CHEKPEDS

Parking Day : RE- imagining the Parking Lane

by Team ChekpedsOctober 15, 2008July 14, 2021

CHEKPEDS members partipated in ” Parking Day” , an annual and national celebration to demonstrate how to better use curb side parking spaces . Watch the video here. We hope you can all join next year , it is incredibly… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Complete Streets, Events

CALL TO ACTION : Give Your Input on selecting a designer for Hudson Park and Boulevard

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 18, 2008July 14, 2021

Monday September 22 @ 6:30 PM Hudson Guild , Dan Carpenter Room, 441 West 26th Street (bet. 9th & 10th Avenues) JOIN US see five design proposals for new park & boulevard MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD The Hudson Park &… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets

On Street Parking for Bikes

by Team ChekpedsMarch 11, 2008July 14, 2021

Community Board 4 voted last week to create “on street parking” for bikes, instead of on sidewalk. Chekpeds’ board member Eric Muise took the lead in identifiying the many locations where there is a concentration of bicycles which impede pedestrian … Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice, Transit

2007 in perspective: Happy New Year

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 7, 2008July 14, 2021

We wish you a SAFE 2008 with more time to cross the street, plenty of neck downs, Barnes’ dances and speed bumps to slow down the cars, and NYPD enforcing the law . We wish you a HEALTHY 2008, with… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Events

DOT listens to the Community in Upper Clinton

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 23, 2007July 14, 2021

DOT will listen to the Community for the Traffic Calming Plan for Upper Clinton and the Upper West side. High level of Asthma ( the second highest in Manhattan after Harlem according to the Department of Health) brought upon us… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion

CHEKPEDS testifies in support of Intro 199-A to measure street performance

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 5, 2007July 14, 2021

Intro 199-A requires DOT to collect traffic congestion data and report against key indicators Under such a bill, the DOT would track street performance in terms of quality of service provided for people and goods transported rather than in terms… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, Transit