NY: Plans For Citi Field COVID-19 Vaccine Mega Hub Postponed
New York, NY (77WABC)-As of Thursday, you can take advantage of a drive-thru Covid-19 vaccination site at Citi Field in Queens, which plays home to the NY Mets. NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio made the announcement today during his morning briefing. He said the drive-thru at Gate 7 is in addition to the vaccination site in the stadium itself. DeBlasio said, “now we’re gonna make it easy for folks to just c’mon over get a shot, and keep moving.” The Mayor said of the 7,152,660 Covid19 vaccinations administered to NYC residents to date, 100,000 have been administered at the stadium.
DeBlasio announced that under his administration’s Vision Zero concept, 30 additional miles of protected bike lanes are to be established this year. That is on top of the 29 miles of protected bike lanes created during the viral pandemic in 2019. To date, there are 133 miles of protected bike lanes in the city’s five boroughs.
DOT plans to build a record 30 miles of protected bike lanes in 2021, including:
- East 61st and 62nd Street, Manhattan/Northern Blvd, Queens: Connecting midtown to the Queensboro Bridge and the 34th Ave Open Street in Jackson Heights
- 7th Avenue – Connecting Central Park to midtown
- Varick Street/West Broadway/Church Street/6th Avenue and Centre Street: Connecting Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan to Tribeca and Chinatown
- Bronxdale Avenue and White Plains Road: Building protected lanes into the existing neighborhood network, hosting e-scooter pilot starting this summer.Morrisania Neighborhood Network: Improving access and safety for local community and schools
- Meeker Avenue: East/West connection from new Kosciusko Bridge to Williamsburg
The Mayor also announced the new concept of bike boulevards. As Mayor de Blasio outlined in his State of the City address, the DOT will create a Bike Boulevard in each borough in 2021. Bike Boulevards slow vehicular speeds and limit volumes to create low-stress bike infrastructure in a pedestrian-friendly environment.
The planned boulevards will include a portion of:
- 21st Street (South Slope, Brooklyn)
- 39th Avenue (Sunnyside, Queens)
- Jackson Avenue (Mott Haven, Bronx)
- University Place (Greenwich Village)
- Netherland Avenue (Mariners Harbor, Staten Island)
In coming weeks, DOT Borough Commissioners and planners will present proposed plans to elected officials and community boards, with the expectation that they will be completed this year
DeBlasio said in 2021 28 miles of new and improved busways and bus lanes will be created. As part of its Red Carpet to Recovery in 2021, DOT will build or improve 28 miles of Better Buse’s projects, serving 951,000 bus riders a day, to get essential workers to jobs, minimize congestion and pollution from private automobiles, and support the city’s economic recovery.
The announcements continue Streets Week!, a suite of transportation, traffic safety, and open space policy announcements to double down on the transformative Vision Zero initiative.
NYC’s seven-day rolling average for Covdi19 continues to decline at 1.95% as reported today by the Mayor.
