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Speak UP: Buses or Playground at 33rd Street and Dyer Avenue?

by Team Chekpeds
The next Transportation Planning Committee will evaluate two competing proposals to use a vacant lot at the corner of 33rd Street and Dyer Avenue . Discussion: Bus parking on Port Authority property on 33rd Street Discussion: Clinton School & PANYNJ… Read more “Speak UP: Buses or Playground at 33rd Street and Dyer Avenue?”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

NYC Health Dept: Active Transportation could save 6,300 deaths a year in NYC

by Team Chekpeds
Active transportation is any self-propelled mode of transportation (such as walking, jogging, bicycling, or in-line skating) to get from one place to another. Most New Yorkers who use public transportation also use active transportation when they walk to and from… Read more “NYC Health Dept: Active Transportation could save 6,300 deaths a year in NYC”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

United Nations launch a Decade of Action for Road Safety

by Team Chekpeds
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 “United Nations launch a Decade of Action for Road Safety”