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Let’s Reclaim more Territory in 2012

by Team ChekpedsDecember 25, 2011July 14, 2021

We’d love to hear from you on priorities you think we ought to focus on in 2012, please write them in the comment section below. We will adjust accordingly. As it is 2012 promised to be very busy: Pedestrian: Unfortunately… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

Phone Booth of the Future project up to a good start

by Team ChekpedsDecember 25, 2011July 14, 2021

Eight months ago, the Transportation Committee of Manhattan CB4 invited other Community Boards to share their concerns with the current phone booths, and their wishes for a Phone Booth of the Future. Many concerns were shared by a majority (… Read more

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Low-Cost Bus Lines More Dangerous Than Traditional Operators, Report Says – DNAinfo.com

by Team ChekpedsNovember 13, 2011July 14, 2021

Low-Cost Bus Lines More Dangerous Than Traditional Operators, Report Says – DNAinfo.com.

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Traffic Justice

How a determined mother made a difference

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2011July 14, 2021

This year, Governor Cuomo signed into law The Complete Street Bill. It mostly happened because a mother of a 14 year old girl who was killed by a driver took the matter in her own hands. She joined with AARP… Read more

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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