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STORY: Three babies stabbed at Flushing day care center as worker
goes on violent rampage: cops
SUMMARY: The Flushing day care center where three infants and two
adults were stabbed by a 52-year-old woman on Friday morning didn’t
have a proper license to operate, according to local lawmakers.
REACH: 15,858 people (as of 9/24/18)
A ‘ferry’ good idea, but bus solutions needed
Queens and New York City have a public transit problem. It’s no secret to
anyone that our subways are crumbling, our roads are packed with vehicles
and slow-moving buses, and it’s taking longer and longer for most of us to
get where we need to go.
In recent years, the de Blasio Administration has looked to ferries as being
a major part of the solution to improving our woefully inadequate public
transit system. Th e city overhauled the entire East River ferry system that
makes it possible for outer borough residents to shorten their commuting
times to and from Manhattan for the same price as a bus or subway ride.
Th e city’s Economic Development Corporation has launched a ferry survey
and is soliciting ideas from residents about how to further improve the
city’s ferries — and to even expand them. One local lawmaker, Paul Vallone,
is working to drum up support for a new ferry route linking northeast
Queens and Manhattan. Th at’s a solid idea to help commuters of all ages in
a transportation desert. Just two rail lines serve northeast Queens: the 7 line,
overcrowded and terminating at Flushing, and the Long Island Rail Road’s
Port Washington branch. Th e rest of the area is served by express buses that
take forever to journey to and from Manhattan.
Adding a northeast Queens ferry route would dramatically reduce commute
times for thousands of residents who live in the northeast Queens area.
It would also provide a reasonable alternative to get to and from Manhattan
without to solely rely upon the LIRR or the 7 train — and be stranded whenever
service on either line fails.
But while the city continues its eff ort to fully utilize its aquatic transportation
potential, it cannot escape the reality that commuters further inland still
need to fi gure out a way to get to the ferry stops.
Nobody’s building new subway lines in Queens anytime soon, which
means that the city and the MTA will need to work on making bus lines more
reliable. Th e MTA will soon embark on a redesign of the entire Queens bus
map, an eff ort long overdue.
However, to complement the changes in routes, the MTA and city must
also put together a plan to ensure that the buses run according to schedule.
Th ey must also ensure that enough buses are on the roads during rush hours
and on weekends to meet the travel demands of Queens residents.
Without fi xing the borough’s buses, adding any new ferry service in
Queens is almost a moot point.
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