CHEKPEDS

Speak Up: congestion pricing hearings

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 25, 2024February 25, 2024

9th Avenue in Manhattan, every day The traffic is overwhelming, we cannot cross the street because of blocked pedestrian crossings, the honking is unbearable at all hours of day and night, we have one of the worst air quality in… Read more

Pedestrian safety

Wishing you a Safe, Peaceful & Happy 2024

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 1, 2024January 1, 2024

The year 2023 marked significant advances in traffic safety not just in our district, but also the city and the country: Read more

CHEKPEDS

Congestion Pricing must benefit west side residents as well

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2023November 4, 2023

Now that 40 MTA gantries have been installed around the Lincoln Tunnel entrances and exits (not a pretty sight), it is crucial that West side residents benefit from the Congestion pricing program: it must reduce the daily tsunami of New… Read more

Congestion

The birth of a movement

by Team ChekpedsJune 18, 2023October 14, 2023

Last week Transportation Alternatives celebrated its 50th anniversary. I had a chance to ask its founder, David Gurin, how it all came about. He sent me a Village Voice article dated October 5, 1972 inviting anyone interested in planning a… Read more

Congestion

Less Traffic , Better Streets

by Team ChekpedsOctober 3, 2022October 3, 2022

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA 17 years after the founding of CHEKPEDS with our tag line ” Less Traffic, Better Streets” traffic congestion in our district is still unbearable. The numbers of people traveling by personal vehicles increased during COVID, our air… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion

Only two days left to take action to improve air quality

by Team ChekpedsAugust 29, 2022August 29, 2022

In our CD4 district, New Jersey vehicular traffic has returned with a vengeance to pre COVID level with longer peak hours, gridlock and very bad air quality. According to the New York Times , total registrations in the city for… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Take action against unhealthy traffic

by Team ChekpedsAugust 21, 2022August 29, 2022

Congestion

2021 in review: Safety

by Team ChekpedsDecember 25, 2021April 3, 2022

W39th Street and 9th Avenue, peak PM There is way too much traffic violence in our district: five people killed and 500 injured in 2021. On the bright side, this is 44% less deaths and 30% less injuries compared to… Read more

Sidewalk

New York City Streets Master Plan does not disappoint!

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021January 10, 2022

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

Clean Air

Congestion Pricing Forum

by Team ChekpedsNovember 13, 2021November 13, 2021

As the USA is making pledges to clean the air, our district has the third worst air quality in the City. 30% of our pollution is caused by traffic . It is urgent that we connect the dots and start… Read more