Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

Chekpeds testifies for better police enforcement

by Team ChekpedsMarch 7, 2007July 14, 2021

75% of our community members are concerned for their safety because of traffic , while only 6% are concerned about crime! We must obtain more enforcement at intersections, officers who care more about pedestrian safety than flow of cars and… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Emergency Rally for Pedestrian Safety

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 28, 2007July 14, 2021

Sunday 3 p.m. at City Hall 75% of our community members are concerned for their safety because of traffic , while only 6% are concerned about crime! Just two weeks ago, another pedestrian was killed by a truck trurning from… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

Working Together to Strengthen Community / Police Relations

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 27, 2007July 14, 2021

Tuesday, February 27 Mc Burney YMCA 125 West 14th Street, btwn 6th – 7th Ave. 6:00pm-8:00pm Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Members will undertake steps to strengthen the relationship between communities and the New York City Police Department (NYPD),… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Two fatalities on 9th Avenue

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 26, 2007July 14, 2021

75% of our community members are concerned for their safety because of traffic , while only 6% are concerned about crime! Just two weeks ago, another pedestrian was killed by a truck trurning from 9th Avenue onto 16th Street. On… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance

Design Workshop Completed

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 15, 2007July 14, 2021

50 diehard citizens braved the icy cold to convene again and participate in the workshop to redesign 9th Avenue . Seven locations had been chosen because they were either problematic or typical of the avenue. PPS (Project for Public Space),… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

Write in Support of Saint Vincent

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 9, 2007July 14, 2021

0 more blocks in 9th Avenue traffic could make the difference between life and death: last year a store clerk died of an asthma attack while the EMS vehicle was trapped in 9th Avenue traffic. What will happen when the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

CHEKPEDS testifies to support Intro 199A

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 9, 2007July 14, 2021

hich requires DOT to collect traffic congestion data and report against key indicators Under such a bill, the DOT would track street performance in terms of quality of service provided for people and goods transported rather than in terms of… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Congestion, DOT STUDY

Community Board 4 requests that Port Authority reopen 41st Street

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 9, 2007July 14, 2021

between 8th and 9th Avenue, citing measurable adverse effects on pedestrians and school children. Hundreds of buses use a detour everyday resulting in an 86% increase in pedestran injuries in two years at 9th Avenue and 42nd Street, while the… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance

Take the survey and Design Workshop

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 9, 2007July 14, 2021

Tell us what you think about the neighborhood as part of the 9th Avenue Renaissance : Take the Survey Resident and Business Get your friends, family, employees, supervisor and co- workers to take the survey . The more respondents, the… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance

50 residents and businesses participate in 9th Avenue redesign workshop

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 5, 2007July 14, 2021

In January 2007, CHEKPEDS, the Clinton–Hell’s Kitchen Coalition for Pedestrian Safety, held a Town Hall meeting and a Workshop to kick off the “9th Avenue Renaissance”, a street redesign and traffic-calming project for 9th Avenue in Manhattan. The section we… Read more