CHEKPEDS

Clean Air Campaign: Relief in sight with less bus idling

by Team ChekpedsAugust 18, 2011July 14, 2021

After many years of activism another milestone is in sight with DOT’s proposal to create 47 additional curbside Tour Bus parking spaces. This will increase by 27 % the number of buses parking spaces in midtown. In January, the Mayor’s… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Events, Greening

Speak UP: Buses or Playground at 33rd Street and Dyer Avenue?

by Team ChekpedsJune 12, 2011July 14, 2021

The next Transportation Planning Committee will evaluate two competing proposals to use a vacant lot at the corner of 33rd Street and Dyer Avenue . Discussion: Bus parking on Port Authority property on 33rd Street Discussion: Clinton School & PANYNJ… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air

Smoking Ban in Central Park | What about a Driving Ban ?

by Team ChekpedsMay 26, 2011July 14, 2021

Council Member Gale Brewer and Community Board 7 are pushing the administration test summer- long car free Central park on the surface loops only (cars would still be able to cross east – west using the underpasses), Community Board 4… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Sidewalk, Transit

Join Us: CB4 Transportation committee to focus on 34th Street

by Team ChekpedsApril 16, 2011July 14, 2021

The upcoming transportation Committee of CB4 will take up a number of issues relevant to residents of 34th Street and its surroundings: 34th Street Transitway, long distance buses at 9th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, and the illegal curb… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events

CB4 Transportation Committee

by Team ChekpedsApril 1, 2011July 14, 2021

Join us at the Transportation Committee which will be addressing many important issues. 34th Street Transitway, following the Public session on March 31st. 34th Street unused driveways Long Distance Buses at 34th Street and 9th Avenue A “Pop up cafe… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Events, Transit

Join Us: 34th Street redesign unveiled

by Team ChekpedsMarch 26, 2011July 14, 2021

This public meeting is subsequent to the next Committee Advisory Committee, on March 14th .

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air

Residents and businesses health at risk due to shortage in bus parking

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 20, 2011July 14, 2021

The Mayor’s Midtown Citizen Committee (MMCC) just published a survey they conducted last year with Council Member Christine C. Quinn, of Tour and Charter Bus parking demand in midtown. Over 100 bus companies participated in the survey. Here are the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Transit

Bus riders frustrated at MTA’s response to blizzard

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 20, 2011July 14, 2021

City Council’s Transportation Committee held a hearing on MTA’s response to blizzard. Here is our testimony : The bus lanes and routes were not the first lanes to be cleared of snow. Considering how critical is the good functioning of… 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: