Liam Jeffries

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This is the chaotic corner where Mario Valenzuela was killed by a truck driver on Saturday. Photo: Google

Teen Cyclist Killed by Uncharged Truck Driver — 22nd Biker Death this Year

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 21, 2019 | 8 Comments

Mario Venezuela, 14, was killed on Borden Avenue at around 2 p.m. on Saturday — the 22nd cyclist to die this year, up from 10 in all of 2018.

BREAKING: Uber Sues City Over Cruising Empty Cap

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 20, 2019

The city's proposed cap on cruising times for app-based cabs is "arbitrary" and illegal because it supersedes the state's traffic-reduction regulations, and was concocted secretly without taking into consideration other factors, a new lawsuit by Uber argues.

Queens Supreme Court Justice Joseph Esposito (flanked by city officials, plaintiffs, lawyers and even Clayton Guse of the Daily Newsuh) visited Fresh Pond Road himself on Friday to see if the city's bus lane is fair to businesses (though it is unclear if it must be under state law). Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Circus Comes to Fresh Pond Road as Judge Visits a Bus Lane to Assess Legality

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 20, 2019 | 9 Comments

As people gathered to protest government inaction on climate change on Friday, a Queens judge walked nine blocks to decide if the city can prioritize tens of thousands of transit riders over a few dozen car owners.

Broadway Junction, where the escalators often break as one did here last July, is one of the stations slated to get accessibility upgrades from the MTA. Photo: Julianne Cuba

MTA Reveals First 48 Stations For Accessibility Upgrades

By Dave Colon | Sep 20, 2019 | 10 Comments

The goal, the agency said earlier this week, would be to pick stations that would fill immediate gaps so that riders will no longer ever be more than two stops from a station with an elevator.