Jackson Heights Life

In most cities with pedestrian sections store deliveries are usually done at specified times (early morning, overnight etc)  Maybe even during specific daytime hours on weekdays or from side streets.  Many options.  Logistics could be worked out.  We need to begin to put people at the center of planning and not cars and traffic.  Cities are about people, neighborhoods, and moving large groups of people around efficiently.  Cars are best suited for suburbs where businesses are far from residential areas.  In cities residential and business districts overlap and are next to each other, often just blocks away.  What makes NYC great is it is a mosaic of self-sustaining neighborhoods each with its own character.  True, many work outside their neighborhoods and that is where mass transit becomes invaluable.  Having millions of people, moving around the city in cars often one or two people in a vehicle, just doesn't make much sense.  In many European cities residents may own cars but they are used primarily for travel outside the city, often for long trips.

Many of the local civic group and electeds and candidates are behind the push to extend 34th Ave all the way up. Let's see if all of the communities are behind this especially ones closer to Flushing Meadows who may prefer the streets open as they use the fields and paths elsewhere to socially distance. I don't think any one group encompasses this whole avenue and the multiple voices should be heard. People are using it on 34th Avenue but mainly those coming from the high 70's and 80's down to the lower areas of Jackson Heights towards Woodside.

Quote from: JHResident on May 12, 2020, 01:10:47 PM

If they close 34th Avenue any further, how will driver's access 78th Street?

Streets are public space, and belong equally to car drivers, people on bikes, and pedestrians. Cars should not have a monopoly on the roads.