CHEKPEDS

Bus Terminal Hits Its Limits

by Team ChekpedsMay 6, 2011July 14, 2021

Don’t we know it! It still feels good that it now well recognized and documented. The article provides a glimpse of the tough trade offs the dispatchers have to make , and how this often results in buses circling on… 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, 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

CHEKPEDS, Events, Transit

Join Us for MTA and ARC presentations

by Team ChekpedsApril 13, 2008July 14, 2021

Wednesday , April 16th 6:30 p.m. Transit : Sick of waiting 45 minutes for the M11? What about bus service on 11th Avenue and on 42nd Street MTAand Department of Transportation representatives and Andrew Albert Chair of the New York… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion

Congestion pricing for Lincoln Tunnel

by Team ChekpedsMarch 11, 2008July 14, 2021

On March 1st, 2008 the Port Authority raised the price of all Hudson River crossings from $ 5 at peak hour to $ 8 for cars and $21 for trucks. This represents a 40% increase and we welcome this news.… Read more

9th Avenue Renaissance, CHEKPEDS, Clean Air, Complete Streets, Congestion, DOT STUDY, Pedestrian safety, Traffic Justice, Transit

2007 in perspective: Happy New Year

by Team ChekpedsJanuary 7, 2008July 14, 2021

We wish you a SAFE 2008 with more time to cross the street, plenty of neck downs, Barnes’ dances and speed bumps to slow down the cars, and NYPD enforcing the law . We wish you a HEALTHY 2008, with… Read more

DOT STUDY

Clinton- Hell’s Kitchen traffic Study Scoping – TAC2

by Team ChekpedsDecember 6, 2007July 14, 2021

Clinton-Hell’s Kitchen traffic study – scope – 12-04-2007 Dear TAC members , By adding a comment below you will be able to share your comments with the other members Which intersections must be added and why? A list of schools… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion

Community Board 4 to Port Authority: Please reopen 41st Street

by Team ChekpedsOctober 3, 2007July 14, 2021

41st Street used to funnel charter and commuter buses coming from the east side and the theater district, as well as trucks into the Lincoln Tunnel. For security reasons, the street was closed immediately after September 11, 2001. Since the… Read more

CHEKPEDS, Congestion

Traffic congestion victory : PA reopens 41st St .btw 8th & 9th Av

by Team ChekpedsSeptember 30, 2007July 14, 2021

In February, CB4 requested that Port Authority reopen 41st Street to traffic. The false sense of security the closure conferred could not possibly outweight the increase in actual pedestrian accidents the detour caused on 42nd Street’s intersections with 8th and… Read more