CHEKPEDS

Buses: Reclaiming our Streets!

by Team ChekpedsNovember 3, 2013July 14, 2021

A few months back, our board member Ashley organized an all out effort to rid 44th Street of buses that used this residential street as a detour to the Port Authority Bus terminal. The Community Board supported the Block Association… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Greening

Fall Event : Bike lane greening

by Team ChekpedsNovember 3, 2013July 14, 2021

On Sunday October 6th, with the help of the Partnership for Parks, and the millions tree program, CHEKPEDS joined HKNA to green the median islands on 9th Avenue between 35th and 45th Streets. Tree pits were planted with daffodils and… Read more

CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety

Finally! 42nd Street and 9th Avenue safer for pedestrians

by Team ChekpedsOctober 3, 2013July 14, 2021

After 7 years of dogged persistence on the part of our members, the south crossing at 42nd Street and 9th Avenue is now much safer. When the light turns red on 9th Avenue, pedestrians now get the WALK signal immediately,… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Bolt Bus relocation to 33rd Street between 11th and 12th Avenues imminent!

by Team ChekpedsOctober 3, 2013July 14, 2021

Last night, Community Board 4 approved relocating Bolt Bus on-Street terminal to the Northwest corner of 33rd Street and 11th Avenue from its current location at the Northwest corner of 34th Street and 8th Avenue, where it will be in… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

Speak Up: Council Hearings on NYPD Collision Investigation Reform

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 26, 2013July 14, 2021

Are you satisfied that after jumping the sidewalk and killing or maiming a pedestrian, a driver can go back to driving immediately without even a summonses ? What about the fact that in CB4 , traffic officers gave five times… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Events

More Long Distance Buses

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 17, 2013July 14, 2021

CB4’s Transportation Committee will hear DOT ‘s proposal to relocate Bolt Buses from 33rd Street and 7th Avenue , and 34th Street and 8th Avenue to the North Side of 39th Street just west of 10th Avenue , near the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Garage Siren Project: Meet the traffic engineers of tomorrow!

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 17, 2013July 14, 2021

The Boy Genius of Ulan Bator in Mongolia, “Battushig, 16, led me down a steep incline into the building’s underground garage …. Many children in the city play in their apartment buildings’ driveways, but this one seemed oriented in a… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Rally to Demand Pedestrian’s right of Way!

by Team ChekpedsAugust 5, 2013July 14, 2021

ENOUGH! Join CHEKPEDS, T.A. activists and other outraged New Yorkersfor a City Hall rally. Rally to Demand Our Right of Way Wednesday August 7, 2013, 8:30 am Steps of City Hall Renee Thompson was a 16-year-old girl walking home… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

Pedestrian Safety: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

by Team ChekpedsJuly 28, 2013July 14, 2021

57th street residents rejoice that DOT recently installed a new mid-block pedestrian signalized crossing between 8th and 9th Avenues. This very long block is now on par with 42nd and 43rd Streets where such signals have been implemented with much… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Timely Crash Reporting in visual format

by Team ChekpedsJuly 27, 2013July 14, 2021

Eight years ago Chekpeds started with FOILing (Freedom Of Information Letter) DOT for crash data on 9th Avenue. It took 6 months to receive a pile of paper which we painstakingly turned into a spreadsheet and a graph. Transporation Alternatives… Read more