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The Next Generation of Street Safety Activists is here..
and they are impossibly cute and right on . Watch the video the three young filmmakers just shot.
Tag: crashes
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice
Vacca & Vallone: NYPD must do more to enforce traffic laws and investigate crashes
On Wednesday February 15, 2012, the joint hearing of New York City Council’s Transportation Committee and Public Safety Committee was a defining moment in our long fight for traffic justice and safety. In front of a packed room, with overflow… Read more “Vacca & Vallone: NYPD must do more to enforce traffic laws and investigate crashes”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Traffic Justice
How a determined mother made a difference
This year, Governor Cuomo signed into law The Complete Street Bill. It mostly happened because a mother of a 14 year old girl who was killed by a driver took the matter in her own hands. She joined with AARP… Read more “How a determined mother made a difference”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice
Rally for Traffic Justice
In the past week, more than 1,300 New Yorkers have written letters to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, demanding he police New York City traffic. To ensure our call to action — for a police department that stands up to dangerous… Read more “Rally for Traffic Justice”
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First glimpse at NYPD Summons Statistics
Early this year the City Council passed the Save lives through Information bill which requires the NYPD to publish monthly summonses and crashes by Precinct. May 2011 is the first month when the summonses are published and here is the… Read more “First glimpse at NYPD Summons Statistics”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice
Transportation Alternatives urges New York City to adopt VISION ZERO
Every second day in New York City, someone is killed in traffic. More than 70,000 people suffer devastating injury each year; enough people to fill the seats in Madison Square Garden three times over. In collaboration with the Drum Major… Read more “Transportation Alternatives urges New York City to adopt VISION ZERO”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety
Marine Killed by Car while Crossing 12th Avenue | No Accident
The 22 year-old man crossed a very wide Avenue, with no pedestrian crossing at this intersection of 49th Street. Except for his family and his friends, he has become a statistic:
Transportation for America’s new report, “Dangerous by Design, How… Read more “Marine Killed by Car while Crossing 12th Avenue | No Accident”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice
United Nations launch a Decade of Action for Road Safety
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced new traffic-safety initiatives to further drive down already record-low traffic fatalities and injuries in New York City. The announcement was… Read more “United Nations launch a Decade of Action for Road Safety”
Posted inComplete Streets, Traffic Justice
A Major VICTORY : City Council passes three bills to enhance traffic safety and government transparency
Three years ago CHEKPEDS co-founder Martin Treat wanted to find out where crashes happened in our neighborhood and how many summons NYPD was giving at these locations. He created a spreadsheet and attended all Community Precinct Councils, asking for the… Read more “A Major VICTORY : City Council passes three bills to enhance traffic safety and government transparency”
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Red light and speed cameras save lives
You only need to stand at the corner of 42nd Street and 9th Avenue to see drivers flooring the accelerator as they come from New Jersey, try to make the light, fail and go through the red light anyway !… Read more “Red light and speed cameras save lives”