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Take a Tour of the Sheridan Expressway (While You Still Can)

By Noah Kazis | Jul 29, 2011 | 4 Comments

When taking a tour of the Sheridan Expressway, the first thing you realize is that you’re also taking a tour of the Bronx River Greenway. The two pieces of infrastructure — one a 1.25-mile stub of highway, the other a still-piecemeal bike and pedestrian path reconnecting Bronx neighborhoods to the water — both run through […]

To Study Sheridan Teardown, City Pulls Back the Lens

By Noah Kazis | Jul 22, 2011 | 1 Comment

When the state Department of Transportation studied removing the lightly-used Sheridan Expressway, it considered two scenarios. One predicted conditions with the Sheridan kept as is. The other imagined closing the highway to traffic without making any other changes — simply fencing off the 1.25 mile structure. Making a decision about the Sheridan’s future by comparing […]

Construction Industry Objections to Sheridan Teardown Don’t Stand Up

By Noah Kazis | Apr 15, 2011 | 19 Comments

The fight over the future of the Sheridan Expressway, a stub of a highway that Robert Moses built but never finished, heated up this week. The construction industry announced its opposition to any Sheridan teardown in a Crain’s op-ed this Sunday, days before experts at a Municipal Art Society panel forcefully made the case for […]

Road Diet for Macombs Road Wins Unanimous Bronx Community Board Vote

By Noah Kazis | Mar 23, 2011 | 19 Comments

DOT’s plans to improve pedestrian safety along the length of the Bronx’s Macombs Road [PDF] received a unanimous vote of support from Bronx Community Board 4 last night, according to District Manager José Rodriguez. The plan puts Macombs on a road diet and reconfigures dangerous diagonal intersections that lead to drivers taking fast turns across […]

Replacement For Yankee Stadium Parking Will Still Have to Pay The Bills

By Noah Kazis | Mar 17, 2011 | 16 Comments

As the operator of the taxpayer-financed Yankee Stadium parking garages heads toward default, there’s no longer any question that providing so much parking in such a transit-rich location was a mistake on the scale of Carl Pavano’s contract. The decision to give up $2.5 million in city taxes and $5 million in state revenue has […]

NYCEDC’s Yankee Stadium Parking Debacle: Who Woulda Thought?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 15, 2011 | 20 Comments

In news that should surprise no one, the taxpayer-financed Yankee Stadium parking garages have been declared an unmitigated disaster. Anyone could have seen the deal was a loser from the start — that a sports stadium served by subways, buses and a new commuter rail station, a stadium that would have fewer seats for fans, […]

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