Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

Congestion: Open letter to Governor Murphy

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2021December 11, 2021

Dear Governor Murphy, We the people of Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea on the west side of Manhattan, implore you to take the appropriate steps to stem the humanitarian crisis New Jersey drivers befell our community everyday. From 3 to 8… Read more

CHEKPEDS

A profound transformation for Midtown

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2021January 10, 2022

Look at this image : it is a first in New York City . Press hounds usually are the first to detect when a big story comes to town. Some of them – although not the New York Times- commented… Read more

Complete Streets

Two-way-jersey-barrier-protected bike lane coming to W40th Street

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2021December 11, 2021

It was logical – but by no means a forgone conclusion- that jersey barriers would protect a two-way bike lane on West 40th Street near the Lincoln tunnel entrance. This segment will connect W38th and W39th Street crosstown bike lanes… Read more

Clean Air

Air Quality Alert: Congestion pricing hearings coming up!

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 13, 2021September 13, 2021

Our neighborhood is overwhelmed with New Jersey drivers who have returned to their cars with a vengeance, while mass transit is under-used. Port Authority has even extended the peak hours to ease the congestion. Many intersections are gridlocked for hours.… Read more

Pedestrian safety

5 New Yorkers killed by drivers in 3 days

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 13, 2021December 11, 2021

September 14, at 5:30 p.m. at Union Square North and demand immediate action from Mayor de Blasio. This is just unacceptable! Read Press release by Transportation Alternatives… Read more

Penn Station

Penn Station: 14 weeks later many questions remain unanswered

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 5, 2021December 11, 2021

Earlier this year, at the request of our Elected officials, a working group of 40 transportation and development practitioners, elected officials and local stakeholders spent the best part of 14 weeks to familiarize themselves with the State’s massive proposal to… Read more

Pedestrian safety

Automated Vehicle industry: will DOT let pedestrians and cyclists be the guinea pigs?

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 5, 2021December 11, 2021

Mobileye technology to be tested on City Streets As we all know, in New York city there are too many vehicles on the road with or without drivers. Too many SUVs. We also have a superb mass transit system .… Read more

CHEKPEDS

We need your input: DOT kicks off the Streets Master Plan

by Team ChekpedsJuly 10, 2021October 2, 2021

NYC DOT is developing the NYC Streets Plan, a five-year transportation plan to improve the safety, accessibility, and quality of the City’s streets for all New Yorkers. The plan is being developed in response to Local Law 195 enacted in December 2019,… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Sidewalk

Join Us: Empire Station Complex is a massive and complicated project that begs public scrutiny

by Team ChekpedsJuly 10, 2021July 16, 2021

Virtual Town Hall – Empire Station ComplexThursday July 15th @6 PM Hosted by Community boards 4 and 5 and your elected officials REGISTER Renovating the existing Penn Station, adding eight new tracks, razing a city block, doubling the surrounding density… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Protected for whom? Drivers have 5 times more protection than pedestrians or cyclists when crossing an intersection

by Team ChekpedsJuly 10, 2021October 1, 2021

Watch the red arrow at 37s – if you blink it will be gone This is the intersection where our neighbor Jose Calo was killed recently by a driver turning left at one of the deadly mixing zones. The red… Read more