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editorial
Photo by Jenna Bagcal
Title: Aff ordable housing lottery launches for upcoming
Gotham Point dual-tower project in Long Island City
Summary: New renderings for the upcoming dualtower
residential project, Gotham Point, in Long Island
City, were unveiled and the aff ordable housing lottery
application has opened.
Reach: 3,090 (as of 11/08/2021)
Heading the
right way
When the city, on Oct. 29, unveiled “the
biggest bus improvement project in New
York City history,” it was a sign that the
Department of Transportation seems to
be on the right track toward providing the
people of southeast Queens with proper
bus lanes that, in the words of New
York City Transit Interim President Craig
Cipriano, will “help thousands of commuters
across 26 routes get where they
need to go faster and more effi ciently.”
According to the city, the new busways on
Jamaica and Archer avenues in Jamaica will
help to speed commutes for approximately
250,000 riders a day — more than any busway
to date — and also improve truck and
delivery access for local businesses.
Th e one-year pilot projects are part of
Mayor de Blasio’s Better Buses plan to
install new and improved bus lanes across
the city in 2021.
DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman
said, “this is a historic milestone in our
eff ort to improve bus service for all New
Yorkers.” But, as Cipriano added, the
pilot projects are of great signifi cance to
the Jamaica community, as Jamaica and
Archer avenues are “major arteries” that
were in need of dedicated bus lanes.
“We’re doing it here because this is
where it has the maximum impact,”
Gutman said.
And he’s right.
Jamaica and Archer avenues were chosen
due to their roles as hubs of transit,
education, business and culture. With
such a rich variety of places to go and
things to do in the vicinity of Jamaica and
Archer avenues, it only made sense to test
the mayor’s pilot projects here.
Th e Archer Avenue pilot is a physically
protected eastbound busway that covers
150th Street to 160th Street. Th e lanes are
reserved for MTA and NICE buses only,
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which have access to these lanes 24 hours
a day, seven days a week.
Meanwhile, the Jamaica Avenue pilot
begins at Sutphin Boulevard and extends
to 168th Street in both directions and
gives access to buses and commercial
trucks 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
DOT also installed new curbside regulations
to allow parking, truck loading
and pedestrian space where old bus lanes
were removed.
Prior to beginning the pilot projects,
DOT held an “extensive community outreach
process,” which involved open
houses to gather feedback on the projects.
We understand that there is some opposition
to the bus lanes — aft er all, they do
take away parking spots from drivers who
may be heading to local shops and eateries.
But there are still municipal lots available
to park, and having dedicated bus
lanes will ultimately help draw in more
business to the two thoroughfares.
Kudos to the DOT for implementing
the new bus lanes in southeast Queens. It
was about time.
New York City Transit Interim President Craig Cipriano at the ribbon-cutting for the Jamaica busways.
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