Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Queens

What Up, G?

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 1 Comment

Graffiti at the Metropolitan Ave. subway station on the G line. Streetsblog will be keeping an eye on Save The G, a new blog advocating for service improvements on the beleaguered G subway line. The blog is being produced by a coalition of civic groups and elected officials from Brooklyn and Queens, including, Queens Civic […]

How Do Bike Seizures Fit Into Bloomberg’s “Green Plan”

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 13, 2007 | 17 Comments

On Tuesday afternoon the Parks Dept. seized dozens of bikes parked at the Forest Hills train station Lauren Philson was out running some errands near the Forest Hills train station in Queens on Tuesday when she spotted three or four men using large clippers to steal bicycles. The men weren’t your typical bike thieves. "They […]

Queens Legislator Offers Congestion Pricing Torpedo

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 10, 2007 | 38 Comments

Assembly Member Rory Lancman from Fresh Meadows, Queens has sent a three-page letter to his fellow legislators soliciting their support for a legislative alternate to Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing proposal and long-term planning ominbus bill, Sewell Chan reports. "Instead of threatening to beat New Yorkers over the head with a $2,000 a year stick if […]

The "Triboro RX" and New Transit Riders by Origin (Michael Frumin, 2007)

‘Triboro RX’ Could Provide More Transit Opportunities

By Jason Varone | Jun 29, 2007 | 21 Comments

For the Regional Plan Association, Michael Frumin visualized their plan for a rapid transit line in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx that could be built almost entirely on pre-existing rail and would connect with at least twenty existing subway lines. The “Triboro RX”, which originated in the 1996 Third Regional Plan, could provide effective transit […]

No Love for One-Way Proposal in Jackson Heights

By Sarah Goodyear | Jun 29, 2007 | 7 Comments

Congestion in Jackson Heights: The DOT needs some new ideas The Queens Times-Ledger reports on the "cool reception" given last week by Queens Community Board 3 and City Council Member Hiram Monserrate to the DOT’s proposal for a one-way pair of streets on 35th and 37th avenues. What’s most disappointing about the debate so far […]

Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff: Bike Commuter

By Jason Varone | Jun 21, 2007 | No Comments

Adrianne Pasquarelli profiles New Yorkers who commute by bicycle for Crain’s New York. You have to subscribe to read the entire article, but here she introduces Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, cyclist: Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave bike commuting a boost with PlaNYC 2030, his administration’s blueprint for sustainability. It calls for 1,380 additional miles of bike […]

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