CHEKPEDS

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Port Authority, Transit

Bus Terminal Master Planning should include Community Input

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2015July 14, 2021

The Port Authority Board voted on October 22nd to initiate two studies in advance of finalizing a location and a design for a new bus terminal by September 2016. Performing a “Trans-Hudson Commuting Capacity Study” including other modes like rail… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets

Tell the Feds: City Streets Are Not Highways

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2015July 14, 2021

It doesn’t make much sense to design a street that passes through the center of a community’s downtown the same way we would the 50 mph highway that carries commuters from that city to another. Currently, local communities and states… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety, Transit

BIGGEST TRAFFIC CHANGE in years makes a superb debut in the quiet of the summer

by Team ChekpedsAugust 29, 2015July 14, 2021

On July 13th , in the middle of the day, Port Authority and DOT started to operate a contra lane on Dyer Avenue, between 42nd and 41st Streets for buses to reach the Lincoln Tunnel in a safer way. This… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

NYPD and their Cars

by Team ChekpedsAugust 29, 2015July 14, 2021

Commissioner Bratton this week repeatedly voiced his support for removing the Times Square Plazas that have become an enormous success with all users including the real estate interests in the area. This is in response to incidents with a few… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

New Bills introduced to prevent Left Turn collisions

by Team ChekpedsAugust 29, 2015July 14, 2021

ON August 13, Public Advocate Letitia James introduced two traffic safety bills in the New York City Council aimed at reducing pedestrian deaths across the City. The first bill would require the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) to… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

NOT ONE MORE : Vigil for 26,500 New Yorkers injured by Drivers in 2015

by Team ChekpedsJuly 11, 2015July 14, 2021

The number is staggering: 143 per day! In the second year of Vision Zero how could it be that drivers injured so many people in 2015 alone? People talk about crime in New York city in the 70’s . I… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

Free Outdoor Movie – Musical Chairs

by Team ChekpedsJuly 11, 2015July 14, 2021

Join us for this event full of good news for our neighborhood. Persons with disabilities are at the vanguard of a crucial fight for ALL pedestrians: Streets and sidewalks compliant with ADA guidelines are the most comfortable and safe to… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Transit

Bus Drivers and Pedestrians are asking for safer intersections

by Team ChekpedsJune 27, 2015July 14, 2021

It is time for TWU Local 100 to turn its attention to the real culprit behind bus drivers in handcuffs and dead pedestrians : poorly designed intersections. In the highly charged discussions of the last few weeks, it seemed that… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice, Transit

TWU Local 100 and New York State Senate nearly gutted the Right-of-Way law

by Team ChekpedsJune 27, 2015July 14, 2021

It came very close but in the end it failed. As part of Vision Zero, we gained the “right of way” law which assigns criminal penalties to drivers that fail to yield to pedestrians and bicyclists and injures or kill… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Transit

Trans Hudson Summit: Blueprint or Patchwork?

by Team ChekpedsMay 31, 2015July 14, 2021

On May 7th, 2015, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PA) convened a Summit for Trans Hudson Transportation attended by the crowned heads of the Region Transporation sector: most top executives of the Transportation Agencies that provide… Read more