Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fordham Road

The DOT is hoping that moving Fordham Road's bus lane off the curb will mean fewer scenes like this BX9 caught in traffic. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT Nixes Fordham Road Busway Due To ‘Community Concerns’

By Dave Colon | Jun 7, 2023 | No Comments

Fordham Road won't be getting a proposed busway after the Department of Transportation bowed to "community concerns" and opted for the potential changes to the corridor with the least benefit for bus riders.

See no evil: A BX9 bus gets boxed out of the bus lane on Fordham road. Photo: Dave Colon

Bronx Business Leaders and Local Institutions Want to Halt Bus Fixes on Fordham Rd

By Dave Colon | May 30, 2023 | No Comments

Well-connected Bronx businesses don't want Mayor Adams to improve bus service.

A crowded Fordham Road bus. File photo: Eve Kessler

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Bronx Business Leaders Oppose Busway That Would Help 85,000 Riders

By Eve Kessler | Jul 22, 2022 | No Comments

Fordham Road honchos — whose shoppers overwhelmingly use transit — give a proposed reform (and their customers) the "Bronx cheer."

Recent pedestrian improvements on the Grand Concourse in The Bronx. Many more pedestrian and bike improvements are needed on this killer boulevard. Photo: NYC DDC

OPINION: The Bronx Cries Out for Street Safety

By John Sanchez | Jan 24, 2021 | No Comments

A City Council candidate details his vision for a borough in which deaths aren’t "sanctioned, dismissed, or accepted if the perpetrator is operating a vehicle."

Fordham Road looking west from the southeast corner of Webster Avenue. The packed road and bollixed buses are typical of the morning, evening and midday rush. File photo: Eve Kessler

DOT Could Create a Busway on Fordham Road — But is Waiting for ‘Community’ Concensus

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 20, 2021 | No Comments

Here we slow again.

The DOT and MTA agree: It's time to paint bus lanes like there's no tomorrow.

ANALYSIS: For Faster Bronx Buses, Get Rid of Cars

By Eve Kessler | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments

Until the city commits to more busways, the MTA's bus-network redesign amounts to tinkering. Bring on the red paint!

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