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Take a Look at What’s on the Table for Long Island City Streets
Every street in Long Island City is in line for a top-to-bottom reconstruction, and as part of the project DOT and the Department of Design and Construction are proposing several improvements for walking and biking. Here's the presentation the agencies gave to Queens Community Board 2 earlier this month, showing the preliminary redesigns. The project covers several streets and intersections, and some of the options on the table go a lot farther than others to make walking and biking safer.
February 19, 2016
What’s Up With the Short Raised Bike Lane By Times Square?
Yes, there is now a short segment of raised bike lane on Seventh Avenue at Times Square. TransitCenter’s Jon Orcutt tweeted the picture above last month.
February 12, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The New 215th Step-Street Officially Opens Today
Over a decade after the project's first expected delivery date, the reconstruction of Inwood's 215th Step-Street is complete.
February 3, 2016
Total L.I.C. Street Rebuild to Include Safety Overhauls for Key Intersections
The streets of Long Island City are getting a total rebuild, and as part of the project four major intersections along Jackson Avenue and Vernon Boulevard will get redesigned for greater safety.
February 1, 2016
Four More Street Redesigns That Are Taking Forever to Build
On Monday, we posted a list of seven street redesign projects that remain unfinished years after they went through the city's public planning process, with the Department of Design and Construction far behind schedule.
January 6, 2016
Seven Street Redesigns That DDC Is Taking Forever to Build
How long does it take the Department of Design and Construction to build out a pedestrian plaza with permanent materials? How about a protected bike lane separated from traffic by concrete curbs? Sidewalk extensions?
January 4, 2016
Merchants: DDC Taking Forever to Finish Plaza at Bronx Hub [Updated]
In 2008, DOT repurposed street space at the Hub in Mott Haven to greatly expand and improve Roberto Clemente Plaza. The first version of the project was made with low-cost materials -- paint, planters, and gravel. Afterward, the city committed to building out the project in concrete. But the agency in charge of delivering capital projects, the Department of Design and Construction, has been working on it for years and still has no definite timetable for completion.
December 22, 2015
Empire Blvd Safety Fixes Run Up Against Parking and Gentrification Politics
A federally-funded redesign and reconstruction of two dangerous Empire Boulevard intersections is in jeopardy, running up against a combination of parking politics and gentrification fears.
December 18, 2015
DOT: Full Woodhaven Boulevard Upgrades Coming Sometime Next Decade
DOT and the MTA will roll out enhanced bus service on Woodhaven Boulevard in 2017, but several miles of the promised bus lanes won't come until the 2020s, agency representatives said yesterday.
December 16, 2015
When Will DDC Build the Brooklyn Greenway on Flushing Ave and West Street?
It's been more than three years since NYC DOT announced its full implementation plan for the 14-mile Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, a series of 23 capital projects that would build out the biking and walking path in high-quality, permanent materials. At the time, DOT said that construction would begin soon on the Flushing Avenue and West Street segments of the greenway, but with 2015 drawing to a close there's still no sign of progress. What gives?
December 1, 2015