Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

Crosstown bike lanes on CB4 Transportation Committee’s agenda

by Team ChekpedsOctober 28, 2012July 14, 2021

DOT is coming before the Transportation Committee in November to give a presentation on the proposed routes for West Midtown which are continuations of the ones installed in CB 5 & 6. The proposed bike lane routes are like the… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

CB4 to DoiTT: Many payphones are inappropriate to preserve beyond the current franchise

by Team ChekpedsOctober 21, 2012July 14, 2021

Manhattan Community Board gave the Department of Information Technology its preferences for the RFI under way for a future phone booths. The current franchise contract expires in 2014. Many neighbors showed up at the committee hearings to speak of installations… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

City Council & DOT improve Delivery Bicyclists Oversight

by Team ChekpedsOctober 21, 2012July 14, 2021

NYC Council passed a package of legislation yesterday aimed at strengthening enforcement and creating tougher safety standards for commercial bicyclists, which will help protect all New Yorkers, especially our seniors. The first bill, Intro. 783-A, requires businesses employing commercial bicyclists… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Pedestrian First Awards: NYPD Officers Dunnell and Deas

by Team ChekpedsOctober 20, 2012July 14, 2021

We routinely complain to the NYPD of the traffic agents behavior, of the fact that no moving violations are given to poor drivers and generally that we, pedestrians, do not feel protected. So when one of our members, David Solnick… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Greening, Sidewalk

Pedestrian beware: Hazardous Tree Pits

by Team ChekpedsOctober 20, 2012July 14, 2021

Ken Stewart, Public member of Manhattan Community Board 4, and President of the Council of Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI), was contacted by the Parks Department to collect specific locations of the most hazardous tree pits in his neighborhood.… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Transit

SPEAK UP: Enough band aids! Let’s fix the bus issue once and for all!

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2012July 14, 2021

Although we have scored many successes in our battle to rid our streets of buses, we are still losing the war: curbside parking is disappearing as development in Hudson Yards accelerates, while the need to bring ever more tourists is… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Safer Crossing of the West Side Highway?

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2012July 14, 2021

What is the use of a Park if you cannot get to it? This is the plight of many residents who want to enjoy the Hudson River Park but are petrified of crossing the highway: not enough time to cross… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Noise

How Much Progress on replacing loudspeakers in Tour Buses?

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2012July 14, 2021

Our friends at OUR Streets OUR lives, have been tracking carefully the progress or lack thereof of the replacement of loud speakers with headsets in tour buses, as mandated by the legislation we all fought for in 2010. Fleets with… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Congratulations: Governor Cuomo signed the Bus Permit Bill into Law

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 29, 2012July 14, 2021

Thank you to Assembly Member Dick Gottfried, who helped negotiate a better law and made sure it was signed by the Governor. Thank You also to TriState Transportation Campaign who lent us critical support us in Albany. But in the… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Complete Streets, Greening

After 5 Years of Study, 9th Avenue Renaissance underway with bike lanes and new Micro Plaza

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 29, 2012July 14, 2021

In 2007 our community came together to envision how 9th Avenue should be improved. The result was documented in a report called ” 9th Avenue Renaissance” The installation of the bike lanes and pedestrian refuges are the first phase of… Read more