Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sustainable South Bronx

South Bronx Greenway Takes Shape on Food Center Drive

By Stephen Miller | Jun 15, 2015 | 7 Comments

A decade in the making, the South Bronx Greenway segment along Food Center Drive in Hunts Point is almost complete. The loop, which will provide a protected path along a busy truck route past some of the region’s largest food and beverage distributors, is set to open this fall. First proposed by the city in the 2005 Hunts Point […]

Hunts Point to Cuomo: Get Trucks Off Local Bronx Streets

By Stephen Miller | Dec 11, 2013 | 3 Comments

Hunts Point is one of New York City’s largest industrial hubs, generating 15,000 truck trips every day over local streets in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. The result? Pollution and dangerous streets for residents, as well as wasted resources for businesses. Yesterday, the city released a mammoth study of land use and transportation in […]

South Bronx Greenway Construction Gets Underway This Summer

By Noah Kazis | May 26, 2010 | 19 Comments

A rendering of plans for Lafayette Avenue, with a planted median, standard painted bike lanes, and amenities along an expanded sidewalk. Image: NYCEDC Construction is set to begin on the first stages of the South Bronx Greenway this summer, marking the first tangible results of a community-based, bottom-up campaign for more livable streets. The project […]

Streetfilms: Building Greenways and Community in the Bronx

By Brad Aaron | Apr 27, 2009 | No Comments

This Streetfilm from Robin Urban Smith and Elizabeth Press brings us an update on the state of greenway development in the Bronx. Writes Robin: The Bronx River Greenway and South Bronx Greenway plans apply community-driven design strategies to help undo years of top down, auto-centric planning and development in the Bronx. The greenways, when completed, […]

Stim Funds to Kickstart South Bronx Greenway

By Ben Fried | Apr 3, 2009 | 4 Comments

The Lafayette Avenue section of the South Bronx Greenway. Before/after: Sustainable South Bronx. We’ve got a few more details about another local ped-bike project getting a lift from stimulus cash. The street improvements announced for Hunts Point and Port Morris in the Bronx will fund the first three sections of the South Bronx Greenway. This […]

Bloomberg-Fatigue May Dampen PlaNYC Support in the Bronx

By Brad Aaron | Nov 8, 2007 | 9 Comments

We’ve heard plenty of congestion pricing complaints (and some kudos, too) from the Bronx, but what about the rest of PlaNYC? City Limits reports on a recent community summit where Bronxites said they are unhappy with how the Bloomberg administration composed its legislative centerpiece, among them some who might ordinarily support pricing but are put […]

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