Street Stars: Christine Berthet
Today we debut Street Stars, the first of many planned vignettes for 2008 which will focus on the amazing heroes and organizers in our communities who are fighting constructively for livable streets change and transportation improvements to their streets. We hope the series will inspire and provide a road map to how other neighborhoods can rally their own. 
Our first choice is a woman we have long admired who has often appeared here and on Streetsblog. Her name is Christine Berthet, and she is the co-founder of Chekpeds, the Clinton/Hell's Kitchen Pedestrian Safety Coalition. Together with Transportation Alternatives and the Project for Public Spaces, she was also instrumental in organizing the Ninth Avenue Renaissance, a movement to re-imagine neighborhood streets as a healthier place for people. She is an indefatigable advocate working hard for the community, organizing rallies, and is omnipresent at community hearings and testifying at City Hall.
According to surveys conducted in Hell's Kitchen: 75% of the people said that they were afraid for their safety because of cars... 5% because of crime.
[...] StreetFilms placed an observative post today on Street Stars: Christine BerthetHere’s a quick excerpt [...]
Christine is an obvious choice for the first Street Stars profile - she's an inspiration to all others trying to change the balance of the city away from the perceived needs of motorists and back to the people on street level.
Nicely done.
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YOu people are so generous. thank you for the praise. but the real stars are Hell's kitchen residents who believe in peoplewith unwavering determination .and the strong support of our elected officials.. thank you to all of them