Event Calendar
« Sep 
Nov » October 2017 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Category Archives: Transit
RPA’s “Crossing the Hudson” Proposes a Holistic Plan for the Next 20 Years and Beyond
The Regional Plan Association recently published key transportation recommendation ahead of Its fourth regional plan to be released in November 12017. It pretty closely mirrors the Community Board and our recommendations for the bus terminal replacement: a long distance bus terminal at or around Javits Center, that would provide enough capacity to extend the terminal [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Port Authority, Transit
Tagged buses, health, PANYNJ, policy
Leave a comment
Port Authority Bus Terminal : Next Steps
Two months ago the Port Authority adopted its 10 year Capital plan and earmarked $ 3.5 Billions to build a new bus terminal . However the Chairman indicated that “ this resolution does not preclude the study of any additional options for providing cross-Hudson transportation. We continue to acknowledge that, while the bus terminal is a [...]
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
Leave a comment
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 [...]
How to Improve Bus Service In New York
[ September 19, 2016; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] The Transit Center has studied the many reasons why buses are getting slower 30% slower than in 2000, in New York City , and published an interesting report on a collection of proven remedies to apply to the network. you can read the report called ” how to improve Bus Service in New York here.
On [...]
Elected to Port Authority: Go back to Square one
No one said it was going to be pretty! In a whirlwind of meetings with the City, press conferences and letters back and forth, the City and our elected officials made it clear to the Port Authority that the current process was backward and should be started over from the beginning.
On July 20, the Community [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Port Authority, Transit
Tagged buses, PANYNJ
Leave a comment
Community to Port Authority : Not So Fast!
On June 30, 2016, at the most recent Board meeting of the Port Authority , Community Board 4 Chair, Delores Rubin and CB4 co-Chair of Transportation Committee, Christine Berthet, asked the Port Authority to slow down the process and give time to the International Design Competition’s contestants to absorb community input and factor it in [...]
Get informed, Speak Up & Take Action on Port Authority Plans
[ July 7, 2016; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. July 13, 2016; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] WSNA will discuss an action plan for the coming months
RSVP:LHanrahan@hcc-nyc.org
West side Neighborhood Alliance Port Authority redevelopment subcommittee
Thursday, July 7, 2016, 7 p.m.
454 West 35th Street (btw Dyer/10)
Clinton/ Hell’s Kitchen Land Use Committee will review the report of the Working group – NO RSVP needed
Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Land Use Committee
Wednesday, July 13, 6:30 p.m.
Cameo Studios – 3027 [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Events, Port Authority, Transit
Tagged buses, PANYNJ
Leave a comment
10 Years of fights and successes for safer streets
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 untold number of partners . We are incredibly grateful for your advocacy and activism.
There is [...]
Posted in 9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Greening, Noise, pedestrian, Sidewalk, Traffic Justice, Transit
Tagged bicycles, buses, crashes, furniture, MTA, NYPD, PANYNJ, parking, pedestrian, safety
Leave a comment
Letter to the Editor
I’ll start my comment (which is a little long, unfortunately) by summarizing it:
A. The proposed expansion of the Port Authority Bus Terminal would inflict an environmental and planning catastrophe on the West Side of New York City.
B. The PA must first devise a coherent master vision that has public support before any cost-benefit decisions are [...]
Posted in CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, pedestrian, Port Authority, Transit
Tagged buses, PANYNJ, policy
Leave a comment
