Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

The "Complete the Concourse" rally outside the Bronx County Courthouse. Photo: David Meyer

Bronxites to DOT: We’re Tired of Waiting for a Grand Concourse That Works for Us

By David Meyer | Sep 15, 2017 | 6 Comments

The city is doing too little, too slowly to make the Grand Concourse a street that works for walking, biking, and transit, local residents said at a rally last night.

District 13 Candidates on Streets and Transportation Issues

By David Meyer | Sep 11, 2017 | 1 Comment

Here's what candidates Mark Gjonaj and Marjorie Velazquez have to say about transit and safe streets in Throggs Neck and the northeast Bronx.

City Council District 18 candidates Michael Beltzer and Amanda Farias.

City Council District 18 Candidates on Streets and Transportation Issues

By David Meyer | Sep 11, 2017 | 4 Comments

Michael Beltzer and Amanda Farias discuss how they would improve walking, biking, and transit for their Bronx neighborhoods.

A painted bike lanes on the Grand Concourse. Sanchez would like the lanes to be protected. Photo: Erwin Figueroa

Eyes on the Street: The Grand Concourse Bike Lanes Get an Upgrade

By David Meyer | Aug 29, 2017 | 20 Comments

DOT has realigned the bike lanes on a section of the Grand Concourse and painted them green. It's not as good as the physical protection local advocates are after -- the city plans to redesign the Concourse with protected bike lanes later -- but it's an upgrade on one of the Bronx's major north-south routes.

Council Member Rafael Salamanca, State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., and Assembly Marcos Crespo (left to right), along with Senator Jeff Klein, want DOT to keep bus riders stuck in traffic. Photo: NYS Assembly/Office of Assembly Member Marcos Crespo

Rafael Salamanca and Bronx Pols Pressure DOT to Scrap Bus Lanes for Bx6

By David Meyer | Aug 4, 2017 | 20 Comments

The bus route serves 24,000 daily trips in an area where 76 percent of households don't own cars, but Salamanca, Marcos Crespo, Ruben Diaz Sr., and Jeff Klein are more worried about car traffic.

DOT crews installing a new barrier-protected bike lane on Bruckner Boulevard between Bryant Avenue and Faile Street. Photo: Twitter/NYC DOT

DOT Closes Short Bike Lane Gap on Bruckner Blvd — Next Phase Scheduled for 2021

By David Meyer | Jul 13, 2017 | 16 Comments

DOT crews have started to fill in a dangerous three-block gap in the bikeway on Bruckner Boulevard in the South Bronx, creating a more continuous link to Concrete Plant Park. The ultimate goal is a direct, uninterrupted bike route on Bruckner Boulevard connecting to Manhattan and Randall's Island via 138th Street, but under the agency's current timetable Bronxites will have to wait several years for that.

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