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CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Events, Transit

Join Us to Meet with our Favorite Bus Companies

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 14, 2014July 14, 2021

CB4 Transportation Committee Wednesday, September 17, 6:30 p.m. Cameo Studios, 307 West 43rd street, Studio B The executives of many of our favorite bus companies – including New Jersey Transit – have accepted to meet with the community to discuss… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

More Bus Challenges at CB4 Transportation Committee

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 14, 2014July 14, 2021

The Transportation committee will discuss long distance and bus stop placements at Jitney buses – relocation from currently W. 42nd street (8/9) to possible locations including W. 40th Street (8/9), W. 41st (Dyer/10) , W.39th Street (9/10), W.42nd Street (Dyer/10),… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Transit

On both sides of the Hudson, Businesses want More Mass Transit to cross the river

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 14, 2014July 14, 2021

1910 is the last time a rail connection was built across the Hudson River. Since then competition between the states and the emergence of the automobile resulted in no improvement in public transit connectivity. At a packed Symposium convened by… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Events, Transit

Join us: Trans-Hudson Transportation Summit

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 5, 2014July 14, 2021

Fiday, September 12, 2014, 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Hilton Hasbrouck Heights / Meadowlands , 650 Terrace Avenue , Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604 REGISTER HERE The Meadowland Chamber of commerce is convening a Transportation Summit covering topics extremely relevant to… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Transit

Port Authority gets $ 93 million for operational fixes

by Team ChekpedsJuly 30, 2014July 14, 2021

Is relief in sight? let’s not get our expectations too high but this is a good first step showing that Buses now register in the collective transportation conscience. In response to angry commuters, the Port authority board just voted to… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Transit

Take Action: File Complaints with NJ Transit Buses

by Team ChekpedsJune 22, 2014July 14, 2021

Every weekday afternoon our neighborhood is overrun by New Jersey Transit buses: they congest our streets, block our crosswalks, and ruin our quality of life. This problem is not just a nuisance it is a pedestrian safety issue. We have… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Transit

Buses: NJ Transit Riders fed up with Bus Terminal

by Team ChekpedsJune 22, 2014July 14, 2021

Well, we are not the only ones complaining bitterly of the terrible conditions imposed by the Bus Terminal! On June 11, Chekpeds’ special envoy to New Jersey, attended a forum held for the first time by NJ Transit and the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion, Transit

Buses: What will the City do?

by Team ChekpedsJune 22, 2014July 14, 2021

While the vast majority of buses come and go to the Port Authority, they are not the only ones to be a major health and safety hazard to our community. It turns out that Chekpeds and CB4 have developed a… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Events, Transit

Speak Up: MTA to hear public comments on proposed M12

by Team ChekpedsMay 11, 2014July 14, 2021

MTA _ M12 Hearing Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 5:30 p.m. 347 Madison Avenue, Board Room, 5th Floor Finally good news on the transit front: MTA is gearing up to operate a much needed new route on the Far west side: … Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Bus Press conference makes an Impact: we are overwhelmed with buses

by Team ChekpedsMay 11, 2014July 14, 2021

Tri State Transportation and CHEKPEDS called a press conference to bring attention to the overwhelming bus saturation in Hell’s Kitchen and Hudson Yards , ahead of a Board meeting of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The… Read more