Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety

Progress Report

by Team ChekpedsMarch 25, 2018July 14, 2021

The Department of Transportation tells us they are studying the following dangerous areas we had been flagging for years: 60th Street and 9th Avenue 57th Street and 8th Avenue 42nd Street and 8th Avenue DOT is also working on a… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events, Pedestrian safety

10th Avenue Bike Lane, Street Seats and Crashmapper

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

Join us at the Manhattan Community Board 4 Transportation Committee to share your comments and opinions on these topics and more.. Manhattan Community Board 4 – Transportation Committee Wednesday, March 21st, 6:30 p.m. The Flats, 554 West 53rd Street (10/11)… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Tracking Traffic Crashes, Trends and Vision Zero progress in New York City

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

Crashmapper.org a web-based app, developed by CHEKPEDS was launched in New York City, on February 28, 2018. The application received very positive reviews from Streetsblog ” This Is the Tool You Need to Push for Safer Streets in Your Part… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Thousands ask for better enforcement – DiBlasio punts to Albany

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

Following the tragic death of two very young children in the pedestrian crossing with the walk light, at the hands of a driver who had previously accumulated 8 violations, and had had a seizure, over 900 activists gathered in Brooklyn… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Transit

Stop the MTA from reducing service on the M104

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

The MTA and NYC Transit has proposed bus service cuts to the M104 line. Assemblymember Rosenthal wrote a letter to NYC Transit President Andrew Byford requesting the cuts be halted. Protest M104 Service Cuts Monday, March 19. 10:30 a.m. MTA… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Events

Join Us to end MTA vows and Traffic congestion

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

Rally to Demand Congestion Pricing NOW Tuesday, March 20. 6-7:00 p.m. 633 Third Avenue (40/41) , Gov Cuomo NY office Subways are in a state of emergency. Just last week, an aging cable at the West 96th Street station caused… Read more

Congestion, Events, Transit

Join our State Representatives: Finding Solutions to our Transportation Crisis

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 19, 2018July 14, 2021

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Events, Pedestrian safety, Transit

Join Us: L Train Shutdown Mitigation Measures

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 19, 2018July 14, 2021

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) & NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) will present plans to alleviate the effects of the L Train Canarsie Shutdown. We will also discuss the Governor’s FIX NYC report, a task force on ADA compliance and the… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Events, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

Port Authority Bus Terminal – latest news

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 19, 2018July 14, 2021

In Early February, the Port Authority Chair, CEO and staff met with elected officials from New Jersey and New york, representatives from City Agencies, and the community board 4 and 5 in one of the most amicable meetings to date.… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice, Transit

“Fix New York City” plan is more than Congestion Pricing!

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 23, 2018July 14, 2021

Every one is talking about the “Fix NYC Panel Report” and its recommendation to implement Congestion Pricing. But there is much more there than meets the eye. The panel also recommends to enforce gridlock laws and Bus lanes with cameras… Read more