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We are on our own: Albany does not care if drivers kill children, De Blasio gives more talk than $$

by Team Chekpeds
While the Families for Safe Streets @NYC_SafeStreets and Transportation Alternatives put together a strong coalition and mounted a brilliant campaign in Albany, the legislative leaders failed to include the modest bill to increase the number of cameras by 60 and… Read more “We are on our own: Albany does not care if drivers kill children, De Blasio gives more talk than $$”
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Greening, Noise, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk, Traffic Justice, Transit

10 Years of fights and successes for safer streets

by Team Chekpeds
CHEKPEDS was founded in September 2005. With a bit of delay,  we are taking time to reflect  on the last 10 years, the joys, the frustrations and overall the great progress YOU have accomplished with us and the help of… Read more “10 Years of fights and successes for safer streets”
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Greening, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk, Traffic Justice

2015 was a good year for Street Safety!

by Team Chekpeds
Thanks to the DOT administration and the advocates of various groups ( most notably Transportation Alternatives ) we made great strides in 2015: Safety: CHEKPEDS’s push on fully protected phases for pedestrian crossings was embraced by the DOT in their… Read more “2015 was a good year for Street Safety!”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Join Us to remember the victims: 373,377 lives lost to traffic in US in last 10 years

by Team Chekpeds
  November 15, @ 12 Noon, City Hall Park Fountain. There are no words to describe this epidemic and the condoning silence that surrounds it . The costs to society are staggering, and the cost in pain to families indescribable.  … Read more “Join Us to remember the victims: 373,377 lives lost to traffic in US in last 10 years”