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Mythbusters: The Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Didn’t Do in Ben’s Best Deli
Blame the punishing economics of running a kosher meat emporium in 2018, not the Queens Boulevard bike lane.
June 14, 2018
Queens Boulevard Needs Better Barriers to Protect Cyclists From Idiots Like This Guy
DOT's design for the Queens Boulevard capital project calls for placing the bike lane on a mountable curb, which would do little to prevent incidents like this.
June 8, 2018
Queens Residents Protect Cyclists on 43rd and Skillman With Their Bodies, and Demand to Be Counted
"How many lives is a parking spot worth?" went the chants.
June 7, 2018
DOT Prioritizes Queensboro Bridge Traffic Over Safety for Students on Thomson Avenue
Students and faculty want more space for walking and biking by LaGuardia Community College, but DOT says Thomson Avenue has to accommodate bridge traffic.
June 1, 2018
Queens Boulevard Redesign Coming to Forest Hills in July
DOT's fourth and final planned phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign will extend bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements east to Union Turnpike. Cycling on last year's segment is up 127 percent so far in 2018.
May 24, 2018
Motorists Have Killed at Least Three People Walking on Northern Boulevard in 2018
The latest victim, 47-year-old Carlos Gavilanes, was struck near 100th Street early this morning.
May 21, 2018
Death By Delay: Queens CB 2 Keeps Stalling on Skillman/43rd Protected Bike Lane
Community Board Chair Denise Keehan-Smith doesn't want to discuss protected bike lanes at an upcoming "safety workshop" about Skillman Avenue and 43rd Avenue.
May 18, 2018
Streetfilms: Jackson Heights Remembers Giovanni Ampuero and Calls for a Safer Northern Boulevard
There are too many funerals for children killed by drivers on Northern Boulevard.
May 8, 2018
A Driver Killed a Cyclist at LaGuardia, So the Port Authority Restricted Biking
Instead of taking steps to make cycling safer after a hit-and-run driver killed airport worker Steven Morales, the Port Authority banned cycling on the road where Morales was killed.
April 18, 2018
Jimmy Van Bramer Called for a Protected Bike Lane on 43rd Avenue a Year Ago Today. Now He’s Undecided.
Queens Community Board 2 Chair Denise Keehan-Smith has also flip-flopped, saying she doesn't want protected bike lanes on 43rd and Skillman.
April 13, 2018
