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CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety

Marine Killed by Car while Crossing 12th Avenue | No Accident

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2011July 14, 2021

The 22 year-old man crossed a very wide Avenue, with no pedestrian crossing at this intersection of 49th Street. Except for his family and his friends, he has become a statistic: Transportation for America’s new report, “Dangerous by Design, How… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

United Nations launch a Decade of Action for Road Safety

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2011July 14, 2021

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced new traffic-safety initiatives to further drive down already record-low traffic fatalities and injuries in New York City. The announcement was… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air

Smoking Ban in Central Park | What about a Driving Ban ?

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2011July 14, 2021

Council Member Gale Brewer and Community Board 7 are pushing the administration test summer- long car free Central park on the surface loops only (cars would still be able to cross east – west using the underpasses), Community Board 4… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events

Join Us | Free outdoor movie – Triplets of Belleville

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2011July 14, 2021

Join us as we turn Mathews Palmer Playground into a Ride-In Movie Theater in honor of Bike Month NYC. Come out and watch Triplets of Belleville under the stars. Sponsored by West 45th Street Block Association and CHEKPEDS (Clinton Hell’s… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Community asks NYPD for more enforcement

by Team ChekpedsMay 22, 2011July 14, 2021

Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) Transportation committee held a hearing on a number of safety concerns residents have brought to its attention about traffic management and traffic enforcement at various intersections in our district. They invited senior members of NYPD… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets

DOT’s Annual Scorecard | Most New Yorkers Do Not Drive to Shop

by Team ChekpedsMay 22, 2011July 14, 2021

In six diverse neighborhoods (from the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens) 85-93% of people arrived by transit, biking or walking. In two neighborhoods (Astoria, Queens and New Dorp, Staten Island), 60-77% of people arrived by transit, biking or walking. Here… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

Join Us | Senior NYPD Official to attend CB4 Transportation Committee

by Team ChekpedsMay 14, 2011July 14, 2021

to hear directly a number of safety concerns residents have brought to our attention about traffic management and traffic enforcement at various intersections in our district and help us resolve these ongoing safety concerns. CB4 Transportation Committee Wednesday, May 18th,… Read more

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CHEKPEDS Co-founder Nominated for Veterans Hall of Fame

by Team ChekpedsMay 14, 2011July 14, 2021

State Senator Tom Duane has nominated a longtime Hell’s Kitchen activist to the New York Veterans Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed on former servicemen and women for commitment to their communities. CHEKPEDS’ Board Members congratulate Martin on a well… Read more

Congestion, Traffic Justice

Take Action | Stop Widespread Parking Permit Abuse

by Team ChekpedsMay 14, 2011July 14, 2021

Transportation Alternatives released a report on April 27, 2011 detailing the citywide epidemic of parking permit abuse. The report, entitled “Totally Bogus: A Study of Parking Permit Abuse in NYC,” highlights the ongoing usage of fraudulent parking permits in New… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

PS 51 Children still at risk – Where is NYPD?

by Team ChekpedsMay 6, 2011July 14, 2021

In spite of many improvements inside the station perimeter the street remains chaotic and the situation is alarming. One has to wonder why the NYPD is not enforcing the most basic laws of the roads.