The Move NY Fair Plan is a proposal to address chronic funding shortages to keep our transit and roadway systems in a state of good repair, and to begin investing in much-needed improvements in the city by establishing tolls on the city’s free East River Bridges and at 60th Street in Manhattan.  A key feature of the plan is that it would reduce tolls by more than 40% on other key bridges used by Queens residents, including the RFK Bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge, and the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.  More information on the plan is available on the Move NY website.

Make Queens Safer has been following this proposal with great interest because of its potential to reduce dangerous through traffic on neighborhood arterials in Western Queens, including Northern Boulevard, Roosevelt Avenue, and Queens Boulevard.  Currently, many vehicles use these routes to reach the free Queensboro Bridge, in order to avoid tolls on the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and the RFK Bridge.  Under the Move NY Fair Plan, the incentive to do this will be eliminated, helping improve conditions on these dangerous streets.

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at the Jackson Heights Jewish Center, Make Queens Safer will be co-hosting a community forum on the Move NY Fair Plan, with Friends of Diversity Plaza, the Jackson Heights Green Alliance, Jackson Heights Beautification Group, and the New Visions Democratic Club, as well as Councilmember Daniel Dromm and State Senator Jose Peralta.  Come hear a presentation on the plan, and bring your questions.