NYC Set To Reach 10-Mile Bike Lane Mark In Forest Hills

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — The city is set to reach its ten-mile bike lane hardening mark in Forest Hills across Queens Boulevard, formerly known as the "Boulevard of Death."

On Monday, the Transportation department said on Twitter that the bike lane hardening installations from Eliot Avenue to Yellowstone Boulevard would help the city reach 10 miles of hardened bike lanes once the project is completed in Forest Hills.

The bike lane expansion is part of a nearly 10-year city safety program known as Vision Zero. The agency began construction of the final 1.2 miles of the Queens Boulevard bike lane last year.

The city is required to install at least 30 miles of protected bike lanes by the end of 2022, according to the NYC Streets Plan.

The city has installed 7.2 miles of protected bike lanes out of the 30 miles required by the end of the year, according to a tracker by Transportation Alternatives, a transportation-focused non-profit organization based in New York City.

Queens Boulevard received its morbid nickname amid the high rate of traffic fatalities in the area. The vision Zero plan, enacted in 2014, aims to add more protected bike lanes, crosswalks, and expanded medians across the city.