At the May 7 meeting of the Queens CB2 Transportation Committee, the DOT shared their plans to extend the Queens Blvd. protected bike lane further west, from 48th St. to 32nd Pl. With pedestrian islands, one less travel lane, and a bike lane protected by parked cars, there’s something here to love for cyclists and pedestrians alike.

There was a strange moment during the DOT’s presentation where the non-member CB2 district manager Debra Markell Kleinert felt moved to share that CB2 is not a branch of Transportation Alternatives, and asked whether drivers had been consulted. Only 11% of people from the census tracts along this stretch of the boulevard drive or carpool to work.

Also spotted at the meeting: AD 37 candidate Claire Valdez, who supports the new bike lane.