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Success! Bloomberg launches Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge

by Team Chekpeds
This  week Mayor Bloomberg announced the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge, a competition to rally urban designers, planners, technologists and policy experts to create physical and virtual prototypes that imagine the future of New York City’s public pay telephones. The goal… Read more “Success! Bloomberg launches Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, Events

Speak Up: Crosstown bike Lanes, Traffic Safety and more on Transportation Committee Agenda

by Team Chekpeds
Join us, your voice is important. November 15 Thursday 6:30 p.m. NEW DATE 351 West 42nd Street, Piano Room 1. Discussion: DOT cross town bike lanes between W. 39th Street and W. 55th Street 2. Hudson River Park Trust: Pier… Read more “Speak Up: Crosstown bike Lanes, Traffic Safety and more on Transportation Committee Agenda”
Posted in9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

CB4 to DoiTT: Many payphones are inappropriate to preserve beyond the current franchise

by Team Chekpeds
Manhattan Community Board gave the Department of Information Technology  its preferences for the RFI under way for a future phone booths.  The current franchise contract expires in 2014. Many neighbors showed up at the committee hearings to speak of installations… Read more “CB4 to DoiTT: Many payphones are inappropriate to preserve beyond the current franchise”
Posted inCHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

City Council & DOT improve Delivery Bicyclists Oversight

by Team Chekpeds
NYC Council passed a package of legislation yesterday aimed at strengthening enforcement and creating tougher safety standards for commercial bicyclists, which will help protect all New Yorkers, especially our seniors. The first bill, Intro. 783-A,  requires businesses employing commercial bicyclists… Read more “City Council & DOT improve Delivery Bicyclists Oversight”