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Marching With a Message: Fix the Missing Link in Queens’ Most Important Bike Route

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 5, 2018 | No Comments

There's a DOT plan on the table to upgrade Skillman and 43rd with protected bike lanes, but momentum has stalled since it was first presented last fall.

Jimmy Van Bramer, podium, in April speaking alongside CB 2 chair Denise Keehan-Smith, right, and Flor Jimenez, left, whose husband Gelacio Reyes was killed biking on 43rd Avenue. Photo: David Meyer

Van Bramer Won’t Say Whether He Supports Protected Bike Lanes on Skillman and 43rd

By David Meyer | Mar 1, 2018 | 1 Comment

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer insists he's working to advance the implementation of protected bike lanes on 43rd Avenue and Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside, but the process he envisions could delay the project indefinitely.

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, podium, speaking in April alongside Flor Jimenez, whose partner Gelacio Reyes had been killed biking on 43rd Avenue 12 days earlier. Photo: David Meyer

Van Bramer Demanded Protected Bike Lanes on 43rd and Skillman. He’s Been MIA Ever Since.

By David Meyer | Feb 28, 2018 | 1 Comment

Now contemplating a run for borough president, the western Queens council member has gone silent about a major improvement for the borough's bike network he endorsed last year.

Police are searching for the driver who struck and killed Steven Morales before fleeing the scene near this intersection at LaGuardia Airport last night. Photo: Google Maps

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Steven Morales, 36, Cycling on LaGuardia Access Road

By David Meyer | Feb 20, 2018 | 6 Comments

More airport workers are biking to LGA, but the Port Authority has not followed through on its own plans to provide safe cycling access. If it had, Steven Morales might be alive today.

Liberty Avenue intersection where a motorist killed Toolia Rambarose. Image: Google Maps

DOT Needs More Resources From City Hall to Fix Streets Like Deadly Liberty Ave. in Queens

By Brad Aaron | Feb 15, 2018 | No Comments

Six people have died in crashes on Liberty Avenue since 2009. DOT noted hazardous conditions for walking on Liberty in 2015, but didn’t prescribe safety upgrades.

Union Turnpike is a high-speed street bordering the St. John's University Queens campus where O'Reilly was struck. Image: Google Street View

Driver Strikes and Kills Phil O’Reilly on Union Turnpike — NYPD Files No Charges

By Ben Fried | Jan 25, 2018 | 13 Comments

On Tuesday night, a driver struck and killed Phil O'Reilly on Union Turnpike at 175th Street in Hillcrest. O'Reilly led rides with the Five Borough Bike Club and remembrances have been pouring in on social media.

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