CHEKPEDS

Pedestrian Safety summit: DOT Commissionner gets an earful of frustrated complaints from West Side’s feisty pedestrians.

by Team ChekpedsOctober 15, 2008July 14, 2021

In May 2008, our elected officials convened a pedestrian summit with the DOT commissioner. More than 150 vocal residents showed up and shared a collection of grievances all very resonable. If none of them were new to us , it… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Pedestrian Safety Town Hall

by Team ChekpedsApril 20, 2008July 14, 2021

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Rapid Diagnostic of Crash Locations

by Team ChekpedsMarch 11, 2008July 14, 2021

Wednesday March 12th, NY City Council’s transportation Committee will vote on a bill requiring the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) to study and make improvements at crash locations. This bill would require the DOT to conduct the following… Read more

DOT STUDY

Martin Treat: DOT and Pedestrian Safety-Good News

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 19, 2008July 14, 2021

Good news on DOT’s focus on Pedestrian Safety in the scope NYMTC study Clinton Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Traffic Study. In December, before he left for duty in Iraq, Chris Hardej of NYMTC’s Designing Streets for Pedestrian Safety, told me that… Read more

DOT STUDY

Sue Raskin & Ruth Lennon Comments

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 15, 2008July 14, 2021

Sue and Ruth asked me to post the following: Response from both Sue Raskin and Ruth Lennon, Co-chairs of the PennSouth Cooperative Council “We are in complete agreement with Christine Berthet’s recommendations. Considering pedestrian safety and traffic calming measures are… Read more

DOT STUDY

Eric’s comments

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 13, 2008July 14, 2021

My major concern with this study is the fact that DOT will be collecting data on ONLY 1 day . I don’t know how reliable their data collection is in terms of day-to-day and month-to-month variation, but they tried to… 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

Pedestrian safety

Upper West side senior safety plan (down to 45th street)

by Team ChekpedsDecember 9, 2007July 14, 2021

Report was sponsored by Assembly woman Linda Rosenthal.

DOT STUDY

Clinton- Hell’s Kitchen traffic Study Scoping – TAC2

by Team ChekpedsDecember 6, 2007July 14, 2021

Clinton-Hell’s Kitchen traffic study – scope – 12-04-2007 Dear TAC members , By adding a comment below you will be able to share your comments with the other members Which intersections must be added and why? A list of schools… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Fourth Fatality on 9th Avenue Corridor in 2007

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2007July 14, 2021

Our heartfelt condolences To our neighbors and friends of Fulton Houses Who mourn the death of Kumo, an eight year old boy. He died after being hit on 17th street. The SUV was racing to beat the light. Read the… Read more