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Join Us : Bus terminal update and input on neighborhood plan

by Team ChekpedsApril 2, 2018July 14, 2021

This is the meeting you do not want to miss: the Hell’s Kitchen South Coalition will give an update on the Port Authority plans and unveil its own plan for redeveloping the district.

Clean Air, Congestion

TAKE ACTION to get Congestion Pricing NOW!

by Team ChekpedsMarch 25, 2018July 14, 2021

Last week, hundreds rallied in front of Governor Cuomo’s New York office to ask for better transit and to pass congestion pricing now! Our neighborhood could be one of the biggest winner from Congestion Pricing: Less cars, Less gridlock ,… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Clean Air, Congestion, Events, Greening, Transit

HOLD the Date: Port Authority Update and Neighborhood Plan

by Team ChekpedsMarch 25, 2018July 14, 2021

On April 3rd, 6:00 p.m. the Hell’s Kitchen South Coalition will give an update of the Port Authority Bus Project, and everyone will get an opportunity to comment on a proposed neighborhood plan.

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety

Progress Report

by Team ChekpedsMarch 25, 2018July 14, 2021

The Department of Transportation tells us they are studying the following dangerous areas we had been flagging for years: 60th Street and 9th Avenue 57th Street and 8th Avenue 42nd Street and 8th Avenue DOT is also working on a… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events, Pedestrian safety

10th Avenue Bike Lane, Street Seats and Crashmapper

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

Join us at the Manhattan Community Board 4 Transportation Committee to share your comments and opinions on these topics and more.. Manhattan Community Board 4 – Transportation Committee Wednesday, March 21st, 6:30 p.m. The Flats, 554 West 53rd Street (10/11)… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Tracking Traffic Crashes, Trends and Vision Zero progress in New York City

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

Crashmapper.org a web-based app, developed by CHEKPEDS was launched in New York City, on February 28, 2018. The application received very positive reviews from Streetsblog ” This Is the Tool You Need to Push for Safer Streets in Your Part… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Thousands ask for better enforcement – DiBlasio punts to Albany

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

Following the tragic death of two very young children in the pedestrian crossing with the walk light, at the hands of a driver who had previously accumulated 8 violations, and had had a seizure, over 900 activists gathered in Brooklyn… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Transit

Stop the MTA from reducing service on the M104

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

The MTA and NYC Transit has proposed bus service cuts to the M104 line. Assemblymember Rosenthal wrote a letter to NYC Transit President Andrew Byford requesting the cuts be halted. Protest M104 Service Cuts Monday, March 19. 10:30 a.m. MTA… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Events

Join Us to end MTA vows and Traffic congestion

by Team ChekpedsMarch 17, 2018July 14, 2021

Rally to Demand Congestion Pricing NOW Tuesday, March 20. 6-7:00 p.m. 633 Third Avenue (40/41) , Gov Cuomo NY office Subways are in a state of emergency. Just last week, an aging cable at the West 96th Street station caused… Read more

Congestion, Events, Transit

Join our State Representatives: Finding Solutions to our Transportation Crisis

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 19, 2018July 14, 2021