Jul. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan A stretch of Northern Boulevard in Bayside with protected bike lanes is set to undergo a makeover following a $3.74 million allocation in the city council’s 2025 budget. The announcement of a revamp comes after years of complaints. Many residents have been calling for change ever since the…
June 3, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan At a community meeting in Astoria on Thursday, dozens of locals erupted in applause after the Department of Transportation (DOT) outlined its proposed changes to a major chunk of 31st Avenue. The biggest potential change is an approximately mile-long stretch of parking-protected bike lanes. Converting the corridor to a… Read more »
Dec. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry While Long Island City became one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the nation over the past decade, locals warned that infrastructure was not keeping pace with development. On Nov. 29, elected leaders, city officials and safe streets advocates gathered at Murray Park to celebrate the opening of a… Read more »
Nov. 15, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan At the Community Board 11 meeting on Nov. 6 at the Korean Community Services center in Bayside, two different bike lane projects were given attention. For the past six years, Community Board 11 (CB 11) has pushed for a rehaul of the bike lanes on Northern Boulevard from 223rd Street to the Douglaston Parkway. Many view the existing lanes as a “temporary” solution with potential for improvement. The cause has remained No. 1 on their list of capital requests since the lanes were installed in 2017. But now they are tweaking the proposal to…
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Apr. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry Generations of cyclists have taken their lives into their own hands as they made the journey from the Queens “mainland” to the Rockaways and they often complain about the current bike lane across the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge is inadequate. That will change this year. The city’s Department…
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