Forget bike lanes and pedestrian plazas: It’s time to accommodate emergency responders navigating Queens’ deadliest road, a lawmaker says.
City Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Queens) is calling on the Department of Transportation to create an emergency-services lane along the entire length of Queens Boulevard, once dubbed “Boulevard of Death” for its high rate of pedestrian fatalities.
Vallone — chair of the Council’s Public Safety Committee and a potential candidate for Queens borough president next year — wants one lane in each direction of the boulevard marked “Emergency Lane,” so motorists know to get out of the way for flashing lights and sirens.