DOT's design for the Queens Boulevard capital project calls for placing the bike lane on a mountable curb, which would do little to prevent incidents like this.
Students and faculty want more space for walking and biking by LaGuardia Community College, but DOT says Thomson Avenue has to accommodate bridge traffic.
DOT's fourth and final planned phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign will extend bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements east to Union Turnpike. Cycling on last year's segment is up 127 percent so far in 2018.