The Department of Transportation will allow motorists to park in the curbside Select Bus Service lanes on Cross Bay Boulevard from Liberty Avenue to the Belt Parkway at all hours on Saturdays, area elected officials announced Thursday.
"Today is a perfect snapshot of how government should work," state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said in front of C-Town Supermarket located at 107-66 Cross Bay Blvd. in Ozone Park. "Business owners, residents and others complain to their elected officials about a Select Bus Service that started in November and wanting change and change occurs. And we're thankful the DOT listened to our concerns and did the change."
Parking in the lanes was previously not allowed from 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday, with buses and cars making right turns being the only vehicles allowed in the space.
The DOT on Wednesday changed the signs to let motorists know parking is now permitted all day Saturday, following pushback from business owners along the strip who said business was negatively impacted.
Rose, the manager of C-Town, said her store lost 10 to 15 percent of its Saturday customers since the restriction was put in place in November — when SBS launched on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards.
11 comments:
Next step: get rid of these nonsense bus lanes altogether!
In Jamaica, Queens, military recruiters can park in "No Standing" bus lanes at any time, and on any day. They park on Jamaica Avenue by the corner of 165th Street all the time, disrupting the flow of traffic, just for the convenience of parking in front of their recruitment center, even though they could park around the corner. Lazy and entitled?
Get rid of those fucking bike lanes!
Screw DOT, scumbag criminals, exrortionists
Why not Sunday........
It's already in effect on Sundays.
""Today is a perfect snapshot of how government should work," state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said in front of C-Town Supermarket"
If government REALLY WORKED we wouldn't have the bus only lanes in the first place Senator...
Great, now they're only losing business 6 days of the week instead of 7.
If government REALLY WORKED, we'd have bus lanes 24/7, and many more of them.
If government REALLY WORKED, we'd have bus lanes 24/7, and many more of them.
B.S. the majority of voters wanted nothing to do with buslanes (Or Bike lanes for that matter)
"If government REALLY WORKED, we'd have bus lanes 24/7, and many more of them."
Must be one of them Transportation Alternatives shills/trolls.
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