Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Vision Zero Hasn’t Changed NYPD Practice of Blaming Deceased Crash Victims

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2014 | 11 Comments

Last week an MTA bus driver crushed a pedestrian to death in Mott Haven. By all accounts the victim, walking with a cane, was in the crosswalk at Willis Avenue and E. 147th Street when the driver ran him over while turning left. If reports are correct the bus driver should be subject to charges under […]

On Webster Avenue SBS, Buses Run 20% Faster and More People Are Riding

By Stephen Miller | Sep 12, 2014 | 1 Comment

Last June, DOT and the MTA cut the ribbon for Select Bus Service along Webster Avenue in the Bronx. Now the agencies have released a status report showing the impact of the 5.4-mile, $9 million project [PDF]. The bottom line for bus riders is that, as on other SBS lines, trips are faster and more […]

One City, By Bike: Unlocking Uptown Cycling With the Harlem River Bridges

By Jon Orcutt | Sep 4, 2014 | 14 Comments

This is part four of a five-part series by former NYC DOT policy director Jon Orcutt about the de Blasio administration’s opportunities to expand and improve cycling in New York. Read part one, part two, and part three. Forging good cycling routes across the Harlem River represents a strong organizing principle for a multi-year program to deliver better cycling […]

Planning For Growth and Safer Streets at Bronx Metro-North Stations

By Stephen Miller | Aug 28, 2014 | 6 Comments

Once the MTA’s East Side Access project is finally complete, a few additional upgrades will allow Metro-North’s New Haven Line trains to stop at new stations in the East Bronx and cross the Hell Gate Bridge before heading to Penn Station. The Bronx is also expected to grow faster than any other borough in the coming years. With both […]

City Begins to Reclaim Space for Pedestrians at Fordham Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Aug 28, 2014 | 5 Comments

The multi-year project to improve Fordham Plaza in the Bronx — a critical transit hub — entered its latest phase yesterday with the groundbreaking for a bigger and better public space for pedestrians. Each day, more than 80,000 pedestrians flow through Fordham Plaza, the crossroads of a dozen bus lines (including two Select Bus Service […]

15-Day Maximum Sentence for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Bronx Senior

By Brad Aaron | Aug 1, 2014 | 12 Comments

An unlicensed driver who killed a pedestrian in the Bronx last year was charged with only a traffic infraction that carries a nominal fine and a maximum 15-day jail term. Nabaali Cletus hit 82-year-old Manuel Verdesoto with a Volvo as the senior crossed White Plains Road at Watson Avenue on the evening of May 15, 2013, according to […]

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