Christine Berthet

Longtime Hells Kitchen community activist Christine Berthet is also the co-chair of the Community Board 4 Transportation Committee and the founder of pedestrian safety group CHEKPEDS.

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Opinion

OPINION: How to Fix the City’s Slow-Moving Government

Curing our government of its ills does not require a lot of money but rather executive leadership and political courage.

Christine Berthet

November 25, 2025

Congestion Pricing

Opinion: Keep Congestion Pricing True and Equitable By Not Crediting Tunnel Drivers

Every day for six hours, the west side of Manhattan is engulfed in a tsunami of New Jersey drivers. It must end.

Christine Berthet

August 28, 2023

Streetsblog USA Electric Cars

Thousands of Chargers for Heavy E-Cars Are Coming to a Sidewalk Near You

January 18, 2023

Streetsblog USA DOT

Op-Ed, Part II: Conversion to EVs is a Once-in-a-Century Chance to Fix Many Car Culture Problems

January 6, 2022

Streetsblog USA Cars

OPINION: Do Not Put EV Charging Stations on Public Property

January 5, 2022

Department of Sanitation

OPINION: Pedestrians Are Second-Class Citizens — And Snow Proves It

Christine Berthet

February 22, 2021

DOT

DATA: Safe Streets Are an Equity Issue — And the City is Failing the Most Vulnerable

Christine Berthet

August 19, 2020