This Week: Traffic Calming in Western Queens
It's the first week of spring and it seems that in honor of the change of seasons, the transportation world has decided to take it slow this week. Here are your selections from the Streetsblog calendar:
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3:49 PM EDT on March 21, 2011
It’s the first week of spring and it seems that in honor of the change of seasons, the transportation world has decided to take it slow this week. Here are your selections from the Streetsblog calendar:
- Tuesday: Auto-Free New York meets with a former Port Authority transportation planner to discuss the past and future of rail access to the region’s airports. 6:00 p.m.
- Wednesday: DOT presents plans to redesign 48th Avenue and bring traffic calming to 44th Street to Queens CB 2’s transportation committee. 6:30 p.m.
Keep an eye on the calendar for updated listings. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.
This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.
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