Tag: fixing-the-bqe

Weigh-in-motion tech has cut overweight trucks on BQE by 60%, city says, urging state to extend program

bqe weigh in motion

Mar. 4, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The number of overweight trucks barreling across the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s triple cantilever is way down, thanks to the city’s weigh-in-motion technology, according to a new report released Tuesday. Since the tech was deployed in the fall of 2023, overweight truck traffic on the Queens-bound BQE is down 60%,…

City unveils ‘bold’ proposals to reimagine Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from above and below

BQE pop-up market

Oct. 11, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A new report by the city’s Department of Transportations reimagines the trenches and viaducts of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway as cleaner, safer roadways with plenty of public space.  The 154-page document, titled “BQE North and South: Safe, Sustainable, Connected,” lays out a series of proposals for seven different sections…

BQE closure ‘dumps traffic’ on Atlantic Avenue, to dismay of local merchants

BQE work

Oct. 18, 2023 By Adam Daly The Department of Transportation partially closed the infamous triple cantilver on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway over the weekend to complete some much-needed repairs to the span — with closures to sections of the notoriously congested roadway pushing traffic onto surrounding streets, to the dismay of local businesses. From Oct. 14-16, the…
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As DOT presents refined concepts for BQE, locals question cost, construction

Mar. 2, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith

More than 100 people filled a gymnasium in Brooklyn Friends School in Downtown Brooklyn Tuesday night to review the Department of Transportation’s refined concepts for the future of the city-owned section of the beleaguered Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which includes the crumbling triple cantilever.