CHEKPEDS

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Transit

SPEAK UP: Enough band aids! Let’s fix the bus issue once and for all!

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2012July 14, 2021

Although we have scored many successes in our battle to rid our streets of buses, we are still losing the war: curbside parking is disappearing as development in Hudson Yards accelerates, while the need to bring ever more tourists is… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Congratulations: Governor Cuomo signed the Bus Permit Bill into Law

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 29, 2012July 14, 2021

Thank you to Assembly Member Dick Gottfried, who helped negotiate a better law and made sure it was signed by the Governor. Thank You also to TriState Transportation Campaign who lent us critical support us in Albany. But in the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Call for action : Ask Governor Cuomo to sign bus legislation into law

by Team ChekpedsAugust 9, 2012July 14, 2021

Governor Cuomo has the bill to regulate long distance bus stops on his desk. Please write him to urge him signing this bill into law. This will ensure that the community will have a say in where these bus stops… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Megabus to move to 12th Avenue on August 1st, 2012

by Team ChekpedsJuly 21, 2012July 14, 2021

After months of aggravation for residents and businesses, the Megabus franchise is finally slated to move both of its loading stations on August 1st, to 34th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues, adjacent to the Javits Center truck marshaling yards.… 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, 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, 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, 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

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Traffic Justice

Congratulations: Megabus is Out for the Time Being …

by Team ChekpedsJune 7, 2012July 14, 2021

Thanks to your efforts DOT announced today, that it will not convert the three months temporary permit of Megabus at 41st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues into a permanent one. View the Crain’s Article. Based on your petition signed… Read more

Clean Air, Congestion, Traffic Justice

Speak Up: Should discount buses obstruct 400 ft of curbside parking and 300ft of sidewalk for free?

by Team ChekpedsMay 15, 2012July 14, 2021

Tomorrow the DOT will seek Community Board 4’s support to make permanent the Megabus interim permit for a curbside pick up at 41st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION Community Board 4 Transportation Committee, Wednesday,… Read more