26 THE QUEENS COURIER • JANUARY 31, 2019 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
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VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS
JOSHUA A. SCHNEPS
BOB BRENNAN
ROBERT POZARYCKI
NIRMAL SINGH
EMILY DAVENPORT
JENNA BAGCAL, MARK HALLUM, KATRINA MEDOFF,
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BILL PARRY
CLIFF KASDEN, SAMANTHA SOHMER, ELIZABETH ALONI
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VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS
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THE CALM AFTER THE STORM ON UNION TURNPIKE // PHOTO VIA INSTAGRAM @engel1196
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STORY: Burglaries are up in Bayside-based precinct, cops
advise residents to secure their homes
SUMMARY: The 111th Precinct reported on their Twitter account
that house break-ins were becoming especially prevalent in
areas west of the Clearview Expressway.
REACH: 18,118 people reached (as of 1/28/19)
Keep it moving in Queens!
When the city Department of Transportation (DOT) began creating bus-only
lanes on major Queens thoroughfares such as Main Street and Woodhaven
Boulevard, many people wailed and gnashed their teeth in protest.
The belief among many opponents of the bus lanes is that they compound the
already existing traffic, and make it more difficult for all to travel these roadways.
But the bus lanes aren’t intended to punish drivers; they aim to move the
buses along more quickly. Thousands of Queens residents use these buses to get
to and from work and school — and without these lanes, find themselves bogged
down in traffic. Something had to be done to move things along.
Even with the creation of bus lanes, however, selfish drivers continue to flout
the laws and park in the lanes anyway, causing buses to maneuver into and out
of the lanes to get around these obstructive vehicles. Each obstacle means wasted
time for commuters — and more congestion for drivers in the other lanes.
Now the city is taking action to crack down on illegal bus lane parking. The
de Blasio administration announced that it’s dispatching squads of tow trucks
across the five boroughs and traffic agents to summons drivers and move away
vehicles found to be obstructing bus lanes.
“No one wants to see cars towed,” de Blasio said at a Jan. 24 press conference.
“If you don’t violate the law, you’re going to be fine. But we’re here to send a
very strong message. There’s no parking in our bus lanes.”
The fact is that New York City is always looking for ways to make commuting
easier — whether through the creation of new ferry routes or Select Bus Service
(SBS) collaborations with the MTA, which utilize larger buses and dedicated bus
lanes to better serve commuters.
Ideally, the city would meet the transit need through an expansion of the subway
system. But it’s going to cost the MTA and commuters billions of dollars
to upgrade the already-broken subway system in place, and billions more to
expand it. There’s only so many resources to go around, barring some miraculous
infusion of federal dollars in the years ahead.
The bus lanes already on Queens streets are here to stay, and the city has its
sights set on adding more bus lanes and SBS routes in the years to come. Drivers
have to accept that reality, and realize that they share the streets with thousands
of others who can’t afford a car to get around.
The mayor is correct in his “strong message” to drivers: Obey the law. Stay out
of bus lanes, or face the consequences of your selfish actions.
Publisher & E ditor Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher Joshua A. Schneps
Chief Operating Officer Bob Brennan
E ditor-In-Chief Robert Pozarycki
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S taff Reporters Jenna Bagcal, Mark Hallum, Katrina Medoff
Carlotta Mohamed, Bill Parry, Naeisha Rose
Alejandra O’connell-Domenech
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Production Manager Deborah Cusick
I nside Sales Manager Celeste Alamin
Chief Financial Officer Maria Valencia
President & CEO Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Vice President Joshua A. Schneps
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