CHEKPEDS

2021 in review: Structural changes

by Team ChekpedsDecember 25, 2021January 12, 2022

Sometimes , invisible changes are more momentous than those in plain sight. The changes 2021 brought us will have positive impacts on street safety and improvements: Paint on roadway is not a sidewalk. City lawyers confirmed that all painted installations… Read more

Sidewalk

New York City Streets Master Plan does not disappoint!

by Team ChekpedsDecember 11, 2021January 10, 2022

The NYC DOT just published the Streets master plan, as required by a groundbreaking law Council Speaker Corey Johnson passed in 2019. We could not be happier. The plan includes for the first time a pedestrian master plan , where… 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

Clean Air

Air Quality Alert: Congestion pricing hearings coming up!

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 13, 2021September 13, 2021

Our neighborhood is overwhelmed with New Jersey drivers who have returned to their cars with a vengeance, while mass transit is under-used. Port Authority has even extended the peak hours to ease the congestion. Many intersections are gridlocked for hours.… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

The year of living dangerously – Sign the petition

by Team ChekpedsApril 11, 2020July 14, 2021

We hope you, your family and friends are all in good health. Stay inside and follow all prescribed procedures for yourself and other people alike . Talking about procedures : when walking or shopping, I noticed that there is no… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

Pedestrian and Bike Mayors ?

by Team ChekpedsDecember 16, 2019July 14, 2021

One week ago the Chair of the City Council’s Transportation committtee introduced legislation to establish two offices: one of pedestrians and one for bicyclists. Kathleen Treat, representing CHEKPEDS, spoke in favor of it. This position exists in London and Amsterdam… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Vehicular Violence Accountability Act is introduced

by Team ChekpedsNovember 10, 2019July 14, 2021

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York State Senator Timothy M. Kennedy, and New York State Senator Brad Hoylman, last week announced the introduction of a bill establishing a new article in the State’s Penal Law entitled “Vehicular… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

Speed Cameras are back – Hail Mary will save lives

by Team ChekpedsAugust 28, 2018July 14, 2021

Yesterday Governor Cuomo signed an executive “emergency order” to allow the city of New York to reactivate the 140 existing speed cameras which had been shut down in July, and work with the DMV to implement this change. Tomorrow the… Read more

Clean Air, Congestion

TAKE ACTION to get Congestion Pricing NOW!

by Team ChekpedsMarch 25, 2018July 14, 2021

Last week, hundreds rallied in front of Governor Cuomo’s New York office to ask for better transit and to pass congestion pricing now! Our neighborhood could be one of the biggest winner from Congestion Pricing: Less cars, Less gridlock ,… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Events

Join Us to end MTA vows and Traffic congestion

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

Rally to Demand Congestion Pricing NOW Tuesday, March 20. 6-7:00 p.m. 633 Third Avenue (40/41) , Gov Cuomo NY office Subways are in a state of emergency. Just last week, an aging cable at the West 96th Street station caused… Read more