Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highway Removal

This thing could use a stylish cap. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

DOT Announces Multi-Agency Study to ‘Reimagine’ the Cross Bronx Expressway

By Dave Colon | May 31, 2022 | No Comments

The goals? Improve quality of life for residents, create new public open space, improve safety on local streets and along the corridor, more sustainably manage cross-Bronx traffic.

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Cracking the Code on Fighting Highway Expansion Projects

By Streetsblog | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

"So many neighborhoods across the country are saddled with an aging, unsafe, polluting piece of highway infrastructure. We have to do something about it," says one activist.

DOT sent over this photo of the Cross Bronx today, and we added headshots of Chuck Schumer, Ritchie Torres and Hank Gutman.

Boogie Down Biden: Pols, City DOT Hail Fed Funds for Capping the Cross Bronx Expressway

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 9, 2021 | No Comments

Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Ritchie Torres and DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman hailed the $1.2-trillion federal infrastructure bill for creating a $1-billion "Reconnecting Communities" pilot to "study ... removing, retro-fitting, or mitigating" highways that hurt "community connectivity, mobility, access, or economic development."

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What’s In (And Out Of) the New Reconciliation Bill For Sustainable Transport

By Kea Wilson | Nov 2, 2021 | No Comments

Most programs favored by sustainable transportation advocates have survived negotiations over the massive social infrastructure package that's held up the country's transportation ambitions for months — though a few of them have gotten a little skinnier.

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These 15 Urban Highways — Including the BQE! — Have Got to Go

By Kea Wilson | Jun 3, 2021 | No Comments

A leading advocacy group is calling for the removal of 15 urban highways built on land from which millions of BIPOC residents were forcibly displaced — including the site of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921.

THE STRINGER PLAN: Buses, Buses, Buses — And Pedestrianized Zones, Bike Highways and Far Fewer Placards

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 10, 2021 | No Comments

The comptroller candidate would build more bike lanes, pedestrianize more of the city, completely reform parking rules, massively reduce the issuance of parking placards to city employees, boost transit and reduce community boards' power.

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