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City Abruptly Shuts Queens Greenway Segment, Putting Cyclists in Danger; Council Member Takes Credit
Apparently, a crucial bike route can just be closed with no warning, hearings or safety detours. And a Council member will also take credit for it!
October 24, 2023
QueensLink Transit Supporters Press Case at City Hall
"Yes, we want a park and yes we want a light rail. We can have both," said one local pol.
September 7, 2023
‘Standard Practice’: Queens Panel Endorses Universal Daylighting as Driver Who Killed Dolma Goes to Court
Tuesday was bookended by a Queens driver who killed a 7-year-old girl appearing in court and a community board urging the city to daylight all intersections to prevent such crashes in the future.
June 21, 2023
City to Expand Scooter Share to Eastern Queens
All three of the scooter-share companies that have been providing service in The Bronx since 2021 will be part of a massive expansion of the program into transit-deprived areas of eastern Queens, the Department of Transportation announced on Thursday.
June 15, 2023
Cop Suspended for Trying to Run a Moped Rider off a Queens Highway
The incident has been under internal review since May 25, when Streetsblog broke the story of an NYPD officer swerving repeatedly in an effort to either strike the moped rider or run him off the road.
June 15, 2023
Pedestrian Struck by Truck Driver in Queens Dies of His Injuries: Cops
The deadliest portion of the city just got deadlier.
June 14, 2023
‘It Will Save Lives’: Queens CB1 Members Demand Universal Intersection Daylighting After Drivers Kill Two Kids
The Department of Transportation exempts itself from state law requiring intersections free of parked cars, also known as daylighting, but Queens Community Board 1's Transportation Committee voted on Thursday to demanding that officials axe the carveout.
June 6, 2023
Safety at Last! City Will Finally Finish Queens Blvd. Bike Lane, Promised a Decade Ago
The Department of Transportation said it will repurpose a travel lane in each direction for bike lanes between Union Turnpike in Forest Hills and Hillside Avenue in Briarwood.
May 30, 2023
‘Shattered’: Driver Fined Just $250 After Killing Queens Man
The wheels of justice grind on.
May 23, 2023
Cops: Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Girl in Astoria is Collared
Police on Tuesday morning arrested the woman they say fatally struck a 7-year-old girl in Astoria with her car in February, charging the motorist with criminally negligent homicide, a felony that carries a top jail sentence of four years.
May 9, 2023
