Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Queens

Sneak Preview: More Queens Bike Lanes and Bike-Friendly Zoning

By Ben Fried | May 16, 2008 | 8 Comments

If only a zoning amendment could retroactively require the New York Times Building to provide bike parking. Some interesting nuggets are coming out of DOT bike coordinator Josh Benson’s ongoing Q & A with readers of the Times’ City Room blog. In yesterday’s installment, Benson outlined upcoming additions to the Queens bike network: In Queens, […]

Streetfilm: Snackin’ and Schwaggin’ in Queens

By Brad Aaron | May 9, 2008 | 8 Comments

Community board intransigence aside, cyclists abound in Queens, where Transportation Alternatives set up shop this week to hand out Bike Month snacks and schwag to commuters coming off the Queensborough Bridge. Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson was there.

CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking

By Streetsblog | May 9, 2008 | 25 Comments

From Transportation Alternatives’ Queens Committee Chair Mike Heffron: At the Queens Community Board 2 general meeting on Thursday, May 1, with no vote by board members, Chair Joe Conley delayed the board’s input on the Department of Transportation’s planned pedestrian and cyclist improvements to Vernon Boulevard, an important link in the proposed Queens East River […]

Queens Pricing Opponent Is Right: $8 Is Crazy

By Charles Komanoff | Apr 3, 2008 | 23 Comments

Drivers who take an East River bridge would have to pay the $8 congestion fee when they reach Manhattan, even if they’re just passing through on their way to somewhere else. "That’s crazy," said City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-Queens), who voted against it Monday. "That’s one of the reasons I’m so adamant against the plan. […]

“Thums” Down and Zero Unispheres for Queens Pricing Supporters

By Brad Aaron | Mar 31, 2008 | 5 Comments

Oppose congestion pricing and all this could be yours If Tony Avella and David Weprin and other Queens City Council members succeed in killing congestion pricing, at least Queens residents who lose out on transit improvements could take comfort in knowing that their representatives will have escaped the wrath of the Queens Civic Congress. Check […]

What Western Queens Stands to Lose Without Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 31, 2008 | 5 Comments

Queens residents crash Friday’s anti-pricing rally We’ve received several reports that Friday’s anti-pricing rally on the Queens side of the 59th Street Bridge, spearheaded by City Council Member Tony Avella, was a bust. According to our sources, of the council members slated to attend — Avella, Leroy Comrie, Melinda Katz, David Weprin "and other possible […]

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