Traffic back ups leading to the toll plaza on the BQE.

What's Next For the BQE?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 15, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams has unveiled preliminary plans to fix the long-decrepit Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Tiffany-Ann Taylor, vice president for transportation at the Regional Plan Association, assesses the new proposals and explains some of the expressway's most pressing issues.

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