From Queens, support for the QueensWay and more transit
According to the group lobbying for the QueensWay, Queens residents overwhelmingly support a park. The Trust for Public Land, the organization that received $500,000 in New York State money to study...
View ArticleInside an Assembly rep’s NIMBY compromise for QueensWay
A school bus parking lot has overtaken the Rockaway Beach Branch ROW at the Atlantic Ave. intersection. Over the past few months, while I’ve maintained a skeptical view of the proposed QueensWay park...
View ArticleGoldfeder: Queens College to study Rockaway Beach Branch reactivation
As the Friends of the QueensWay continue their taxpayer-supported push to develop a greenway on the fallow Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way, Phil Goldfeder, Assembly representative from New York’s...
View ArticleAnother Queens CB votes for rail over QueensWay
The fight over the future of the Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way is raising interesting questions about local decision-making in the context of the overall shape of New York City as a third Queens...
View ArticleFanciful designs, without rail, for the Rockaway Beach Branch
When the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects announced their AIANY Emerging New York Architects design competition last summer, I knew we were in trouble. AIANY focused around...
View ArticleSeeking a Rockaway Beach Branch/QueensWay compromise
Over the last few years, a rift has emerged between the well-funded QueensWay proponents and the well-intentioned advocates calling for a reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Branch. It’s either one or...
View ArticleThe problems with The Times’ flawed QueensWay support
Flashy renderings of the Queensway have captured the attention of The Times. (Via Friends of the Queensway, WXYand DLANDStudio) When I first wrote about the plans to turn the LIRR’s old Rockaway Beach...
View ArticleSamuelsen: Reactivate the Rockaway Beach Branch ROW
Even a school bus parking lot wouldn’t be a real barrier to Rockaway Beach Branch reactivation. In the circle of transit life, popular local buses lead to bus rapid transit which leads to light rail...
View ArticleMTA to study transportation options for Rockaway Beach Branch, SI West Shore...
Following last week’s budget negotiations, the MTA has money to study transportation uses for Staten Island’s West Shore ROW. (Source: SIEDC)As the dust from last week’s perfectly opaque New York state...
View ArticleLong-awaited Rockaway Beach Branch study reveals subway, LIRR options — and a...
Could the M train one day snake through Queens via the Rockaway Beach Branch line? Some rail activists have a plan that could bridge the rails vs. trails gap if stars, and costs, align. (Via The...
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