The tried - and - trusted Mercedes PARKTRONIC system (optional extra), which uses LEDs and audible signals to indicate the distance between the E-Class and an obstacle or another vehicle when parking, is also
activated during this parking guidance to assist the driver.
During the meeting, Borough President Katz also noted the one year anniversary of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan's April 15, 2015 launch and outlined major milestones of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan in the past year, including the activation of the Bronx - Flushing - Jamaica Q44 Select Bus Service that serves 44,000 New Yorkers daily; the newly - restored paths at Rufus King
Park that are part of the first phase of the
Park's major capital improvements; redesigned storefronts of local businesses along Sutphin Boulevard (with more on the way); a $ 138,000 «Building Community Capacity» grant toward the formation of the Jamaica Arts Alliance; the release of an RFP to
activate the 168th Street Garage into a new, mixed - use development, with the City to announce the winning bid shortly; the launch of the «Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to host LinkNYC.