Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about CHEKPEDS

CB4 Votes Tonight on a Revised Hell’s Kitchen

By Jason Varone | Jun 6, 2007 | 4 Comments

In order to foster ideas on how to reclaim 9th Avenue from Lincoln Tunnel traffic, the Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Pedestrian Safety Coalition (CHEKPEDS) sponsored a six month community input process designed by Project for Public Spaces. The process began with a design workshop in January, and has evolved into an impressive final report (PDF). Some highlights […]

Choose Your Own Hells Kitchen

By Aaron Naparstek | May 7, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Ninth Avenue Renaissance project continues to evolve into the most thorough and impressive community-driven Livable Streets effort currently underway in New York City (the Gansevoort Project runs a close second). Following up on a design workshop facilitated by Project for Public Spaces in January, Ninth Avenue Renaissance has launched a survey that allows you […]

3 Peds Hit on 9th Ave. 2 Dead. Mayor Mike: Where Are You?

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 26, 2007 | 5 Comments

Like Third Avenue in Brooklyn, Manhattan’s Ninth Avenue is emerging as one of New York City’s new "Boulevards of Death." This afternoon, the Clinton / Hell’s Kitchen Pedestrian Safety Coalition, the community group that has been organizing the Ninth Avenue Renaissance project, broadcast the following news and call to action: Dear Neighbors Seventy-five percent of […]