Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Bruckner Boulevard and Hunts Point Avenue, where hit a hit-and-run motorcyclist killed Rosa Ramirez, got a Vision Zero redesign. But it's still a hostile place to walk. Image: Google Maps

Rosa Ramirez, 60, Second Person Killed by Motorist on Bruckner Boulevard in a Month

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2017 | 2 Comments

Bruckner Boulevard is one of the most dangerous streets for walking in the Bronx. DOT made safety improvements to Bruckner and Hunts Point Avenue in 2015, but there are still too many vehicle lanes and too much traffic, and conditions remain hostile for people on foot.

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

Making It Safer to Walk or Bike to Van Cortlandt Park By Taming Broadway in the Northwest Bronx

By David Meyer | Apr 26, 2017 | 15 Comments

Despite its proximity to Van Cortlandt Park, Broadway north of 242nd Street feels like a highway. Two years ago, Council Member Andrew Cohen asked for safety improvements, and last night DOT presented a plan to narrow crossing distances and add a two-way protected bike lane along the park.

The project would add safer pedestrian crossings and a short stretch of bike lanes protected by flexible posts at the foot of the Madison Avenue Bridge in the Bronx. Image: DOT

Here’s the DOT Plan to Make the Bronx Side of the Madison Ave Bridge Less Terrifying

By David Meyer | Mar 23, 2017 | 6 Comments

A stretch of 138th Street linking the Bronx to Manhattan is in line for walking and biking improvements from DOT.

Governor Cuomo is moving forward with the removal of the Sheridan Expressway -- the question is what will replace it. Image: NY Governor's Office

Cuomo Moves to Tear Down the Sheridan Expressway Starting in 2018

By David Meyer | Mar 20, 2017 | 12 Comments

Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he's moving forward with the removal of the Sheridan Expressway, a 1.25-mile Moses-era highway that cuts off South Bronx neighborhoods from the Bronx River waterfront.

Bronxites to DOT: Grand Concourse Is Awful for Walking and Biking

By David Meyer | Jan 20, 2017 | 12 Comments

When it was built at the turn of the 20th Century, the Grand Concourse was envisioned as the Bronx’s Champs Elysées. But generations of car-oriented development have reduced the Concourse to a speedway for motor vehicle traffic, despite low rates of car ownership in the neighborhoods that surround it.

DOT will formalize crossings near P.S. 307 (X), and Jerome Park Library (Y) in Kingsbridge Heights. Local residents and parents at the school, where a driver killed 8-year-old Rylee Ramos, say more needs to be done to slow drivers down. Image: DOT

Reckless Drivers Rule Outside Bronx School Where Driver Killed 8-Year-Old

By Brad Aaron | Jan 13, 2017 | 3 Comments

Reckless driving persists near a Kingsbridge Heights school more than two years after a motorist killed third-grader Rylee Ramos.

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