CHEKPEDS

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

Penn Station

Penn Station: 14 weeks later many questions remain unanswered

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 5, 2021December 11, 2021

Earlier this year, at the request of our Elected officials, a working group of 40 transportation and development practitioners, elected officials and local stakeholders spent the best part of 14 weeks to familiarize themselves with the State’s massive proposal to… 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

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 driver turning left at one of the deadly mixing zones. The red… Read more