Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

Bike safety campaign gains momentum

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 30, 2024September 19, 2024

Last Week, Pedestrians for Bike Safety, Council Member Bottcher and other elected officials organized a press conference to unveil a new PSA campaign. The message is displayed on all LinkNYC kiosks and hopefully will be translated in multiple languages. Los… Read more

Pedestrian safety

Wishing you a Safe, Peaceful & Happy 2024

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 1, 2024January 1, 2024

The year 2023 marked significant advances in traffic safety not just in our district, but also the city and the country: Read more

Traffic Justice

Keeping perspective : the good old days

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 1, 2024September 19, 2024

The Horse Manure Problem of 1894 The 15 to 30 pounds of manure produced daily by each beast multiplied by the 150,000+ horses in New York city resulted in more than three million pounds of horse manure per day that… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Traffic Deaths keep mounting in CB4 and elsewhere. Will NYPD keep us safe?

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2023November 5, 2023

In spite of sustained efforts to make our roadways safer, there were 5 traffic deaths in CB4 in the last 12 months, versus 3 in 2018, a 67% increase. While one cyclist died, none of the deaths were due to… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Congestion Pricing must benefit west side residents as well

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2023November 4, 2023

Now that 40 MTA gantries have been installed around the Lincoln Tunnel entrances and exits (not a pretty sight), it is crucial that West side residents benefit from the Congestion pricing program: it must reduce the daily tsunami of New… Read more

Open Streets

Longest Table 2.0 : Another day of bliss

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2023September 19, 2024

600 New Yorkers gathered on West 21st Open Street, to break bread with their neighbors in the second New York installment of the Longest Table. It was a day of community to recharge your social batteries under the perfect weather.… Read more

Pedestrian safety

Deliveristas: a promising first step

by Team ChekpedsOctober 16, 2023September 19, 2024

State Senator Brad Hoylman and Council Member Gale Brewer joined Pedestrians for Bicycle Safety, CHEKPEDS and Los Deliveristas Unidos, to educate deliveristas on the rules of the road. After a brief press conference with Assembly Member Tony Simone and Council… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Take Action to avoid more loud music from restaurants

by Team ChekpedsOctober 16, 2023November 4, 2023

Chekpeds wrote to the City and to Council Member Bottcher urging them to think of neighbors and pedestrians before they eviscerate the noise code. Two council members want to remove the ability for citizens to report on noise violations where… Read more

Sidewalk

Join us to train and welcome cyclists

by Team ChekpedsOctober 11, 2023November 4, 2023

This Thursday, October 12th at 4pm at Balsley Park (W57th St & 9th Ave) we will join with Pedestrians for Bike Safety and Los Deliveristas to conduct outreach & education with cyclists in general and local delivery riders, whose services… Read more

Pedestrian safety

Call to Action: Cargo bikes do not belong on sidewalks

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 10, 2023October 14, 2023

The City is proposing to expand the definition of cargo bikes in order to reduce the number of trucks on our residential streets. The pedal assist electric vehicles would be up to 4ft wide, have 4 wheels and ride at… Read more