Category: Pedestrian safety
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, Greening, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

New York City Streets Master Plan does not disappoint!

by Team Chekpeds
The NYC DOT just published the Streets master plan, as required by a groundbreaking law Council Speaker Corey Johnson passed in 2019. We could not be happier. The plan includes for the first time a pedestrian master plan , where… Read more “New York City Streets Master Plan does not disappoint!”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Greening, Noise, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk, Transit

We need your input: DOT kicks off the Streets Master Plan

by Team Chekpeds
NYC DOT is developing the NYC Streets Plan, a five-year transportation plan to improve the safety, accessibility, and quality of the City’s streets for all New Yorkers. The plan is being developed in response to Local Law 195 enacted in December 2019,… Read more “We need your input: DOT kicks off the Streets Master Plan”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Protected for whom? Drivers have 5 times more protection than pedestrians or cyclists when crossing an intersection

by Team Chekpeds
https://vimeo.com/573438501Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Dangerous by design (https://vimeo.com/573438501) Watch the red arrow at 37s – if you blink it will be gone This is the intersection where our neighbor Jose Calo was killed recently by a… Read more “Protected for whom? Drivers have 5 times more protection than pedestrians or cyclists when crossing an intersection”