CHEKPEDS

The battle for a safe intersection

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021January 10, 2022

Elected officials DOT and residents celebrate the addition of life saving features at this dangerous midtown intersection. Assembly member Linda Rosenthal and Erica Overton of her staff called to celebrate new pedestrian safety features at West 57th Street and 8th… Read more

Pedestrian safety

5 tests for AVs on city streets

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021January 8, 2022

After Chekpeds testified on autonomous vehicles, Waymo called us to discuss what they were doing for safety and we engaged in a productive dialogue. We asked them to answer the following questions: Left or right turns – car has the… Read more

Sidewalk

It is 8 p.m.: Do you know where your garbage is?

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021December 25, 2021

Is the idea of putting Trash Off the Sidewalk Space dead? No: many properties are trying it and liking it, but it remains a minuscule portion of the City. The bigger news is that both DOT and Sanitation recently gave… Read more

CHEKPEDS

9th Avenue resurfacing

by Team ChekpedsNovember 13, 2021December 11, 2021

NYC DOT will share a brief update on plans for 9th Ave. from 59th St. to 51st St., including temporary markings that will be installed this fall and the on-going development of a new proposed design for the corridor. Wednesday,… Read more

CHEKPEDS

A profound transformation for Midtown

by Team ChekpedsOctober 2, 2021January 10, 2022

Look at this image : it is a first in New York City . Press hounds usually are the first to detect when a big story comes to town. Some of them – although not the New York Times- commented… Read more

Pedestrian safety

5 New Yorkers killed by drivers in 3 days

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 13, 2021December 11, 2021

September 14, at 5:30 p.m. at Union Square North and demand immediate action from Mayor de Blasio. This is just unacceptable! Read Press release by Transportation Alternatives… Read more

Pedestrian safety

Automated Vehicle industry: will DOT let pedestrians and cyclists be the guinea pigs?

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 5, 2021December 11, 2021

Mobileye technology to be tested on City Streets As we all know, in New York city there are too many vehicles on the road with or without drivers. Too many SUVs. We also have a superb mass transit system .… Read more

CHEKPEDS

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

by Team ChekpedsJuly 10, 2021October 2, 2021

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

CHEKPEDS

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

by Team ChekpedsJuly 10, 2021October 1, 2021

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

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Will congestion pricing rein in deadly SUVs?

by Team ChekpedsJuly 5, 2021July 14, 2021

While we were in confinement and there was little traffic, two cyclists were killed by SUV drivers in Staten Island. When it comes to risks to cyclists, the focus has long been on trucks, because of their length and driver’s… Read more