Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about South Bronx

The Winning Transpo Formula for a Third Term: Sustainability + Populism

By Kate Slevin | Nov 9, 2009 | 13 Comments

Mr. Bloomberg, tear down this highway. A vision of West Farms Road with housing and shops instead of the Sheridan Expressway. Image: South Bronx River Watershed Alliance. Following Tuesday’s citywide elections, Streetsblog asked leading advocates and experts to lay out their ideas for the next four years of New York City transportation policy. What should […]

Eyes on the Street: The Gateway Center Pedestrian Maul

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2009 | 30 Comments

When it opened its doors this spring, the Gateway Center mall was plugged as a boon to the South Bronx. So invested was the Bloomberg administration — along with city taxpayers, thanks to subsidies granted by the NYC Economic Development Corporation — that the mayor himself participated in the grand opening of the center’s Home […]

Mr. Gee, Tear Down This Highway

By Ben Fried | Jul 17, 2009 | 14 Comments

Here’s a scenic shot of the Sheridan Expressway in the South Bronx during the evening "rush," courtesy of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the advocates behind the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance. Even in the peak direction, reports Tri-State’s Steven Higashide, the Moses-era relic is barely used at all: The gaps in the traffic weren’t […]

Pro-Parking Policies Will Sully the Legacy of PlaNYC

By Brad Aaron | Apr 27, 2009 | 6 Comments

Photo: Getty via Daily Intel Former Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, widely credited as the architect of PlaNYC, spoke at the Museum of the City of New York last week on the potential impact of Mayor Bloomberg’s signature program. According to City Room, Doctoroff considers the two-year-old environmental blueprint on par with such grand projects as […]

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 […]

One More Reason to Tear Down the Sheridan Expressway

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2009 | 8 Comments

The Post reported last week that the Cross-Bronx Expressway — perhaps the most infamous urban freeway on the planet — has earned the title "America’s worst highway." According to traffic analysis firm INRIX, several of the nation’s top bottlenecks are located on the Cross-Bronx: Westbound exits at the Sheridan Expressway rank third worst, White Plains […]

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