CHEKPEDS

Building Streets For Bikes/Pedestrians Yield 40% More construction Jobs than Building for cars

by Team ChekpedsJune 25, 2011July 14, 2021

While other studies have examined the economic and non- economic impacts of the use of walking and cycling infrastructure, few have analyzed the employment that results from the design and construction of these projects. This study, performed by the Political… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Dangerous by Design 2011: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Deaths

by Team ChekpedsJune 25, 2011July 14, 2021

The decades-long neglect of pedestrian safety in the design and use of American streets is exacting a heavy toll on our lives.Between 2000 and 2009 3,222 people were killed while walking in New York State costing the state $ 13.85… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Transportation Alternatives urges New York City to adopt VISION ZERO

by Team ChekpedsJune 12, 2011July 14, 2021

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

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety

Marine Killed by Car while Crossing 12th Avenue | No Accident

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2011July 14, 2021

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

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

United Nations launch a Decade of Action for Road Safety

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2011July 14, 2021

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

Congestion, Traffic Justice

Take Action | Stop Widespread Parking Permit Abuse

by Team ChekpedsMay 14, 2011July 14, 2021

Transportation Alternatives released a report on April 27, 2011 detailing the citywide epidemic of parking permit abuse. The report, entitled “Totally Bogus: A Study of Parking Permit Abuse in NYC,” highlights the ongoing usage of fraudulent parking permits in New… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety

Driving Out the Speed Demons

by Team ChekpedsApril 1, 2011July 14, 2021

This year marks Community Board No. 2 Manhattan’s 4th annual transportation event to educate the public about ways to make our streets more community-friendly. This year we’re looking at new measures to conquer speeding, the #1 killer by motor vehicles … Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets

Call For Action: Indeed all streets should be “Complete”!

by Team ChekpedsMarch 7, 2011July 14, 2021

For too long, transportation policy has concentrated on building roads that only take into consideration the movement of cars and trucks. There is a growing movement to make our communities livable again, by making sure that everyone can have safe… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

CAll for Action: Ask Speaker Quinn for Transparency on Vehicular Crashes

by Team ChekpedsNovember 13, 2010July 14, 2021

Languishing in the City Council, there is a bill that could save lives — a bill to hold the NYPD accountable for traffic safety — and if we don’t act, it will fade away. Take Action CLICK to Send an… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

Join us @ STOP SPEEDING summit

by Team ChekpedsNovember 13, 2010July 14, 2021

Transportation Alternatives , Tom Duane and The NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management invite you to the Stop Speeding Summit. Together we can prevent deaths and injuries caused by the unsafe speed of motor vehicles on our streets. … Read more