congestion pricing Archives

Congestion Pricing: ever so close

by Team ChekpedsDecember 28, 2024January 11, 2025

We have been there before. No celebration until the system is turned on on January 5th. We were delighted that the two lawsuits led by Riders Alliance and the City Club of New York had the intended effect: they forced… Read more

CHEKPEDS

Congestion Pricing: Is Hochul above the law?

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 13, 2024September 19, 2024

Much is being debated in the press about Congestion Pricing merits. In our district which is overwhelmed by New Jersey commuter Traffic morning and evening, it would indeed be a valuable tool. The idling of cars waiting to enter the… Read more

Congestion

Speak Up: congestion pricing hearings

by Team ChekpedsFebruary 25, 2024February 25, 2024

9th Avenue in Manhattan, every day The traffic is overwhelming, we cannot cross the street because of blocked pedestrian crossings, the honking is unbearable at all hours of day and night, we have one of the worst air quality in… Read more

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Congestion Pricing must benefit west side residents as well

by Team ChekpedsNovember 4, 2023November 4, 2023

Now that 40 MTA gantries have been installed around the Lincoln Tunnel entrances and exits (not a pretty sight), it is crucial that West side residents benefit from the Congestion pricing program: it must reduce the daily tsunami of New… Read more

Clean Air

Air Quality Alert: Congestion pricing hearings coming up!

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 13, 2021September 13, 2021

Our neighborhood is overwhelmed with New Jersey drivers who have returned to their cars with a vengeance, while mass transit is under-used. Port Authority has even extended the peak hours to ease the congestion. Many intersections are gridlocked for hours.… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice

Will congestion pricing rein in deadly SUVs?

by Team ChekpedsJuly 5, 2021July 14, 2021

While we were in confinement and there was little traffic, two cyclists were killed by SUV drivers in Staten Island. When it comes to risks to cyclists, the focus has long been on trucks, because of their length and driver’s… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Congestion

Feds clear the way for congestion pricing

by Team ChekpedsApril 6, 2021July 14, 2021

On March 30, the Federal Government gave the go ahead to the MTA to perform the environmental assessment which will look at how charging a toll on vehicles driving into Manhattan would affect traffic volumes and emissions. A more streamlined… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion, Noise, Pedestrian safety

A Return to gridlock as the City reopens?

by Team ChekpedsMay 23, 2020July 14, 2021

Chekpeds’ Oped published in Chelsea Community News: The COVID-19 quarantine has made us all aware of how wonderful New York can be: How clean and fresh the air has been, how quiet without gridlock blocking EMS, and without… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Complete Streets, Congestion, Greening, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk

What streets are open?

by Team ChekpedsMay 23, 2020July 14, 2021

Mayor de Blasio claims there are 40 miles of open streets. Where are they ? Thankfully a New Yorker with time and skills made a map. Click on the link or the picture to access the real time map updated… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, Pedestrian safety, Sidewalk, Transit

2019 was a roller coaster- Best Wishes for 2020

by Team ChekpedsDecember 26, 2019July 14, 2021

Dear friends , 2019 brought us many successes , but – in the end- turned out to be one of the bloodiest for pedestrians and cyclists in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. Eight fatalities! double from last year. This is… Read more