Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Brooklyn Heights Group Wants to Break the Car Culture, Nix Lanes on Rebuilt BQE

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 3, 2019 | No Comments

"We’ve seen the concept of induced demand in a lot of other cities and we’re hoping the planners take [a reduction in lanes] seriously here,” the group's executive director said.

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Monday’s Headlines: A Weekend of Indigestion Edition

By Streetsblog | Dec 2, 2019 | No Comments

We recovered from a weekend of Thanksgiving indigestion only to arise on Sunday and get more agita from car-loving Marcia Kramer's new WCBS2 show. That and all the weekend's headlines are just one click away!

Wednesday’s Headlines: Another Day of Mass Carnage Edition

By Streetsblog | Jul 24, 2019 | 5 Comments

Tuesday brought another two dead cyclists in a city that is now already seven cyclist deaths ahead of all of last year. Plus all the other news (including the New Yorker living up to its name, finally!).

$ix Questions About the Massive Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Plan$

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 8, 2019 | 23 Comments

Question 1: Isn't there a better use for $4 billion than to enshrine one of Robert Moses's most disastrous legacies?

De Blasio, Channeling Cuomo, Creates his Own ‘Expert Panel’ for BQE Repairs

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 3, 2019 | 13 Comments

Perhaps the process will result in a better plan — but it will definitely insulate the mayor from the political fallout of his DOT's initial plan.

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is in danger of collapse. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Planning Group: Cut Two Lanes When BQE is Rebuilt

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 3, 2019 | 11 Comments

But the Regional Plan Association stopped short of calling for the roadway to be fully torn down.

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