CHEKPEDS

Join Us to Demand Congestion Pricing

by Team ChekpedsApril 21, 2007July 14, 2021

Press conference Monday, April 23rd 10:30 am. City Hall Steps We are excited that the Mayor will unveil his PlaNYC 2030 Sustainability Initiative on Earth Day, this Sunday, April 22nd. Various sources close to the planning process assert that there… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Emergency Rally for Pedestrian Safety

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 28, 2007July 14, 2021

Sunday 3 p.m. at City Hall 75% of our community members are concerned for their safety because of traffic , while only 6% are concerned about crime! Just two weeks ago, another pedestrian was killed by a truck trurning from… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, Transit

500 attend “Manhattan on the Move” conference

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2006July 14, 2021

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer calls for an overhaul of our transportation policy : “the best for the most”.

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air

Bloomberg unveils major initative for sustainable development

by Team ChekpedsNovember 10, 2006July 14, 2021

Environment and Transportation are key New Office and Advisory Board to Create Agenda to Make New York City an Environmental Leader and Guide City Efforts Towards Environmentally Sound Future The office goals are to help develop a plan for the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Pedestrian Safety is DOT’s Top Priority says Commisionner Weinshall

by Team ChekpedsNovember 10, 2006July 14, 2021

Watch the video and judge for yourself

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Events

Join the Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief

by Team ChekpedsNovember 6, 2006July 14, 2021

Press Conference Tuesday, November 14th, 11 a.m. City Hall 130 leaders of groups like ours will call on Mayor Bloomberg to consider the coalition’s 5 charter points as a foundation for long term sustainable growth and Traffic Relief. If you… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion

Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief Press Conference

by Team ChekpedsNovember 5, 2006July 14, 2021

Join us at City Hall -Tuesday, November 14th, 11a.m. 130 leaders of groups like ours will call on Mayor Bloomberg to consider our 5

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

CB4’s new sidewalk cafe policy: relief for pedestrians + wheelchairs

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 3, 2006July 14, 2021

At its full July board, Manhattan Community Board 4 adopted a districtwide

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, Pedestrian safety

Doctoroff responds to our letter: Congestion is a Major Problem. Time to Act.

by Team ChekpedsJuly 25, 2006July 14, 2021

Per the experts, his letter contains some genuine, heard-it-hear-first information. The first piece of news is Doctoroff’s acknowledgement that congestion is a “major problem” that “will only get worse unless we act.” The second news item is Doctoroff’s announcement that… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion

CB4 to DOT : curb unwarranted use of cars by city employees

by Team ChekpedsJuly 3, 2006July 14, 2021

A study has shown that city employees use their cars at twice the rate of the rest of the population in new York city . Reducing the city employees usage of automobile would significantly alleviate the congestion in Manhattan .… Read more