cars and parkers away form the bus lane or if prtoective bollards are required. Clean Air : Greening of Hell's Kitchen
HKNA requested the planting of 350 trees in December 2007. 70 were planted in the last season (Spring 2008) and 20 more are on the way . The balance is being scheduled . Thank you to the Park Department and to Martin Treat for this master initative and enormous work.
Parking Day : RE- imagining the Parking Lane
CHEKPEDS members partipated in " Parking Day" , an annual and national celebration to demonstrate how to better use curb side parking spaces . Watch the video here. (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/ad67242111)We hope you can all join next year , it is incredibly fun.
In This Issue
Block the Box (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#1)
Pedestrian Safety Summit (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#2)
34th Streeet Bus Lane (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#3)
Hell's Kitchen Greening (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#6)
Parking (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#7)
Mark Your Calendar
November 19, 2008: CB'4's Hearing on Eighth Avenue Protected bike lane - 6 p.m. at Fulton Center.Details (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/b8252d4ebf)
November 13, 2008: Upper West Side Livable streets Blue Print - 6:30 p.m. at PS87 - Details (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/f9c1fa6647)
New Legislation
Block the Box (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/cec03971d8/ad=074&sh=story&story=28502)
Membership
Please forward this email to your friends. Encourage them to keep up with pedestrian safety problems and progress in our neighborhood.
after A Busy Summer
CHEKPEDS Newsletter
November 2008
Hearings on Eighth Avenue protected bike lane: Safety benefits for both bicyclists and pedestrians
Wednesday November 19, 6 p.m. Fulton Houses, 119 9th Avenue (btw 18/19st)
Community Board 4 will hold hearings on the conversion of the Eighth Avenue bike lane from unprotected to protected between 14th and 23rd Streets. The segment below 14th Street on 8th Avenue has already been converted. Some residents are opposed to this sensible initiative. Please come and lend your support to this important safety project . Download the Flyer Here (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/eb79315a80) and share it with you neighbors.
Mark your calendar: Final Vote on the Eighth Avenue Bike lane will take place at CB4 full board meeting on December 3, 2008. We need your support at both of these events.
The Upper West Side Streets Renaissance Campaign unveils a Blueprint for the Upper West Side with Special Guest Speaker Jan Gehl, the visionary urban designer who oversaw Copenhagen’s 30-year transformation into a pedestrian and cyclist friendly city.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:30pm, P.S. 87 , 160 West 78th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues Our neighbors on the Upper West Side ( 55th Street and above) are launching their campaign for Livable Streets. This community-created plan is a roadmap to a greener, healthier Upper West Side, and features designs for safer and more attractive streets, a world-class bicycle network, less noise and air pollution, and other keys to a more vibrant, healthy community. For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.uwssr.org (http://www.uwssr.org/)
A Busy Summer ....
Block the Box: Finally the resources to enforce it! In September 2008, Albany passed a legislation (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/efdcc28b25/ad=074&sh=story&story=28502) that changed gridlocking from a moving (!) violation to a parking violation, thus allowing Traffic Agents who direct the traffic at intersections to give out tickets for this infraction. What is known as a spillover is forbidden not only on the intersections but also in the pedestrian crossings. Since then hundreds of tickets have been issued. In 2006 borogh President Scott Stringer had published a report on the debilitating effects of gridlock on our traffic . He held a press conference in Hell's Kitchen at one of the top 10 gridlocked intersections in Manhattan asking for more enforcement. It is worth noting that this legislation is the only one in the congestion pricing package that was passed.
Pedestrian Safety summit: DOT Commissionner gets an earful of frustrated complaints from West Side's feisty pedestrians.
In May 2008, our elected officials convened a pedestrian summit with the DOT commissioner. More than 150 vocal residents showed up and shared a collection of grievances all very resonable. If none of them were new to us , it was all new news to the Comissionner and her team took copious notes . Click here (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/ff7815e6b6) to see the list of requests and here to track the progress on those .
Speed Bumps on 17th Street .A full year after the crash that killed Kumo, a seven year old boy, on 17th Street, the Department of Transportation finally installed the speed bump promised. This was not easy. Two speed bumps were installed last year between 8th and 9th Avenue , while the critical ones, between 9th and 10th, were held back because of construction . Finally the DOT relented after the Speaker's office subjected them to a barrage of phone calls. Protect against turning cars and shortened crossings at Penn South . The 9th Avenue bike lane is being extended north to 31st Street. At each intersection the left turn signal will give priority to pedestrians while unusually wide streets have been narrowed. A dream come true for residents of Penn South who had been complaining for years of these dangerous intersections.
Lead Pedestrian Interval (LPI) installed at 34th Street and Dyer Avenue. Residents here have feared for their life while crossing 34th Street when the Lincoln Tunnel traffic arrives at full speed and turns the blind corner . A 17 second LPI was installed that gives time to pedestrians to cross safely and reduces the honking from cars. A win-win for all. Check Out the Movie (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/072e7cd09e).
Buses: 34th Street River to River bus lanes In September, Dedicated bus lanes were painted red and given overhead signage to speed up the transit of tens of buses which use this corridor. WE are anxious ot see if this treatment is sufficient to keep cars and parkers away form the bus lane or if prtoective bollards are required. Clean Air : Greening of Hell's Kitchen
HKNA requested the planting of 350 trees in December 2007. 70 were planted in the last season (Spring 2008) and 20 more are on the way . The balance is being scheduled . Thank you to the Park Department and to Martin Treat for this master initative and enormous work.
Parking Day : RE- imagining the Parking Lane
CHEKPEDS members partipated in " Parking Day" , an annual and national celebration to demonstrate how to better use curb side parking spaces . Watch the video here. (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/ad67242111)We hope you can all join next year , it is incredibly fun.
In This Issue
Block the Box (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#1)
Pedestrian Safety Summit (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#2)
34th Streeet Bus Lane (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#3)
Hell's Kitchen Greening (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#6)
Parking (http://email.secureserver.net/webmail.php?login=1#7)
Mark Your Calendar
November 19, 2008: CB'4's Hearing on Eighth Avenue Protected bike lane - 6 p.m. at Fulton Center.Details (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/b8252d4ebf)
November 13, 2008: Upper West Side Livable streets Blue Print - 6:30 p.m. at PS87 - Details (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/f9c1fa6647)
New Legislation
Block the Box (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Sunnysidecommunicati/24bbed0be2/d3f1aefcc5/cec03971d8/ad=074&sh=story&story=28502)
Membership
Please forward this email to your friends. Encourage them to keep up with pedestrian safety problems and progress in our neighborhood.