Overruling CB 8, DOT Advances Protected Bike Lanes Along Van Cortlandt Park
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DOT plans to move forward with a redesign of Broadway alongside Van Cortlandt Park next month.
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Darcel Clark: Probation for Driver Who Killed Child Inside Bronx Restaurant and Fled Scene
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Kwasi Oduro killed Ethan Villavicencio, 7, and injured the boy’s little sister and father as they ate in a sandwich shop. Oduro got no jail time and may drive again in five years.
Bronx Community Board 5 Committee Endorses Grand Concourse Redesign Up to Fordham Road
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There is no low-cost, quick-build version of the project, however, so residents won't reap the safety benefits until capital construction wraps up in 2022 (at the earliest).
The Public Health Case for Decking Over the Cross-Bronx Expressway
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Capping the sunken parts of the highway with parks would be more than worth the cost once you factor in the health benefits of increased physical activity, according to researchers at Columbia University.
Bronx Residents Don’t Want to Wait Four Years for DOT to Deliver a Safer Grand Concourse
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DOT plans to build raised bike lanes along the medians on the Grand Concourse, but construction between 175th Street and Fordham Road won't wrap up until 2022 at the earliest. That timetable doesn't sit well with the Bronx residents who came out to Bronx Community Board 5 last night to demand faster action.
Grand Concourse Redesign Won’t Be Done Until 2022 at the Earliest
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While major safety projects on Queens Boulevard and Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue quickly advance with low-cost materials, Bronxites will have to wait years for a safer Concourse.