Forget bike lanes and pedestrian plazas: Its 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 Councils 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.
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