Northern Blvd Rapid Riders

https://www.ny1noticias.com/nyc/noticias/noticias/2022/05/06/demandan-que-se-establezca-linea-rapida-de-autobuses-que-circule-por-el-northern-boulevard

Demandan que se establezca línea rápida de buses en el Northern Boulevard La línea rápida de buses iría de Flushing a Manhattan.

Save the date - Friday, May 6, 10 a.m. - Rally for Bus Rapid Transit on Northern Boulevard. Details to come.

The MTA holds a briefing Thursday evening on its revised Queens Bus Redesign Plan that met with so much opposition more than two years ago.
This is a chance for us to help shape, not only transportation for our neighborhood, but also environmental sustainability because transit leaves a much lighter footprint than private auto use. So please register for and then attend this Zoom meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdcdelS.../viewform
In Jackson Heights, we have an opportunity for two major improvements on Northern Boulevard - restoring full Q-66 service while reducing travel time, and introducing Select Bus Service, buses that are nearly as fast as the subway. The key to this is introduction of a bus lane, which the Redesign Report endorses:

"Northern Boulevard - In 2022, NYC DOT will build on its important pedestrian safety and transit improvement work on Northern Blvd. This work will include full removal of the curbside travel lane during rush hour from Broadway to 114th Street and the addition of painted curb extensions to shorten crossing distances for pedestrians."

An accompanying map shows Northern Boulevard to be one of four DOT Bus Priority Projects in Queens (See attached.)

The MTA request that you register to attend this meeting here. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcdelS_3UvxcHlDwdXUw-jr8zk9o5YhxDnJaC_ZhyP6K88jw/viewform

This campaign to promote improved bus service on Northern Boulevard is sponsored by the Northern Blvd Rapid Riders. If you are interested in participating in this effort please shoot us mesage at our FB page.

Please attend this bus redesign meeting tomorrow:

Queens Bus Network Redesign New Draft Plan Stakeholder Briefing

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Let NYC transportation officials know you want bus lanes on Northern Boulevard from Flushing into Manhattan. The NYC Streets Plan doesn't go far enough, only from Woodside to Corona. For more details, see the post with the map below this one.
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The odds seem better than ever for Northern Boulevard bus lanes and the creation of Northern Boulevard Select Bus Service. A 2019 city law called for creating at least 150 miles of bus lanes in NYC in the five years beginning with 2022. The image below is from a report required by that law and it proposes bus lanes from what apears to be Broadway in Woodside to roughly 100th Street in North Corona/East Elmhurst. (See below.)
We are proposing a more ambitious plan, one that would stretch from Northern Boulevard in Flushing, across the Queensboro Bridge to Manhattan. But this is a start.