Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Driver Who Killed Cyclist on City Island Bridge Pleads Guilty to Homicide

By Brad Aaron | Oct 13, 2016 | 6 Comments

A motorist who fatally struck a woman riding a bike on the City Island Bridge pled guilty to felony leaving the scene and homicide. Gabriela Aguilar-Vallinos was on her way home from work at around 11:45 p.m. on September 11, 2015, when Michael Moreno hit her with a Hyundai sedan, then left the scene. Aguilar-Vallinos sustained head trauma and died at […]

Mark-Viverito: Let’s Make the Whole Grand Concourse Safe for Biking

By David Meyer | Oct 5, 2016 | 3 Comments

Add City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to the list of elected officials calling on DOT to get serious about protected bike lanes on the Grand Concourse. The speaker penned a letter last week to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg asking DOT to study protected bike lanes on the corridor from 138th Street to 158th Street [PDF], where DOT plans so far have not included […]

Bronx Electeds Call for “Complete” Concourse for Buses, Bikes, and People

By David Meyer | Sep 27, 2016 | 10 Comments

With momentum building for a complete street and fully-protected bikeway along the Grand Concourse, Council Member Andrew Cohen joined Bronx activists on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse this morning to call on the city to redesign the street thoroughly and expeditiously. “The entire length of the Concourse… [represents] a design from the 1950s — all about […]

Vanessa Gibson Endorses Grand Concourse Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Aug 26, 2016 | 3 Comments

Thanks @Vanessalgibson for supporting #CompleteConcourse! Win for #VisionZero and #not62@transalt@BxHealthREACHpic.twitter.com/uEuU88qRN9 — Thomas DeVito (@PedestrianTom) August 25, 2016 Council Member Vanessa Gibson wants protected bike lanes on the Grand Concourse. After meeting with Bronx Transportation Alternatives volunteers this week, Gibson signed onto the campaign, joining four other council members whose districts include the Concourse. Below 162nd Street, there is no […]

De Blasio, Vacca, Trottenberg Rebuff Opponents of East Tremont Safety Plan

By David Meyer | Aug 11, 2016 | 22 Comments

A leader of the Throggs Neck Merchants Association tried to thwart DOT’s safety plan for East Tremont Avenue at a town hall in the Bronx last night and was firmly rebuffed by Mayor de Blasio, Council Member Jimmy Vacca, and Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. After the exchange, Raisa Jimenez, whose son Giovianni Nin was killed by a hit-and-run driver on East Tremont earlier […]

Tonight: Tell Mayor de Blasio the Bronx Supports a Safer Tremont Avenue

By David Meyer | Aug 10, 2016 | 1 Comment

Mayor de Blasio will hold a town hall in Throggs Neck tonight, and Transportation Alternatives organizers are expecting a significant turnout from a small but vocal group of area residents and businesses who oppose a DOT road diet for East Tremont Avenue. East Tremont Avenue is where a hit-and-run driver killed 26-year-old Giovanni Nin as he was biking […]

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