Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

Take Action: Tell NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly to get a dictionary !

by Team ChekpedsMarch 7, 2013July 14, 2021

Crashes are not accidents! The New York City Department of Transportation and Department of Health don’t use the word accident, and recently the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles cut “accident” from their vocabulary. The NYPD, however, has not… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

6 year old kid killed by turning truck driver. Bloomberg blames the parents!

by Team ChekpedsMarch 7, 2013July 14, 2021

If you were still wondering why three terms is one too many, here’s the quote from a Monday story about the death of 6-year-old Amar Diarrossouba: “We deploy our police officers when they’re not doing other things,” he said. “We have signs. We… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

NYPD fails again to enforce speed limits

by Team ChekpedsMarch 7, 2013July 14, 2021

On Sunday, a man driving DOUBLE the speed limit struck and instantly killed two expectant parents, Raizel and Nachman Glauber. Their child, delivered by emergency cesarean section, died the next day. The Williamsburg police precinct that’s supposed to protect that neighborhood… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events

Bicycle lanes, Speed Bumps and More at the next CB4 Transportation Committee

by Team ChekpedsMarch 7, 2013July 14, 2021

Join us at the next CB4 Transportation Committee to give your input: 1. Crosstown Bicycle Lane Connections on W. 15th and W. 16th Streets from Sixth to Eleventh Avenues. 2. Request for speed bumps on W. 26 Street between Ninth and Tenth… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Another Day, Another Fatality on 9th Avenue

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 17, 2013July 14, 2021

Another horrific hit and run took place on the morning of February 5, 2013 at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and W. 41st Street. Ms. Shu Ying Liu (69) died after being hit by one of the many large trucks… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events

A Busy Transportation Committee Agenda in NEW LOCATION

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 17, 2013July 14, 2021

NYCDOT on Urban Design for Ninth Avenue Chelsea Plaza NYCDOT Update on West Midtown Bicycle Lanes (W. 39th and W. 40th Streets between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, W. 43rd, 44th, 48th, 51st, 54th and 55th Streets between Eighth Avenue and the Hudson River Greenway… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

Pedestrian Countdown Timers installed on 9th Avenue

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 17, 2013July 14, 2021

This past week end , residents of Hell’s Kitchen discovered new pedestrian countdown timers on the crossings of 9th Avenue at each intersection between 34th Street and 57th Street, as well as at 34th Street and 8th Avenue. This is terrific… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Transit

New Bus Route on 11th and 12th Avenues to start in the fall of 2013

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 17, 2013July 14, 2021

The bus would run from West 59th Street to Spring Street seven days a week From West 49th to West 24th Street, the route would follow Eleventh and Twelfth avenues; from West 24th Street to West 14th Street, it would… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets

9th Avenue bike lane to be extended to 110th Street in 2013!

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 17, 2013July 14, 2021

Earlier this month , Community Board 7 passed a resolution in support of extending along Columbus Avenue the bike lane from 59th Street on 9th Avenue to 110th Street. This is excellent news for bicyclists who want to commute to… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Greening

Dyer Avenue Park on Hold

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 17, 2013July 14, 2021

Unfortunately, we just learned that the planning division of the Port Authority has put on hold the transfer of all parcels, until they have identified swing spaces to stage buses while the bus terminal is being refurbished. While this is… Read more