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Join Us: Empire Station Complex is a massive and complicated project that begs public scrutiny

by Team Chekpeds
Virtual Town Hall – Empire Station ComplexThursday July 15th @6 PM Hosted by Community boards 4 and 5 and your elected officials REGISTER Renovating the existing Penn Station, adding eight new tracks, razing a city block, doubling the surrounding density… Read more “Join Us: Empire Station Complex is a massive and complicated project that begs public scrutiny”
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Protected for whom? Drivers have 5 times more protection than pedestrians or cyclists when crossing an intersection

by Team Chekpeds
https://vimeo.com/573438501Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Dangerous by design (https://vimeo.com/573438501) Watch the red arrow at 37s – if you blink it will be gone This is the intersection where our neighbor Jose Calo was killed recently by a… Read more “Protected for whom? Drivers have 5 times more protection than pedestrians or cyclists when crossing an intersection”
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Join Us: Empire Station Complex is a massive and complicated project that begs public scrutiny

by Team Chekpeds
Renovating the existing Penn Station, adding eight new tracks, razing a city block, doubling the surrounding density and keeping Madison Square Garden untouched, while creating a cohesive district with lots of space to walk, views of the Empire State building… Read more “Join Us: Empire Station Complex is a massive and complicated project that begs public scrutiny”
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Is this the future? Electric vehicles plugged on the sidewalk for hours?

by Team Chekpeds
Filling your car tank at a gas station is a commercial transaction on private property. When did the MTA, DOT and others decide that electric charging should take place on public property, and further block sidewalks? Do we need to… Read more “Is this the future? Electric vehicles plugged on the sidewalk for hours?”