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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:

CHEKPEDS, Events, Transit

34th Street Transitway- “block by block” Curb Usage Consultations

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

To learn about the block-by-block curb use needs of 34th Street, the NYC DOT and NYC Transit will host a series of forums to give the building owners and managers, residents and businesses of 34th St a chance to provide… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, DOT STUDY

Buses Behaving Badly

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

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

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Transit

Hudson Yards: From Rail Yards to Bus Yards.

by Team ChekpedsOctober 8, 2010July 14, 2021

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