Team Chekpeds, Author at CHEKPEDS

Moynihan Station and the Complexity of Major Public Projects

by Team ChekpedsNovember 13, 2010July 14, 2021

Join “Our Own” Anna Levin, in a preseentation and discussion of this monumental project. The Politics of Developement Wednesday, November 17, 2010 – 6:00 pm Theresa Land Community & Students Center, Arnold Hall, 55 West 13th Street (btwn 5th &… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Traffic Justice

Join us @ STOP SPEEDING summit

by Team ChekpedsNovember 13, 2010July 14, 2021

Transportation Alternatives , Tom Duane and The NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management invite you to the Stop Speeding Summit. Together we can prevent deaths and injuries caused by the unsafe speed of motor vehicles on our streets. … Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Sidewalk

It’s Official: Sidewalk ATMs are illegal!

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2010July 14, 2021

Community Board 4 testified at a City Council Transportation Committee Hearings on sidewalk ATMs. Borough President Scott Stringer’s office had published a report last summer and initiated a wave of enforcement activity. DOT confirmed they were illegal. Period. Sidewalk ATMs … Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Why is crash data not published?

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2010July 14, 2021

The exchange today between DOT and the members of the City Council Transportation Committee got testy at times : “There are crash data, can you publish them monthly?” ” No they belong to the NYPD … ” WHAT ? The… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Transit

ARC Funding needs to be allocated to building a bus garage

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2010July 14, 2021

Cross-Hudson Bus Service a Worthy Landing Spot for ARC Funding | Mobilizing the Region. According to Tri-state Transportation, Whether ARC is built or not, trans-Hudson commuting into and out of Manhattan is expected to increase by 25 percent by 2030,… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air

Tour and Long Distance Buses Overload

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2010July 14, 2021

Barbara of Our Streets Our Lives rants on Buses: you will recognize familiar themes:

CHEKPEDS, Events, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Join Us at the City Council Hearings to obtain statistics on traffic law enforcement

by Team ChekpedsNovember 2, 2010July 14, 2021

The City Council’s Transportation Committee is tackling a vexing problem, as part of a larger package of bills: how to measure NYPD enforcement efforts as they relate to traffic safety. Martin Treat has been resolute in his quest to gain… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, Greening

HK Greening – 48 more trees planted

by Team ChekpedsNovember 1, 2010July 14, 2021

The Department of Parks completed a group planting of 30 more trees on 35th and 36th Streets as well as a few on 40th Street. This is the result the city’s commitment to green Hell’s Kitchen South that Council Speaker… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Transit

34th Street transitway – ” Block by Block” consultation shows progress

by Team ChekpedsOctober 30, 2010July 14, 2021

Residents strongly expressed their preference for a configuration that allows a loading lane at curb sid as illustrated byt he DOT . They suggested loading permits issued by the building for extended deliveries (moving), parking policies (no restrictions in the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air

Speak Up for a Bus Garage to be included in Plan NYC2030 – version 2

by Team ChekpedsOctober 18, 2010July 14, 2021

The City is continuing its series of “Community Conversations” to plan the next incarnation of PlaNYC 2030. Having your voice in the mix is integral to changing the City’s next steps. Many neighborhoods, the West side Clean Air Coalition (… Read more