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This corridor will close gaps in cycling routes from Long Island City to Astoria to East Elmhurst to Fort Totten. Running parallel to the Long Island Sound, this route will improve transportation options throughout New York City's most diverse borough and enhance park access for Queens neighborhoods with limited green space. Connecting these neighborhoods with an active transportation network will particularly benefit Queens residents living within much of the planning area who are underserved by public transit access.
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Very difficult to make this left turn onto northbound Prince St, when crossing the bridge eastbound. No room, sharp turn, fast cars.
Cars do not have any signal to stop, so if you want to cross this unnamed road to the bridge path, you just have to wait until a car is nice enough to stop. Usually they don't.
A bike lane on Ditmars would be very helpful. From 31st St to 45th St, it's traffic-clogged, so difficult to bike on. From Hazen St to 81st Street it's extremely wide, and usually not too many cars, but cars could go very fast if they wanted to. No reason not to have a bike lane here.
This is an extremely dangerous intersection for cyclists. If I were a novice, I would never, ever bike here. Going southbound on Ditmars / 82 St, crossing the GCP off / on ramp is terrifying. Drivers zoom by without any regard. Additionally, when you cross with the pedestrian signal, drivers turning left from 82 St onto the on-ramp do not yield. I have been hit before by a car here. The turn from 82 St southbound to 23rd Ave eastbound is similarly difficult / dangerous. Cyclists need to be protected.
To go Flushing-bound from Astoria is easy -- you take 23rd Ave east through East Elmhurst, and then Ditmars to the Greenway. However, to go Astoria-bound from Flushing is not simple. There is no easy route. Google Maps suggests cyclists take Astoria Boulevard in a westerly direction, which is obviously very dangerous.
There is no traffic signal here for cars, so a cyclist leaving the greenway towards south on 31st Drive simply has to wait for cars to be nice enough to let them go. Needs traffic signal badly.
Sharp, dangerous turn.
Fencing has been erected here for several months, with no public display of what kind of work they are doing. The fencing takes up half of the width of the path, which is supposed to be shared between cyclists and pedestrians. Dangerous collision point.
Extremely dangerous biking here. NYC DOT trucks blast in and out of the driveways without looking. It's very scary to bike past here.
Needs >protected< 2-way bike lanes on one side. However, it is important to note this area has very heavy traffic at times, particularly after 3PM due to LGA and highways in proximity. Consider measures to divert traffic to Astoria Blvd instead. Also need to take traffic circle in consideration as well as the entrances to the Flushing Bay Promenade at 27th ave and 31st drive.
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