Airports Roundtable Leaves No-Fly Zone
Photo: Planes flying over nearby airports have long been a noisy nuisance for communities. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently firmed up…
Transportation
‘Serious Concerns’ About City Parking Proposal for Affordable Housing
Photo: Many Queens Borough Board members on Monday said that the city’s proposal to eliminate or reduce parking requirements for affordable and senior housing is flawed….
Leaders Call on Congress for More Transportation Money
Photo: Mayor de Blasio last Thursday chatted up an MTA worker as he and fellow leaders took to the subway for national Stand Up for Transportation…
DOT Unveils Woodhaven-Cross Bay Select Bus Service Design Concept
Photo: The city DOT last week rolled out the design concept for Select Bus Service on the Woodhaven-Cross Bay corridor. The city Department of Transportation last…
City Says Addabbo Idea Not Ferry Feasible
Photo: The city this week said that state Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr.’s new idea for reviving the Rockaway Ferry is not financially viable. File Photo. The…
Schumer Calls for Fed Funds to Bring Bus Rapid Transit to Area
Photo: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has asked the federal DOT to help bring Bus Rapid Transit to Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. File Photo. If recent…
Schumer Urges FDA to Ban Long-Range Laser Pointers
Photo: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer this week called on the FDA to ban the sale of high-powered laser pointers. Photo Courtesy of NYPD. Following the…
Roundabout with Airports Roundtable
In an effort to finally get the ball rolling on the NY Airports Roundtable begun nearly a year ago by the Port Authority of New…
City to Put $100M into ‘Transforming’ Parts of Queens Blvd.
The de Blasio administration has included $100 million in the Capital Budget to transform Queens Boulevard into a more secure thoroughfare, according to the Department…
‘Busy Morning’ at JFK Airport Yields Two Guns
Calling it “an unusually busy morning” on Thursday at the security checkpoints at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Transportation Security Administration announced that TSA…
DOT, NYPD Unveil Pedestrian Safety Plan for Queens
Parts of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s sweeping Vision Zero program have yet to be completed and rolled out, but on Tuesday the administration unveiled the…
City Installs Truck Side Guards for Vision Zero Program
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this week that the city will begin retrofitting trucks with side guards in 2015 as part of its Vision Zero…
MTA Reopens Stations Along Liberty Avenue
It was a sight for sore south Queens straphanger eyes. On Monday morning, following five months of renovation and rehabilitation, A-train customers regained access to…
De Blasio Says Five-Borough Ferry is Coming… in 2017
The good news: Ferry service is coming back to Queens. The bad news: It won’t arrive until 2017. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday used…
Queens DOT Chief Discusses Issues with Ulrich
Acting city Department of Transportation Queens Borough Commissioner Jeff Lynch this week met with City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) to discuss solutions to some…