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CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events, Pedestrian safety

What should the city do with all its pay-phone stands?

by Team ChekpedsJuly 21, 2012July 14, 2021

Finally it is YOUR call! The city has finally published its Request for Information to modernize phone booths in New York as part of the 2014 contract renewal. It is soliciting feedback from the public through the Community Boards. CB4… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets

Feedback on the 8th and 9th Avenue bike lanes

by Team ChekpedsJuly 21, 2012July 14, 2021

As the work progresses , we have already a heard that some adjustments will be necessary: some parking regulations , some turns where pedestrians are not sufficiently protected, pedestrians using the 8th Avenue bike lane as a sidewalk extension amongst… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion

Limo Service for Seniors: Project CART’s Freedom Van

by Team ChekpedsJuly 21, 2012July 14, 2021

Speaker Christine Quinn shares with us a pilot program running through September 30th, the Project CART’s: Freedom Van, run by the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens (NYFSC). It allows seniors to make arrangements to use the escort service to… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets

New MTA Bus Line for Far West Side

by Team ChekpedsJuly 21, 2012July 14, 2021

MTA just announced that a new North- South bus line will start service in September 2013 on the far west side of Manhattan serving West village , Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen! This is a wonderful news to see service improvements… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance

Walk to the French Market tomorrow

by Team ChekpedsJune 28, 2012July 14, 2021

Here is a nice destination : at the foot of 9th Avenue, on a small plazza known as Chelsea Triangle, a new french market is opening with 16 merchants: Fridays and Saturdays, 10a.m. to 3 p.m.. There are tables and… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Bus Drivers Education + Enforcement

by Team ChekpedsJune 28, 2012July 14, 2021

Now that a legislation is on its way for bus stops , CHEKPEDS has been busily preparing a tool to educate bus drivers . The maps show all the legal parking spots including the 44 new ones we obtained last… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Events

Speak Up: Help Shape the Region’s 25 Year Transportation Plan

by Team ChekpedsJune 28, 2012July 14, 2021

Bus garage? Bus terminal? 41st street subway stop? the # 7 continuing to New Jersey? a Selct Bus line on 11th Avenue? These are all big capital projects that are needed yesterday in our neighborhood. The only way to make… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, Events, Pedestrian safety

Last minute “depeche” from the front

by Team ChekpedsJune 20, 2012July 14, 2021

Buses Legislation in Albany: Tomorrow can be the beginning of a new era for all of us who live in bus saturated areas. The bills authorizing NYC DOT to grant permits for long distance bus stops and veto all other… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

Join Us: NYPD must investigate crashes and take deadly drivers off the road

by Team ChekpedsJune 9, 2012July 14, 2021

Clara Heyworth was killed at the hands of a driver who may have been drunk, may havebeen speeding, and definitely did not have a driver’s license. We’ll never know for sure, however, because the NYPD botched the investigation into the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Call for Action: Let’s Keep Buses Permanently out of our neighborhood!

by Team ChekpedsJune 9, 2012July 14, 2021

If you are still celebrating our win over the Megabus stop, stop dancing right now and RUSH to you PHONES ! The problem is far form over: DOT must now choose a new location for the stop and Megabus is… Read more