Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cross Bronx Expressway

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

Torres Seeks Fed Backing for Cross Bronx Capping

By Dave Colon | May 18, 2023 | No Comments

The federal government should give a financial and bureaucratic boost to the effort to cap the Cross Bronx Expressway, according to a Bronx congressman hoping to capitalize on federal backing for a similar project in Texas announced earlier this year.

Mayor Adams and Rep. Ritchie Torres hailed the fact that the Cross Bronx Expressway (insets) might really have a deck over it someday. Photo: Mayor's Press Office

City Wins Biden Bucks to Begin the Process of Studying the Capping of the Cross Bronx Expwy

By Dave Colon | Dec 19, 2022 | No Comments

"There is no initiative that would do more to improve the public health of the Bronx [and] improve the air quality and life expectancy than the transformation of the Cross Bronx Expressway," Rep. Ritchie Torres said on Monday.

The Washington Bridge spans the Harlem River. Photo: Jim Henderson via Wikimedia Commons

DOT Proposes Protected Bike Path, Bus Lane for Washington Bridge (The Other One)

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 9, 2022 | No Comments

The city wants to repurpose a pair of car lanes on the Washington Bridge for a two-way bike lane and a bus lane next year.

OPINION: On Nov. 8, Yes, Vote, But to Rebuild New York, Make Your Ideas Heard

By Peter Muennig | Nov 1, 2022 | No Comments

Casting a ballot on Election Day has always been important, but it has never been quite enough to meaningfully transform the lives of everyday New Yorkers. The story of the effort to deck over the Cross Bronx Expressway illustrates why.

"Gridlock" Sam Schwartz thinks he has a way of reducing the truck impact on The Bronx from congestion pricing.

‘Gridlock’ Sam: Give Truckers Credits So Congestion Toll Doesn’t Add to Bronx Pollution

By Dave Colon | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

"The only way congestion pricing would send trucks to the Cross Bronx is if the congestion charge exceeded current tolls," said the former city Traffic Commissioner.

Rep. Ritchie Torres with Loving the Bronx Founder Nilka Martell at a press conference on congestion pricing and air quality in the Bronx. Photo: Dave Colon

Rep. Ritchie Torres: I’m Not One of Those Congestion Pricing Critics

By Dave Colon | Aug 16, 2022 | No Comments

He's got some minor issues with the tolling plan, but he still supports it — not like Malliotakis or Gottheimer!

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