Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Queensboro Bridge

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. Photo: David Meyer

Trottenberg: Dedicated Queensboro Bridge Bike Path “on the Agenda”

By David Meyer | Jul 11, 2017 | 8 Comments

DOT is looking into ways to provide better biking and walking access across the Queensboro Bridge, where the sole car-free path has been off-limits at night for much of the past two years, says Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg.

Without access to the north outer roadway, cyclists have to either wait for a circuitous shuttle bus or find another way over the bridge. Photo: Angela Stach

How About Opening Up Another Lane on the Queensboro Bridge for Walking and Biking This Summer?

By David Meyer | Jul 5, 2017 | 3 Comments

The Broadway plazas debuted during Memorial Day weekend, and car-free hours in parks usually expand during the summer. Why not try out a car-free south outer roadway on the Queensboro Bridge with a summer trial?

DOT Has Closed the Queensboro Bridge Bike/Ped Path Overnight for 16 of the Past 24 Months

By David Meyer | Jun 19, 2017 | 6 Comments

The Queensboro Bridge bike/ped path has been closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for 16 of the last 24 months while ConEdison conducts electrical repair work. Currently, a six-week closure that began on May 21 is making nighttime trips especially difficult for working cyclists. Despite the regularity of the closures, DOT still hasn't worked out a reasonable alternative for people who count on overnight access to the path.

Queensboro Bridge Bike/Ped Path Will Close Every Night Until 2017 (At Least)

By David Meyer | Sep 30, 2016 | 54 Comments

Valentin wants to sleep, not take bus home. He wld be grateful for South access to QBB at night @NYC_DOT @transalt pic.twitter.com/TiHO8Kvcvj — Angela Stach (@radlerkoenigin) April 28, 2016 People who bike over the Queensboro Bridge had to endure months without nighttime access to the bridge’s car-free path earlier this year, with ConEd infrastructure work closing off […]

Cyclists Press DOT for Night-Time Access to Queensboro Bridge

By David Meyer | Apr 28, 2016 | 8 Comments

Najee says: C’mon @NYC_DOT, QBB is a commuter bridge day&NIGHT, don’t make getting 2 night work so hard. @transalt pic.twitter.com/MQs2gb71Mk — Angela Stach (@radlerkoenigin) April 28, 2016 The Queensboro Bridge biking and walking path could be closed for construction on weeknights for months, cutting off access at times when many people still use it. Members of Transportation […]

Con Ed Staff Caught Illegally Parking on Sidewalk By Queensboro Bridge

By Cristina Furlong | Oct 16, 2015 | 24 Comments

Cars belonging to Con Edison employees assigned to a project on the Queensboro Bridge are squeezing pedestrians into the roadbed as workers illegally park on the sidewalk. On both the east and west sides of Vernon Boulevard at Queens Plaza South, near Queensbridge Park and Queensbridge Houses, sidewalks are being used as private parking for bridge workers. When confronted, […]

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