Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Queens

Martin Srodin, 46, Killed by Semi Truck Driver in Glendale Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Oct 23, 2014 | 11 Comments

A truck driver killed a pedestrian in Glendale this morning. Police had filed no charges as of this afternoon. It is unclear if the truck was legally allowed to operate on city streets. At approximately 6:07 a.m., 46-year-old Martin Srodin was crossing 80th Street at Cooper Avenue when the driver of a semi truck ran […]

Council Members Line Up in Support of Woodhaven Bus Rapid Transit

By Stephen Miller | Oct 21, 2014 | 14 Comments

Council Member Donovan Richards stood on the steps of City Hall this morning, asking DOT to move ahead with full-fledged Bus Rapid Transit on Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard. Six other Queens council members have joined Richards on a letter to DOT and the MTA asking for center-running bus lanes, station-like bus shelters, and […]

The Case for Driving as Fast as You Want in a School Zone

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2014 | 47 Comments

If you’re wondering who complains about a wrist-tap fine for speeding through a school zone during school hours — the type of person who has Council Member Mark Weprin sweating bullets over the city’s new 25 mph speed limit — check out this Times Ledger op-ed from one Bob Friedrich, an Eastern Queens eminence who believes […]

Rumor Mill: Safety Overhaul in the Works for the “Boulevard of Death”

By Stephen Miller | Oct 6, 2014 | 2 Comments

Word on the street is that Queens Boulevard could be the first major arterial redesign initiated by Polly Trottenberg’s DOT. At a Friday panel on transportation equity organized by the Congress for the New Urbanism, architect John Massengale said he is working with Transportation Alternatives on conceptual designs that will spark conversation before DOT hosts […]

NYPD Does Not Apply Vision Zero Law in Fatal Elmhurst Crosswalk Collision

By Brad Aaron | Sep 11, 2014 | 17 Comments

An MTA bus driver killed a pedestrian in Queens last night. As with a fatal August crash in Manhattan, NYPD did not apply charges against the driver under a new Vision Zero law, despite information that suggests the victim had the right of way. Melania Ward, 55, was hit by the driver of the Q47 she’d […]

First Phase of Woodhaven Bus Upgrades Coming This Fall. Then What?

By Stephen Miller | Aug 26, 2014 | 16 Comments

Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards is coming to Queens in two phases. The first round, due early this fall, will bring nearly two miles of painted bus lanes and a road diet for service roads along more than a mile of Woodhaven Boulevard [PDF]. DOT has said it will release a […]

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