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Queens Civic Leader Killed Walking to Community Board Transpo Meeting

By Noah Kazis | Nov 16, 2011 | 20 Comments

Queens community leader Pat Dolan was killed by the driver of a Nissan sedan as she crossed the street last night. Dolan served on Queens Community Board 8, and she was walking to a transportation meeting when she was struck. According to the NYPD, Dolan was crossing Hillside Avenue southbound at 198th Street when she […]

Weprin Survey Finds 61 Percent Like Bike Lanes, Even in Eastern Queens

By Noah Kazis | Oct 21, 2011 | 11 Comments

Several surveys this year by top polling organizations have found citywide support for bike lanes. And in Park Slope and the Upper West Side, questionnaires put out by local elected officials have shown consistent neighborhood-level approval for new bike infrastructure. Now, another member of the City Council has found widespread enthusiasm for the city’s bike […]

Department of City Planning Continues to Restrict Development Near Transit

By Noah Kazis | Jul 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

The Department of City Planning’s commitment to rezoning the city along more transit-oriented lines is a critical component of its sustainability agenda. Allowing more people to live and work next to transit means more people will ride transit and fewer will drive. Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden, upzonings have indeed […]

Eyes on the Street: The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Bike Approach

By Ben Fried | Apr 20, 2011 | 16 Comments

Clarence sends along a few more shots from the beginning of construction season. These come from Queens Plaza, where the two-way bike approach to the Queensboro Bridge is extending eastward. The bike approach, part of a package of public space improvements to Queens Plaza, will eventually connect Vernon Boulevard and Northern Boulevard. The segment between […]

Pedestrian Refuges Provide Simple Safety Fix for Roosevelt Island Bridge

By Noah Kazis | Apr 7, 2011 | 4 Comments

At the foot of the Roosevelt Island Bridge, DOT is showing off how a few simple improvements can turn a dangerous intersection into a safer one. It’s not a flashy redesign — just a pair of pedestrian refuges and improved crosswalks — but it’s a good example of the street safety improvements that are becoming […]

Questions Remain for Hunter’s Point South Transpo Plan

By Noah Kazis | Feb 9, 2011 | 6 Comments

This morning, the Bloomberg Administration announced the developer for the first phase of Hunter’s Point South, a Long Island City project the city is billing as the largest middle-class housing project since Co-Op City and Starrett City went up in the 1970s. A team led by the Related Companies will be developing the first 900 […]

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