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MTA to Boost Frequency of Q70 to LaGuardia

By David Meyer | Jan 22, 2016 | 1 Comment

The MTA announced this morning that it plans to increase service on the Q70 Limited bus to LaGuardia Airport and hopes to roll out Select Bus Service on the route later this year. Riders Alliance Executive Director John Raskin applauded the news as “a great step toward implementing a real airport shuttle from the subway” […]

Eric Ulrich Flip-Flops on Woodhaven Boulevard Redesign

By Brad Aaron | Jan 21, 2016 | 94 Comments

After coming out strong for Select Bus Service on Woodhaven Boulevard, City Council Member Eric Ulrich has done a 180. “The plan that they proposed, it stinks,” Ulrich told the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, according to the Queens Chronicle. “I don’t think it’s good. I think we have to go back to the drawing board.” The Woodhaven […]

DOT’s Astoria Park Safety Plan Calls for 3 Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jan 21, 2016 | 51 Comments

Last June, a hit-and-run driver killed 21-year-old Betty DiBiaso at the intersection of 19th Street and Ditmars Boulevard, next to Astoria Park. The loss of DiBiaso prompted a neighborhood-wide discussion about the need to improve street safety around one of Queens’ most visited parks, and on Tuesday night DOT showed Queens Community Board 2 its proposals for the area […]

Eyes on the Street: Just Another Brush With Death at a Typical NYC Crossing

By Brad Aaron | Jan 8, 2016 | 33 Comments

The design of 29th Street and 39th Avenue in Long Island City is typical of thousands of New York City crossings: an intersection of relatively narrow streets where drivers are allowed to park to the edge of crosswalks with no design elements to force motorists to slow down. The combination of poor visibility and lack of traffic-calming features […]

Ferreras-Copeland and Peralta to DOT: Fix Northern and Junction

By David Meyer | Dec 17, 2015 | 1 Comment

Following the hit-and-run killing of 17-year-old Ovidio Jaramillo at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and Junction Boulevard last week, local elected officials and DOT Queens Commissioner Nicole Garcia toured Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst streets yesterday with an eye toward safety improvements. Northern and Junction are wide two-way streets, with Northern being especially large. Both are priority corridors […]

DOT: Full Woodhaven Boulevard Upgrades Coming Sometime Next Decade

By David Meyer | Dec 16, 2015 | 2 Comments

DOT and the MTA will roll out enhanced bus service on Woodhaven Boulevard in 2017, but several miles of the promised bus lanes won’t come until the 2020s, agency representatives said yesterday. While DOT says the Woodhaven overhaul will be built, the city is providing no certainty as to when the Department of Design and Construction will complete the street […]

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