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Low-Cost Bus Lines More Dangerous Than Traditional Operators, Report Says – DNAinfo.com
Low-Cost Bus Lines More Dangerous Than Traditional Operators, Report Says – DNAinfo.com.
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Traffic Justice
How a determined mother made a difference
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 “How a determined mother made a difference”
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Join Us: Transportation 2030 , A Five Borough Blueprint
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 “Join Us: Transportation 2030 , A Five Borough Blueprint”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Events
Join Us: Streets of the Future
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 “Join Us: Streets of the Future”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice
Rally for Traffic Justice
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 “Rally for Traffic Justice”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice
Take Action: Tell Commissioner Kelly that dangerous driving is no accident!
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 “Take Action: Tell Commissioner Kelly that dangerous driving is no accident!”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Events
Speak Up! Ask CB4 to Reduce Bus Idling and Asthma in Hell’s Kitchen
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 “Speak Up! Ask CB4 to Reduce Bus Idling and Asthma in Hell’s Kitchen”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice
Take Action: Tell NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly to enforce vehicular laws
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 “Take Action: Tell NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly to enforce vehicular laws”
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Join Us: Transportation 2030 – A Five Borough Blue Print
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.
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Congestion
Shush Funds!
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 “Shush Funds!”