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But the agency does
not plan to do it without
the help of communities,
according to the NYC
Transit representatives
at the Monday meeting at
Borough Hall. there will
be a series of open house
events where they will
hear recommendations
throughout May
and June.
Six public workshops
were held in 2018 and
surveys of 12 locations
have been completed;
the MTA also gathered
data from more than 750
online surveys.
According to NYC
Transit, as the bus
network has remained
unchanged for decades,
Queens continues to see
sweeping changes in Long
Island City, Flushing
and Jamaica while
congestion worsens.
The agency cited job
growth in Queens outside
the range of subway
service as another reason
for an immediate need to
take a fresh approach.
The plan will
also introduce more
comfortable and
e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y
friendly buses while
increasing bus priority
for more efficient
commute times.
With Queens being
the larges borough by
landmass, it also has 77
local and 30 express routes
which serve an average of
714,000 weekday riders,
according to the agency.
Local bus ridership
alone declined 2.5 percent
between 2016 and 2017
with speeds 3 percent
lower than they were in
2015 with an average of 8.9
miles per hour.
NYC Transit plans
to have a finalized plan
of how the bus network
will look in the coming
decades by April 2020
with additional public
outreach planned.
Reach reporter Mark
Hallum by e-mail at
mhallum@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4564.
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Burglars
Martin, of Corona, and
20-year-old Zaire Laive, of
Woodside. They were each
charged with burglary
and criminal possession
of stolen property, with
Martin and Tsolakis
receiving addition charges
of criminal possession of a
weapon. Tsolakis was also
charged with possession of
burglar tools.
Great job by the @
NYPD109Pct Midnight
Anti-Crime Team!! They
apprehended and arrested
3 individuals on 4/14/19
who just committed a
residential Burglary in
the #Whitestone area.
#NYPDProtecting
— NYPD 109th Precinct
(@NYPD109Pct) April
16, 2019
Reach reporter Emily
Davenport by e-mail at
edavenport@qns.com or
by phone at (718) 224-5863
ext. 236.
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