Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

A two-way bikeway segment on the Bronx side of the Willis Avenue Bridge would create a safer transition to the local street network. Image: DOT

Highlights From NYC DOT’s Plan for Safer Walking and Biking Across the Harlem River

By Ben Fried | May 4, 2018 | 12 Comments

DOT has released its long-awaited blueprint for safer walking and biking conditions across the Harlem River bridges.

Left to right: TransAlt Executive Director Paul Steely White, Families for Safe Streets' Hank Miller, and Council Member Ritchie Torres with the family of Carlos Vasquez. Photo: David Meyer

Family of Carlos Vasquez, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver, Calls on de Blasio to Bring Safe Streets to the Bronx

By David Meyer | May 2, 2018 | 2 Comments

"Here in the Bronx we deserve the same standard of safety that's available in Queens, and in Park Slope, and in the wealthiest parts of our city," said Council Member Ritchie Torres. "Our right to life is no less than anyone else's."

A box truck driver fatally struck a man on a bike where Webster Avenue intersects with the Cross Bronx Expressway. The white arrow indicates the direction the victim was traveling and the red arrow shows the approximate path of the driver. Image: Google Maps

Hit-and-Run Box Truck Driver Kills Cyclist on Webster Avenue in the Bronx

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2018 | 7 Comments

Hit-and-run drivers have killed at least eight city pedestrians and cyclists in 2018.

The DOT redesign will shorten crossing distances and make room for a two-way protected bike lane. Image: DOT

Overruling CB 8, DOT Advances Protected Bike Lanes Along Van Cortlandt Park

By David Meyer | Mar 13, 2018 | 19 Comments

DOT plans to move forward with a redesign of Broadway alongside Van Cortlandt Park next month.

People on the sidewalk scatter as Kwasi Oduro accelerates forward after backing into a restaurant and running over 7-year-old Ethan Villavicencio. Video still: News 12

Darcel Clark: Probation for Driver Who Killed Child Inside Bronx Restaurant and Fled Scene

By Brad Aaron | Feb 13, 2018 | 6 Comments

Kwasi Oduro killed Ethan Villavicencio, 7, and injured the boy’s little sister and father as they ate in a sandwich shop. Oduro got no jail time and may drive again in five years.

Implementation of raised bike lanes on the Grand Concourse won't get underway until 2019, with at least three years of construction to follow. Image: DOT

Bronx Community Board 5 Committee Endorses Grand Concourse Redesign Up to Fordham Road

By David Meyer | Feb 7, 2018 | 4 Comments

There is no low-cost, quick-build version of the project, however, so residents won't reap the safety benefits until capital construction wraps up in 2022 (at the earliest).

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