Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Vision Zero: Last Chance to flag your intersection

by Team ChekpedsJuly 30, 2014July 14, 2021

Take a minute tonight to mark your “favorite” dangerous intersections! Click on the map DOT will take down the map tomorrow and will start establishing priorities for intersections that should be studied and fixed. Do not miss this opportunity to… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Transit

Port Authority gets $ 93 million for operational fixes

by Team ChekpedsJuly 30, 2014July 14, 2021

Is relief in sight? let’s not get our expectations too high but this is a good first step showing that Buses now register in the collective transportation conscience. In response to angry commuters, the Port authority board just voted to… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

25 mph: A Hard-Won Victory in Albany

by Team ChekpedsJune 22, 2014July 14, 2021

Both the Assembly and the State passed bill S07892 allowing New York City to reduce its default speed limit to 25 mph from the current 30 mph. Both Assembly Member Dick Gottfried and Linda Rosenthal were proponents and Senator Brad… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Transit

Take Action: File Complaints with NJ Transit Buses

by Team ChekpedsJune 22, 2014July 14, 2021

Every weekday afternoon our neighborhood is overrun by New Jersey Transit buses: they congest our streets, block our crosswalks, and ruin our quality of life. This problem is not just a nuisance it is a pedestrian safety issue. We have… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Transit

Buses: NJ Transit Riders fed up with Bus Terminal

by Team ChekpedsJune 22, 2014July 14, 2021

Well, we are not the only ones complaining bitterly of the terrible conditions imposed by the Bus Terminal! On June 11, Chekpeds’ special envoy to New Jersey, attended a forum held for the first time by NJ Transit and the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Transit

Buses: What will the City do?

by Team ChekpedsJune 22, 2014July 14, 2021

While the vast majority of buses come and go to the Port Authority, they are not the only ones to be a major health and safety hazard to our community. It turns out that Chekpeds and CB4 have developed a… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety

Speak Up: Vision Zero Pedestrian Safety Workshop

by Team ChekpedsJune 9, 2014July 14, 2021

Join us to identify dangerous intersections that will be considered to be fixed as part of the 50 intersections that will be redesigned annually by DOT . Co-sponsored by CHEKPEDS , DOT, and all our Elected Officials . Vision Zero: Pedestrian… Read more

CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety

Pedestrian’s delight: 9th Avenue gets a protected crossing at 43rd Street

by Team ChekpedsMay 20, 2014July 14, 2021

This week, DOT installed what hundreds of Manhattan Plaza senior citizens and families with young children have been asking for years: a traffic signal that protects pedestrian crossing 9th Avenue on the south leg from westbound cars turning south from… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Events

Free Outdoor Movie : Breaking Away

by Team ChekpedsMay 20, 2014July 14, 2021

Sponsored by West 45th/46th Street Block Association and CHEKPEDS. Questions? Volunteer? Have something to donate or raffle off? Please contact west45thstreet@gmail.com or347-460-1818

CHEKPEDS, Events, Transit

Speak Up: MTA to hear public comments on proposed M12

by Team ChekpedsMay 11, 2014July 14, 2021

MTA _ M12 Hearing Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 5:30 p.m. 347 Madison Avenue, Board Room, 5th Floor Finally good news on the transit front: MTA is gearing up to operate a much needed new route on the Far west side: … Read more