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Category Archives: Clean Air
Mark Your Calendars: Tell the Port Authority to clean their Act!
[ July 20, 2017; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Port Authority Board meeting
Thursday, July 20th, 2017, 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
4 World Trade Center
(more information to follow )
At the last Hell’s Kitchen South Coalition’s meeting various speakers explained the impact of cars exhaust buses and idling on our health. A representative of the NYC Health Department was at hand to respond to various [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Events, Port Authority
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JOIN US : Port Authority is bad for your health – even before adding 50% more buses
[ May 31, 2017; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] A representative of the NYC Department of Health will join us to explain how poor air quality affects our health.
Make sure you join us at the next
Hell’s Kitchen South Coalition
Wednesday, May 31, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
410 West 40th Street ( 9/Dyer)
Agenda
General update on process/plan for new Port Authority bus terminal
Presentation of coalition mission statement, guiding principles [...]
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Community unified on approach to Port Authority replacement
Through a very successful town hall meeting and a survey at the end of 2016, CB4 gathered our community members’ opinions which were presented at a well-attended February 9th meeting of the Hell’s Kitchen South Coalition. See some highlights below. We encourage you to look at the whole presentation which has a lot of valuable feedback.
Based on [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, pedestrian, Port Authority, Transit
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We need your input to preserve our community from the Bus Terminal- Meeting and Survey
[ February 7, 2017; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
On December 6, Manhattan Community Board 4 hosted a community planning session at Metro Baptist Church related to proposals for a new Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT). At that meeting it was announced that a community coalition would be forming in the wake of PABT discussions and proposals.
The first meeting of the coalition will be Tuesday, February 7 at 6:30 [...]
Good Bye 2016… Welcome 2017
2016 ended up as a tough year!
Congestion – Clean Air
The Project to replace the Port Authority Bus Terminal dominated our activity , with townhalls, press conferences, testimonies , killer missives and arm wrestling between our elected officials and the Port. We thought it was ending up on a positive note when the Port Authority Board [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Greening, pedestrian, Port Authority, Sidewalk
Tagged bicycles, crashes, furniture, NYPD, PANYNJ, park-plaza, pedestrian, safety
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Governor Cuomo does not care about the Bus Terminal – We do and We VOTE
[ December 6, 2016; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] While everyone bickers about which project to fund, the community continues its steady work on planning our area to include a replacement terminal. Please join us and bring your ideas!
We Need Your Input: Update on Port Authority Bus Terminal
[ December 6, 2016; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Events, Port Authority
Tagged buses, PANYNJ
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Mark Your Calendars: Port Authority Bus Terminal Community Input
[ December 6, 2016; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] So much has happen since the Town Hall in April 2016! Through continued pressure, letters and meetings, our elected officials obtained that the Port Authority consult with the community for the siting and design of a new Bus Terminal on the west side of Manhattan
Please Join Community Board 4 and our elected officials to hear [...]
This year again more greening and protected trees
We are continuing our annual program of greening the neighborhood . This year four new tree guards were installed in addition to the 25 that had been previously installed in Hell’s Kitchen South.
Two very large ones on 9th Avenue @ 56th Street and on 8th Avenue @ 20th to protect Micro gardens on the bike [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, Clean Air, Greening, pedestrian, Sidewalk
Tagged park-plaza
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Regulation of Sightseeing Bus – Better but needs work
On September 23, 2016 the City Council held an oversight hearing of the Hop-on, Hop-off bus industry a welcome initiative.
Intro 529 -A increased safety requirements for drivers, a proposal we support whole heartedly. However CB4 asked that the drivers be subject to the same safety test as the MTA drivers. Nothing less.
Intro 713 -A proposed [...]
