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CB 4 Still Pushing DOT for Time to Cross Deadly Hell’s Kitchen Intersections

By Brad Aaron | Feb 12, 2013 | 1 Comment

Manhattan Community Board 4 has renewed its call for safety improvements at the Hell’s Kitchen crossing where an elderly woman was killed by a driver last week. The request comes five years after a resolution that asked for exclusive crossing time for pedestrians at the deadly intersection, and is the latest episode in a years-long, […]

Proposal for New Park Near Lincoln Tunnel Endorsed by CB 4

By Brad Aaron | Jan 3, 2013 | No Comments

A community-driven proposal to create a new public space on a street near the Lincoln Tunnel was endorsed by Manhattan Community Board 4 Wednesday. The plan, as reported by DNAinfo in December, is to convert three lane-widths of leftover asphalt on Dyer Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets into a park. That stretch of Dyer […]

NYPD Traffic Cop: “My Objective Is The Cars, Not The People”

By Noah Kazis | Apr 8, 2011 | 46 Comments

The NYPD’s decision to crack down on cyclists committing even the most minor infractions — while an epidemic of deadly driving continues unabated — should make it clear that the police department is no friend to those on two wheels right now. A report we received today from Christine Berthet, the co-founder of the Clinton/Hell’s […]

Hard Cap on Hudson Yards Parking Takes Effect. Will More Reforms Follow?

By Noah Kazis and Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2010 | 8 Comments

The Hudson Yards district on the Far West Side of Manhattan now has limits on off-street parking. Image: hotdogger13 via Flickr. Strict limits on the number of parking spaces that can be built on the far West Side of Manhattan are now in force, a year after the city settled a lawsuit over the issue […]

Fallen Pedestrians Memorialized in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Jun 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

Christine Berthet of CHEKPEDS speaks at Ninth and 40th, where Susanne M. Schnitzer was killed in April. At left are Manhattan DA candidates Cy Vance and Richard Aborn. State Senator Tom Duane, who also spoke, stands at right. On Saturday, over 50 people, including several local electeds and candidates, joined bereaved family members for a […]

Saturday: Hell’s Kitchen to March for Pedestrian Safety

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2009 | No Comments

CHEKPEDS, the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association and Transportation Alternatives will hold a march tomorrow in honor of pedestrians killed on Ninth Avenue. The march will begin at 2:00 p.m. on the west side of Ninth at 45th Street and will proceed to 36th Street. Along the way, commemorative plaques will be installed for six pedestrians […]

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