Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

Take the Poll: Should discount buses be allowed to load for free on prime public real estate (just outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal)?

by Team ChekpedsApril 25, 2012July 14, 2021

The city has been testing a pilot program that allows discount bus lines to pick up and drop off passengers right outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal on West 41st Street. A contingency of bus companies that pay big money… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Bus Chaos: Relief is in sight with breakthrough agreement in Albany

by Team ChekpedsApril 25, 2012July 14, 2021

Your petitions and advocacy with Elected officials is paying off: thank you to Senator Tom Duane for his leadership on putting back on track this legislation that had been stalled for some months. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, State Senator Daniel… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, DOT STUDY, Events

Join Us: Upper Hell’s Kitchen Traffic Study

by Team ChekpedsApril 25, 2012July 14, 2021

The NYC Department of Transportation will presents results and recommendations of the WEST MANHATTAN TRAFFIC STUDY,which covers 55th Street going North from 8th Avenue to the Hudson. Co-sponsored by Council Member Brewer, Community Boards 4 and 7 and NYCDOT. Come… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events, Pedestrian safety

Walk with us and Transportation Alternatives to honor Jane Jacobs

by Team ChekpedsApril 15, 2012July 14, 2021

Jane Jacobs, the woman who singlehandedly took down megalomaniacal automobile- obsessed city planner Robert Moses, is the philosopher behind Transportation Alternatives ’s multi-modal mission to reclaim streets as public space for pedestrians, bicycles and transit. As part of an international… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events

Join Us: BikeShare and Transitway at next CB4 Transportation Committee

by Team ChekpedsApril 15, 2012July 14, 2021

This month DOT will come to present the refined plans for bikeshare stations . Another DOT group will present their revised plans to resolve the lack of loading space on 34th Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues as outlined in… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Events

Dealing with Downtown Bridge Traffic: Are Tolls the Answer?

by Team ChekpedsApril 15, 2012July 14, 2021

This year marks the fifth annual transportation event presented by Community Board No. 2, Manhattan and NYU’s Office of Government & Community Affairs that addresses how to make our streets more livable. This time it’s a panel discussion on East… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Where do we Stand on Speeding ?

by Team ChekpedsApril 15, 2012July 14, 2021

There’s no better prevention to speeding than a steep summons and the shame of a police officer’s attention, but some representatives in the New York State Assembly are backing a workaround that comes close. Elected officials like Lower Manhattan Assembly… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Events

Join us at the first “Blocks for Blocks” Symposium

by Team ChekpedsApril 15, 2012July 14, 2021

You are not alone! Do not miss this opportunity to learn from your peers and share your experience: Blocks for Blocks Symposium Wednesday, April 21, 9:00 a.m. Rutgers Community Space, 236 W 73rd Street, @ Broadway Click Here t0… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Traffic Justice

Take them off the Road!

by Team ChekpedsMarch 25, 2012July 14, 2021

As the weather gets nicer, the lines of passengers waiting to board discount buses are growing exponentially . It is also becoming clear that the operator Megabus is much more than a nuisance for residents: it is also a safety… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Pedestrian safety

Phone booth of the Future – RFI is in the Works

by Team ChekpedsMarch 25, 2012July 14, 2021

At the end of last year, the Borough Board passed a resolution related to New Pay Phones. Then, a group of Community Board representatives met with DoiTT staff who outlined his intent to make the new pay phones as attractive… Read more