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Join Us: Transportation 2030 , A Five Borough Blueprint

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2011July 14, 2021

Featured Speakers: Scott M. Stringer, Manhattan Borough President – Christopher O. Ward , Former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey – Janette Sadik-Khan ,Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation Transportation 2030;… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events

Join Us: Streets of the Future

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2011July 14, 2021

Join City Council Brad Lander, Streetsblog and Streetsfilms to celebrate the livable street Successes of 2011. Streetsblog is the only national press dedicated to the Streets as a Public Space movement. Steeetsfilms is a unique organization that Show and Tell… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

Rally for Traffic Justice

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2011July 14, 2021

In the past week, more than 1,300 New Yorkers have written letters to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, demanding he police New York City traffic. To ensure our call to action — for a police department that stands up to dangerous… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Take Action: Tell Commissioner Kelly that dangerous driving is no accident!

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2011July 14, 2021

January 10, 2011: Jerrold Chaleff, 71 years old; run over in a mall parking lot in the Bronx. No charges filed. February 27, 2011: 27-year old victim; car broke down on the BQE. Got out and was in front of… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Events

Speak Up! Ask CB4 to Reduce Bus Idling and Asthma in Hell’s Kitchen

by Team ChekpedsOctober 30, 2011July 14, 2021

CB4 will take a vote Wednesday on whether or not to ask for a feasibility study of 20 bus spaces to be added to the Shuttle museum that will be built on the Intrepid parking lot. Mayor’s Midtown citizens Committee… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Take Action: Tell NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly to enforce vehicular laws

by Team ChekpedsOctober 30, 2011July 14, 2021

128 fatalities this year-to-date, 19 drivers charged! The more we hear about it, the more obvious it becomes that the NYPD applies the law in a very discriminatory fashion: when a pedestrian or a bicyclist is involved, leaving the scene… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Join Us: Transportation 2030 – A Five Borough Blue Print

by Team ChekpedsOctober 30, 2011July 14, 2021

Five years after his conference “Manhattan on the Move”, Scott Stringer again takes the lead in addressing Transportation issues citywide. Chekpeds is delighted to Co-Sponsor this event.

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Congestion

Shush Funds!

by Team ChekpedsOctober 30, 2011July 14, 2021

The Taxi and Limousine Commission warned cabbies last week that from now on, they have to stop driving people crazy by incessantly honking at all hours of the day and night, at everything from Manhattan traffic congestion to slow-moving tourists. … Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Join Borough President Scott Stringer

by Team ChekpedsOctober 23, 2011July 14, 2021

Borough President Scott Stringer will answer questions and address Issues and concerns of importance at the 44th St. Better Block Association Meeting. West 44th Street Better Block Assocaition Tuesday, October 25th. 7:30 p.m. New Dramatists, 424 West 44th Street Here… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Transit

Bike Share is coming – Pick the locations!

by Team ChekpedsOctober 23, 2011July 14, 2021

DOT is making the rounds presenting the bike share program. You can see it here. They will soon come back with proposed locations for the stations ( one ever four blocks) and we will be sure to distribute widely. The… Read more