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Tour and Long Distance Buses Overload
Barbara of Our Streets Our Lives rants on Buses: you will recognize familiar themes:
Category: Clean Air
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Speak Up for a Bus Garage to be included in Plan NYC2030 – version 2
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 “Speak Up for a Bus Garage to be included in Plan NYC2030 – version 2”
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Buses Behaving Badly
Last month, Manhattan Community Board 4 heard from the new neighbors at 10th Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets, who have discovered the inconvenience of being surrounded by New Jersey Transit buses for five hours a day: idling , blocked… Read more “Buses Behaving Badly”
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Hudson Yards: From Rail Yards to Bus Yards.
Tragically ARC is dead – or Not – . The Access to the Region core would have allowed twice as many New jersey commuter trains at peak hour as today, using a new tunnel under the Hudson. While – understandably- … Read more “Hudson Yards: From Rail Yards to Bus Yards.”
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Lincoln Tunnel traffic to be lightened by the reopening of Holland Tunnel to truck traffic
On January 1st 2010, small trucks ( up to three axles if you can call that small!) wil be allowed once again to enter Manhattan by the Holland Tunnel. The ban had been imposed since 2001 and caused the volume… Read more “Lincoln Tunnel traffic to be lightened by the reopening of Holland Tunnel to truck traffic”
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CALL TO ACTION : Idling and Tour/Charter Bus – Town Hall Meeting
Our elected officials invite you to speak up at a Town Hall meeting with all the key decision makers . This is a unique opportunity to tell them of the many symptoms of an untainable situation in our neighborhoods and… Read more “CALL TO ACTION : Idling and Tour/Charter Bus – Town Hall Meeting”
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Clean Air Campaign : Your chance to SPEAK UP
The joint campaign for clean air and against idling buses, initiated by CHEKPEDS and WSNA is getting in high gear:
Legislation : City Council members Gail Brewer and John Liu amongst others are introducing bills 836 and 1066 to reduce… Read more “Clean Air Campaign : Your chance to SPEAK UP”
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West Side Clean Air Campaign to a great Start! Join us to plan the next steps
Do you care about clean air for your kids? Do you know that the West Side has one of the highest rates of childhood asthma in the City? New idling law went into effect this past May 11th which prohibits… Read more “West Side Clean Air Campaign to a great Start! Join us to plan the next steps”
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Clean Air Campaign KICK-OFF RALLY!
WestSiders will rallye on the day the new idling law goes into effect. In true WestSider style we will take matters in our hands and get the car services drivers who frequently idle in front of our schools to sign… Read more “Clean Air Campaign KICK-OFF RALLY!”
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Hudson Yards Lawsuit Settled: 950-car garage eliminated; total parking capped; no minimum required;
Thank You to HKNA member Dan Gutman, who originally spotted the issue. He has been working tirelessly on shaping the technical and legal arguments which brought the city to the negotiating table. This in turn resulted in an outstanding settlement… Read more “Hudson Yards Lawsuit Settled: 950-car garage eliminated; total parking capped; no minimum required;”