@Chekpeds

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Nicole@nicolegelinasOct 25
Even the NYT, two days too late to matter (right on schedule for the NYT!), has dimly figured the reality out. There is no "idyllic" "farm" to which to retire working, well-treated, mentally and physically healthy carriage horses. Horses are expensive to maintain. And there is a waiting list of neglected, abused, non-NYC horses to save. This idea that perfectly well-treated NYC carriage horses are going to retire to some "farm" is a fantasy held by the non-working anti-horse activists who cry when they see a working horse. And, of course, by our fact-free, data free City Council speaker and city council. nytimes.com/2026/10/24/opini…
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Just witnessed a fire truck BARREL up 10th Ave bike lane, then it had to cut into vehicle traffic because of this illegally parked truck unloading. Proof again that bike lanes help emergency response time while illegal vehicle activity & sheer volume of cars hamper them.
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a loss for the movement to reclaim streets from the automobile. Horses and Humans Built New York City. The Horses Just Got Fired. Humans are next. nytimes.com/2026/10/24/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Opinion | Horses and Humans Built New York City. The Horses Just Got Fired.

Horses were essential to New York City’s growth. Now horse-drawn carriages are being banned from the place they helped build.

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Los barrios caminables hacen crecer la clientela de las tiendas mientras que los peatones gastan hasta un 65% más que los conductores, la movilidad activa🚶🚲 proporciona un retorno de 10€ por cada 1€ invertido. fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r…

50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets

From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

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Now THIS ! People will freeze in the winter so that AI companies can make more money. To Make Way for Data Centers, Google Will Pay residents to Use Less Power nytimes.com/2026/10/22/clima… via @NYTimes

To Make Way for Data Centers, Google Will Pay Others to Use Less Power

The tech giant is funding one of the nation’s largest “virtual power plants,” which would pay homes and businesses to adjust their energy use when grids are strained.

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We are going backward.
Nicole@nicolegelinasOct 21
For two decades, the city has shown an unwillingness and inability to enforce regulations against pedicabs, which are part scam and part nuisance, with the drivers of these wide electric vehicles encroaching on the pedestrian paths. The selective interest when it comes to singling out the horse carriages for this special treatment when everyone else engages in blatant lawlessness is rather glaring.
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Huge show of solidarity by clean air advocates at the council hearings of a law that would gut the idling program. It lasted until 4:45 pm ! Really uplifting. @NY_Clean_Air
New York Clean Air Collective@NY_Clean_AirOct 19
Now 25 groups oppose Intro. 561-A's threat to our air quality. @SpeakerMenin needs to listen and PULL THE BILL. Thanks to @RidersAlliance @350brooklyn @TransAlt @foodandwater @ReinventAlbany @NYPIRG @Chekpeds @StreetsPAC @airnyc @Queens_Climate nycair.org/memo
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Now 25 groups oppose Intro. 561-A's threat to our air quality. @SpeakerMenin needs to listen and PULL THE BILL. Thanks to @RidersAlliance @350brooklyn @TransAlt @foodandwater @ReinventAlbany @NYPIRG @Chekpeds @StreetsPAC @airnyc @Queens_Climate nycair.org/memo
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And because of said riots over the years, the French have universal healthcare, too. Safer in every way.
𐙚𝒪𝓂𝑒𝓃𝒶♡💗@DebonpercOct 20
After weeks of rioting in Paris no one was killed. Which technically means your child is safer attending a riot in Paris than a school in America.
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Bravo to @ReinventAlbany for a crisp testimony against intro 561-A.
New York Clean Air Collective@NY_Clean_AirOct 19
Now 25 groups oppose Intro. 561-A's threat to our air quality. @SpeakerMenin needs to listen and PULL THE BILL. Thanks to @RidersAlliance @350brooklyn @TransAlt @foodandwater @ReinventAlbany @NYPIRG @Chekpeds @StreetsPAC @airnyc @Queens_Climate nycair.org/memo
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THIS IS SO TRUE. @TransAlt @OpenPlans @CMShaunAbreu @StreetsblogNYC
Mobility Behaviour 👨‍🎓@davidlois_unedOct 17
Hay que dar la vuelta a la pirámide.
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JonNYC@xJonNYCOct 15
Absolutely, positively awful-- no way.
Gary Hershorn
@GaryHershornOct 15
This kind of advertising courtesy of Heli-D Aerial Media just feels wrong, seen in New York City, Oct. 13, 2026. A company tried this on boats on the Hudson River and East River a few years ago but were eventually banned from doing it #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc
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The poster girl for all the women that have the answers but get shut up.or dismissed because they don’t look the part ….they are not men…
Kene
@Tempo_aeOct 15
Won an Oscar for her performance
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Most road widenings happened with 0 public input. Trucks just showed up in the middle of the night and bulldozed sidewalks to add a few traffic lanes because traffic engineers said so. Now, when we want those lanes converted back to sidewalks or bike lanes, it requires 15 public meetings, coordination between 5 different city agencies, and special one-on-one meetings with NIMBYs. And it still might not happen because that NIMBY knows people in city hall.
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Don’t you dare break what works. We depend on it to breathe.
New York Clean Air Collective@NY_Clean_AirOct 13
Big thanks to @Chekpeds and @NYC_SafeStreets plus many others for supporting the Citizens Air Complaint Program. @NYCWater should take note--this program is really popular!
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Big thanks to @Chekpeds and @NYC_SafeStreets plus many others for supporting the Citizens Air Complaint Program. @NYCWater should take note--this program is really popular!
Reinvent Albany
@ReinventAlbanyOct 13
20+ Groups Tell NYC Council: Don’t Break Successful Citizens Idling Complaint Program. Read our full group statement here: reinventalbany.org/2026/10/2…
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MUST READ Why Progressives Don’t Deliver on Federal Transportation Policy usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/…

Why Progressives Don't Deliver on Federal Transportation Policy — Streetsblog USA

Democrats don’t take their progressive stances into transportation. Beth Osborne unpacks why in the first of this two-part series.

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The death of livable communities: Destruction of Southern Lebanon Intensified After the Cease-Fire nytimes.com/interactive/2026… via @NYTimes

Israel’s Destruction of Southern Lebanon Intensified After the Cease-Fire

Much of Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon has been leveled, according to a Times analysis. The majority has been destroyed by Israel since the April truce.

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THIS. Forget politics and religion. This is humanity at its best, one small gesture at a time!
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DOT is testing camera enforcement for gridlock . Pro actively, They could resolve it by reducing the duration of green phase . Just saying…..
Baby Jane Doe@mycolefillupsOct 9
Can we do something about vehicles entering intersections without the ability to clear before the light changes and blocking the crosswalk forcing pedestrians into the street and moving around traffic @MTA @NYCMayor
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