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CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Traffic Justice

Take Action: Safe Walking Funding at Risk in Washington

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 31, 2012July 14, 2021

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is poised to vote on the long-term Transportation bill next Thursday, February 2nd. Most of our Street Safety Improvements are funded by two federal programs: Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes to School. Unfortunately the Transportation… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Traffic Justice

How a determined mother made a difference

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2011July 14, 2021

This year, Governor Cuomo signed into law The Complete Street Bill. It mostly happened because a mother of a 14 year old girl who was killed by a driver took the matter in her own hands. She joined with AARP… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

Rally for Traffic Justice

by Team ChekpedsNovember 12, 2011July 14, 2021

In the past week, more than 1,300 New Yorkers have written letters to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, demanding he police New York City traffic. To ensure our call to action — for a police department that stands up to dangerous… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, DOT STUDY, Events

Join Us: DOT to extend protected bike lanes to Columbus Circle

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 15, 2011July 14, 2021

Bring your suggestions for on street parking for bikes, especially if your block has many bikes parked on the sidewalk

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, Complete Streets

Tell Albany: Vote for a Complete Streets Law to Make Roads Safer For All

by Team ChekpedsJune 12, 2011July 14, 2021

What if your tax dollars were used to build roads just for cars? Well that is the case today! Too often, streets have been designed just to speed traffic through our villages, towns, and cities. That makes them difficult and… 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, Pedestrian safety

Biking Rules and Bike Safety

by Team ChekpedsJune 12, 2011July 14, 2021

Last month the 45th Street Block Association kindly invited CHEKPEDS to co-Sponsor the viewing of “Triplets of Belleville” as part of Bike Month in NYC. Bravo to Chana Widawski and Rebecca Losik for a fantastic organization . More thant 100… 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