Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

9th Avenue Renaissance, Events, Greening

Join Us in Making Dyer’s Park Memories …

by Team ChekpedsMarch 20, 2013July 14, 2021

In search of greenery… Finding our community’s roots Ruth used to live in a house that was destroyed to make way for Dyer Avenue. She recounted on camera the life on 35th street, the hard working families who lived there… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

City Council votes to support speed enforcement by cameras

by Team ChekpedsMarch 20, 2013July 14, 2021

Earlier this week the New York City Council joined Transportation Alternatives and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign in announcing its support for state legislation that would authorize a speed camera pilot program in New York City. CHEKPEDS has been supporting these… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

And the Winner is ….

by Team ChekpedsMarch 20, 2013July 14, 2021

After a week of intense competition to reinvent the public phone, the public chose “NIFY” as best overall. You can see the full details here. Its functionality is very attractive , but it’s footprint is much larger than what we… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

VOTE for the Payphone of the Future

by Team ChekpedsMarch 7, 2013July 14, 2021

DoiTT made good on their committment to organize a design contest for the payphone of the future. Our community had asked for such in our resolution and Council Member Brewer helped make it a reality. Over the last two months… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

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