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Manhattan Panel Cheers City's Third Ave. Redesign (Though Some …
WEBOct 13, 2022 · Many agreed, but also encouraged the city to go further by installing a two-way protected bike lane or another one-way path in the opposite direction, using more protective infrastructure instead of mere paint, and widening the sidewalks — solutions to safer streets that should be a no-brainer for a mayor who campaigned on being a regular bike rider and whose slogan is “Get Stuff Done.”
ANALYSIS: Money is the Real Star of the Queens Bus Network …
WEBApr 4, 2022 · Money also means that even as the MTA creates 19 new bus routes out of whole cloth or through consolidation, the agency can afford to run the majority of its local service every 10 minutes or less, a level that it considers "high frequency." Forty-five of the 85 proposed buses have headways of 10 minutes or less during the weekday peaks in …
Plan To Tame Northern Blvd. Needs Work, Advocates Say
WEBJun 28, 2021 · The city's plan to tame a notoriously deadly Queens roadway does not go far enough, advocates say. The Department of Transportation unveiled a $79-million redesign for 2.7 miles of Northern Boulevard between Broadway and 114th Street this month that includes upgrades such as consolidated bus stops, curb extensions, and a planted median. Yet it fails to address the root of the issues on the so ...
Queens Blvd. Gets Beaucoup Biden Bucks - Streetsblog New York …
WEBDec 14, 2023 · One of the city's biggest projects is now also one of the Biden Administration's biggest. The redesign of Queens Boulevard — an epic, decade-long struggle to add a bike lane to a roadway once known as the Boulevard of Death — was the top recipient this week of federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grants, nabbing $29.75 million from a pot ...
City Adds to ‘Pedestrian-Friendly’ Areas of Broadway
WEBOct 25, 2021 · The pedestrianized plaza does not allow drivers access at all. The six blocks — which add to pedestrian-friendly areas of Times, Herald, Madison and Union squares installed during the Bloomberg administration — are a far cry from the vision of safe-streets activists, who have advocated for a car-free Broadway from Morningside Heights on the ...
Safety at Last! City Will Finally Finish Queens Blvd. Bike Lane ...
WEBMay 30, 2023 · The city finally plans to extend the bike lanes on Queens Boulevard further east into the World's Borough, fulfilling a promise officials made nearly a decade ago to overhaul the corridor once known as the "Boulevard of Death."
Eyes on the Street: The Broadway Bridge Construction is a …
WEBDec 14, 2021 · The Broadway Bridge corridor — counted as the 10 blocks from West 218th to West 228th streets — is clearly a dangerous place. In the last five years (from December 2016 until this month) there have been nearly 300 crashes, injuring 11 cyclists, 31 pedestrians and 78 motorists, according to Crashmapper.
Report: Racial and Economic Inequities in Transit Affect …
WEBJun 18, 2021 · Black and Brown New Yorkers are more likely to rely on public transit to get to work in the New York City area, but on average have far less access to jobs as their car-driving neighbors, who are often wealthier, whiter, and live in the 'burbs, according to a new study that highlights the city and state’s transit inequities and its effects on jobs attainability.
OPINION: New Yorkers Deserve Trash-Free Sidewalks
WEB12:01 AM EST on November 26, 2021. An everyday scene: a New Yorker squeezed by a huge pile of trash. Incoming Council Member Erik Bottcher (inset) has a plan. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman. Erik Bottcher. Erik Bottcher. As New Yorkers hit the streets for the joy of seeing the season’s twinkling lights and festive store windows, we’re bound to ...