The Queens Public Transit Committee (QPTC) will be at the Elmhurst Community Center on Saturday, July 11, 2015

MEDIA ADVISORY:
 

                The Queens Public Transit Committee (QPTC) 
             will be at the Elmhurst Community Center 

To Discuss The Rockaway Branch Line Rail Restoration And 

      AGAINST the application of SBS (Select Bus Service) on Woodhaven Blvd

            
DATE: Saturday, July 11, 2015 

                 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

        CONTACT: QPTC Chairman Philip McManus at: PhilAMcManus@gmail.com

                                or by phone at: 718-679-5309

On Saturday, July 11, 2015, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, the QPTC will be at the Elmhurst Community Family Health Fair at St James Community Hall,  84-07 Broadway, Elmhurst, Queens, NY 11373.

City Hall has created a major transportation crisis in Queens with the proposed Woodhaven Blvd. Select Bus Service.We need to expand our railways not eliminate: 

numerous travel lanes, 

numerous bus stops, 

numerous left turns, 

numerous parking spaces,

narrow remaining travel lanes, 

replace travel lanes with exclusive bus and bike lanes, 

and lower the speed limit to 25 mph,

which is causing miles of gridlock and lost productivity, 

increase commercial traffic and pollution on residential streets,

increase travel times and expenses including more devious speeding and lane camera tickets, 

higher taxes, 

increase emergency response times, and further isolate, separate and divide Queens communities. 

Why does our city spend ($32 Billion) on railway expansion in Manhattan only and demand that the outer boroughs pay with higher taxes, tickets, traffic, pollution, poverty and less services? 

Is this equality?  

City Hall is stealing our time, freedom and prosperity with longer transit commutes, taxes and increased enforcement. Select Bus Service, QueensWay, Vision Zero and Transportation Alternatives is killing Queens.

Queens must unite and expand our railway system now. 

Philip McManus

PhilAMcManus@gmail.com

718-679-5309

Queens Public Transit Committee

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Queens Public Transit Committee's encounter with Mayor DeBlasio

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

We held an emergency transportation rally today to protest our Mayor's incompetence and discrimination of the Queens transportation system and the outer boroughs on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 2:30 pm at 94 Street and Shore Front Pkwy., Rockaway Beach.

Here's our message to the Mayor.We need immediate improvements including: 

• Expand railway service in the outer boroughs including the QueensRail and Triboro RX. 
• Expand citywide Ferry service. 
• Increase service and maintenance on the Rockaway Shuttle and A train, 
• Repave our roadways. 
• Eliminate the tolls on Rockaway bridges.
• Extend bus routes to eliminate unnecessary transfer delays. 
• Increase bus service on our highways, bridges and tunnels. 

We're looking to unite our city with faster transportation which gives us more transportation options and economic opportunities! 

We want the City to stop stealing our time, freedom and prosperity by giving us fewer travel lanes, lower speed limits, less bus stops, left turns, and less parking with more traffic tickets and enforcement.

We also want to stop Select Bus Service, Vision Zero and the QueensWay park plan! 

Stop discriminating against Queens!

Stop separating, isolating and dividing Queens and the outer Boroughs. 

The citizens of New York City will never support a Mayor who doesn't listen to the people. 

You can tell the media and our Mayor (a/k/a The Great Transportation Mayor) how you feel about the issues we raise. Come to future rallies, brings posters and your friends!!! We must fight for what's right!!!