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DIALOGUE & INPUT<br />

Public Events<br />

Ayúdenos a hacer<br />

Queens más seguro.<br />

Miércoles, 21 de mayo<br />

Las puertas se abren a las 6:30pm<br />

La última sesión empieza a las 8pm<br />

UN SEMINARIO DE SEGURIDAD DE LOS PEATONES<br />

Spanish public outreach flyer<br />

used to advertise the workshops<br />

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Aprender acerca de la iniciativa del<br />

alcalde de Blasio Visión Cero.<br />

Prioridad a los proyectos de la calle.<br />

Hablar sobre las calles donde usted vive,<br />

trabaja y viaja.<br />

Bohemian Hall<br />

Jamaica Performing Arts Center<br />

29-19 24th Avenue<br />

153-10 Jamaica Avenue<br />

Astoria Boulevard<br />

Jamaica Center Parsons/Archer, LIRR: Jamaica<br />

PATROCINADORES (lista en el desarrollo)<br />

Public Advocate Letitia James<br />

Assemblymember Aravella Simotas<br />

Long Island City Partnership<br />

Comptroller Scott Stringer<br />

Assemblymember Michael G. Miller<br />

Make Queens Safer<br />

City Councilmember Costa Constantinides Senator James Sanders, Jr.<br />

Myrtle Avenue DMA<br />

City Councilmember Daniel Dromm<br />

Senator Michael Gianaris<br />

Noguchi Museum<br />

City Councilmember Donavan Richards<br />

Senator Jose Peralta<br />

Queens Civic Congress and Member Organizations<br />

City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley<br />

Senator Malcolm Smith<br />

Queens Council on the Arts<br />

City Councilmember Eric Ulrich<br />

Senator Toby Ann Stavisky<br />

Queens Historical Society<br />

City Councilmember I. Daneek Miller<br />

Bayside Historical Society<br />

Queens Museum of Art<br />

City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer Families for Safe Streets<br />

StreetsPAC<br />

City Councilmember Julissa Ferreras<br />

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy Sunnyside Shines BID<br />

City Councilmember Mark Weprin<br />

Flushing YMCA<br />

Sutphin Boulevard BID<br />

City Councilmember Paul Vallone<br />

Greater Jamaica Development Corporation Transportation Alternatives - Queens Committee<br />

City Councilmember Peter Koo<br />

Green Shores NYC<br />

Tri-State Transportation Campaign<br />

City Councilmember Rory Lancman<br />

Hunters Point Community Development 82nd Street Partnership<br />

Assemblymember Nily Rozic<br />

Corporation<br />

Community Boards 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13<br />

Assemblymember Michele Titus<br />

Jamaica Center BID<br />

Assemblymember Vivian Cook<br />

Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway In collaboration with: Congressman Joseph Crowley and<br />

Assemblymember Jeffrion Aubry<br />

Peninsula<br />

Congressman Gregory Meeks<br />

Habrá un intérprete disponible en la reunión. 將 會 安 排 口 譯 員 在 會 議 中 進 行 翻 譯 •<br />

Los choques se pueden prevenir.<br />

Juntos, podemos salvar vidas.<br />

Jueves, 29 de mayo<br />

Las puertas se abren a las 6:30pm<br />

La última sesión empieza a las 8pm<br />

From March through June 2014, DOT, NYPD, elected officials, and civic<br />

organizations hosted seven official Vision Zero public events across Queens.<br />

In the form of participatory workshops and town hall meetings, these events<br />

were designed to gather local <strong>ped</strong>estrian <strong>safety</strong> concerns, launch an ongoing<br />

dialogue about street <strong>safety</strong> in Queens, and instill the message that <strong>ped</strong>estrian<br />

fatalities are preventable and not the inevitable feature of city life they are often<br />

perceived to be.<br />

Town Halls<br />

Kicking off Vision Zero outreach in Queens, Councilmember Costa<br />

Constantinides hosted a town hall meeting on March 19th at Bohemian<br />

Hall. About 120 community members attended, directing their questions<br />

and concerns to a panel that included U.S. Representative Joe Crowley,<br />

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, State Senator Mike Gianaris,<br />

Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas and others. Topics ranged from truck<br />

traffic on local streets and reduced speed limits to specific requests, such as<br />

improved <strong>safety</strong> along Astoria’s high-crash 21st Street. On April 23rd, nearly<br />

250 people packed into an auditorium at LaGuardia Community College to<br />

participate in a second town hall, hosted by the office of City Council Speaker<br />

Melissa Mark-Viverito. Two similar town-hall meetings were also hosted by<br />

Queens Councilmember Donovan Richards.<br />

30 Queens Pedestrian Safety Action Plan

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