1. The first one is on the junction of Utopia Parkway and Fresh Meadow Lane, where drivers face a dangerous S-Curve. My proposal would straighten the parkway, resulting in a larger traffic triangle, and more park space. 
2. The second proposal would turn the widest point of Hillside Avenue near Springfield Boulevard into a parkway. The central traffic island would instead be replaced with an express route. This two block stretch would resemble Eastern Parkway, with bike lanes and benches on both sides. Homes on both sides of the busy avenue would be shielded from the traffic and pollution. Please note that I am not an architect nor a traffic engineer, just a concerned local resident who wants to improve our city's landscape." - anonymous
Oh, well then the city has no use for you. (Just kidding.)
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3 comments:
i grew up in fresh meadows a block away from that intersection/triangle.
the reason the intersection at fresh meadow lane /utopia parkway is so complicated is that utopia parkway south of that intersection used to be fresh meadow lane, when utopia parkway was built, it took over fresh meadow lane south of that intersection.
However, this change does make sense as that triangle has always been quite useless.
There is so much potential for additional park space in Queens, but unfortunately our Manhattan-centric government is ignoring us.
adding trees to the triangle in fresh meadows would make it difficult for cars merging from either FML or Utopia to see one another.
I'm assuming of course, the trees survive.
Spend your energy on getting trees on FML instead
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