NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- New York City officials on Wednesday unveiled a “roadmap” for connecting the city’s greenways to better connect the five boroughs for pedestrians and cyclists.
The outline describes connecting existing greenways to close the gaps in the current system—so that one day people can walk or ride from the Rockaways through Brooklyn all the way north to College Point, Queens, without going into traffic.
The plan includes potential new greenway corridors across every borough, including one that would go from Long Island City to Jamaica Bay.
DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodríguez said, “This is a plan for the present and this is a plan for the future.”
Council Member Carlina Rivera, of the Lower East Side, said the outdoors were crucial to her childhood: “A greenway in East River Park is where I learned to ride my bike.”
Hunter Armstrong, co-chair of NYC Greenways Coalition, said this concept is long overdue: “New York City has changed a lot in the last 30 years, so it’s really been past time for an updated vision for New York City.”
Officials said it’s about health, the environment and transportation options for New Yorkers.