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  • I will try to make it! Queens Blvd. is a nightmare and needs to be fixed!

    Posted by biker
    on July 25th, 2008 at 2:30 pm

  • I’m going to try my absolute best to make it.

    Posted by Anonymous
    on July 25th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

  • Hi, I am glad to see so many people interested in the Bike Lane along Queens BLVD. Asif and I were close friends for many years, and sharing the same birthday only brought us closer. His soul has touched so many people, and he would be glad to know the accident could transform into the safety of the residents of Queens. Many of which choose to ride their bikes or walk through the area.

    I will be attending the press conference and I hope it brings the community together for this great cause. To all those who are pushing for the changes to be made, thank you for your support and help. It’s invaluable in these hard times.

    Sincerely,
    Justin Meres

    Posted by Justin Meres
    on July 25th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

  • Yawn, here we go again. Queens Blvd is already congested and we DON’T need to reduce the number of lanes available in order to make a bunch of bicycle enthusiasts happy. If you wan’t to ride your bike safely, go to the park.

    Posted by Johnny the Racecar Driver
    on July 26th, 2008 at 11:21 am

  • Dear Mr. Racecar Driver, I would like to bring it to your attention that people don’t ride their bikes only for fun or exercise purposes. They ride it as a mode of transportation to and from work. Riding a bike is faster and cheaper. It’s better for congestion and pollution. Good for health as well. The bicyclists have same right of the way as the car, racecar, truck and bus drivers. Thanks.

    Posted by Lizi Rahman
    on July 26th, 2008 at 12:53 pm

  • Yeah most people don’t ride their bikes to work ok? I’m sure you can find people who canoe, rollerskate or even ride their horse to work. If you want to indulge your hobby thats your problem. Otherwise take mass transportation or drive like the rest of us and stop imposing on the rest of us

    Posted by Johnny the Racecar Driver
    on July 26th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

  • Johnny the Racecar Driver: This meeting is not only about a bicycle lane(s). There will be discussions about making the stop lights longer to allow the older people and other pedestrians to safely make it across Queens Blvd. in time without having to stop at one of the islands and be at a higher risk of being hit by oncoming traffic.

    Posted by Anonymous
    on July 26th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

  • Johnny,

    Driving your racecar is getting expensive these days, isn’t it? You might want to look into using a bike to get around.

    “Otherwise take mass transportation or drive like the rest of us and stop imposing on the rest of us.”

    Sooo, then why are you, as a car driver, imposing on the rest of us - the majority of New York City residents who DON’T drive?

    Posted by mike
    on July 26th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

  • Johnny the racecar driver - where do you race? I don’t know of any racing tracks in the NYC area. I’m presuming you race on designated off-street tracks, not on streets and thoroughfares like QB, right? And when you drive your regular car, I know you don’t speed or drive recklessly, because racecar drivers are actually very responsible drivers on public streets. So, you probably know how important it is to be responsible while operating a motor vehicle, and to respect the rules of the road.

    In that spirit, I’m sure that you would support improving safety for all on a boulevard that often gets treating like a racing strip, not a public road.

    Posted by Mickie T
    on July 27th, 2008 at 11:36 am

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Safer QB press conference - Sunday, July 27 @ noon

Posted by Mickie T on Friday, July 25th, 2008

I got this from TAQC Chair Mike Heffron the other day and I’ve been lax in my duty to post it. I know that ForestHills72 already posted it, but I’ve been under the weather this week and sleeping a lot. Summertime illnesses are giant bummers!! Stay healthy, everyone, especially on the Big QB!

Transportation Alternatives along with CM Jim Gennaro’s office will be having a press conference to kick off our campaign for a Safer Queens Blvd. Here’s the info:

WHEN: Sunday 7/27 12pm
WHERE: Queens Blvd and 55th Rd at Asif Rahman’s Ghost Bike
WHY: To make Queens Blvd safer for pedestrians and cyclists

CM Jim Gennaro will be there, hopefully some other electeds too. We will be calling for a physically separated bike lane and pedestrian improvements along the length of Queens Blvd. Ped improvements include, but are not limited to, increasing pedestrian crossing times or even leading pedestrian intervals (LPI), mid block crossing and reducing turning conflicts between cars and people. I want to stress, this is not just for a bike lane, pedestrians still are struck with frequency along Queens Blvd and they need our help too.

Queens Blvd doesn’t actually run through Gennaro’s district but Asif Rahman, the young man who was struck and killed along Queens Blvd, was one of his constituents. He is responding to pleas from Lizi Rahman, Asif’s mother, to do something about Queens Blvd. And after all, this is not some little street in one neighborhood, this is Queens Blvd. Changes here will effect everyone in Queens for the better, whether or not it runs through ones neighborhood.

What we want more than anything is for people to come out to the press conference and start the campaign strong. The whole thing shouldn’t be more than an hour. I think it’s fair to say that it’s because of blogs like yours that this ball has gotten rolling so quickly. A small mention was made about revisiting Queens Blvd and that spark very quickly turned into a fire.