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Bronx CB 4 Wants the Grand Concourse to Work for Walking, Biking, Transit

By Brad Aaron | Nov 23, 2016 | No Comments

Bronx Community Board 4 has endorsed a proposal to make the Grand Concourse a complete street with protected bike lanes, dedicated bus lanes, and pedestrian islands.

Driver Who Killed 3 People on Bronx Sidewalk Charged With Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2016 | 6 Comments

District Attorney Darcel Clark filed manslaughter and homicide charges against a motorist who fatally struck three people, including a child, on a Bronx sidewalk last year. Howard Unger was indicted this week on three counts of manslaughter, three counts of assault, three counts of homicide, one count of misdemeanor reckless endangerment, and one misdemeanor count of falsifying records, […]

NYPD: No Charges for School Bus Driver Who Killed Woman in Bronx Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2016 | 3 Comments

A school bus driver killed a woman in a crosswalk in University Heights last week. NYPD filed no charges. Carmen Puello, 43, was crossing Sedgwick Avenue at West Fordham Road at around 12:30 last Friday afternoon when the driver, eastbound in the center lane of West Fordham, struck her while turning right onto Sedgwick, NYPD told WCBS. “He […]

Driver Who Killed Cyclist on City Island Bridge Pleads Guilty to Homicide

By Brad Aaron | Oct 13, 2016 | 6 Comments

A motorist who fatally struck a woman riding a bike on the City Island Bridge pled guilty to felony leaving the scene and homicide. Gabriela Aguilar-Vallinos was on her way home from work at around 11:45 p.m. on September 11, 2015, when Michael Moreno hit her with a Hyundai sedan, then left the scene. Aguilar-Vallinos sustained head trauma and died at […]

Mark-Viverito: Let’s Make the Whole Grand Concourse Safe for Biking

By David Meyer | Oct 5, 2016 | 3 Comments

Add City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to the list of elected officials calling on DOT to get serious about protected bike lanes on the Grand Concourse. The speaker penned a letter last week to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg asking DOT to study protected bike lanes on the corridor from 138th Street to 158th Street [PDF], where DOT plans so far have not included […]

Bronx Electeds Call for “Complete” Concourse for Buses, Bikes, and People

By David Meyer | Sep 27, 2016 | 10 Comments

With momentum building for a complete street and fully-protected bikeway along the Grand Concourse, Council Member Andrew Cohen joined Bronx activists on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse this morning to call on the city to redesign the street thoroughly and expeditiously. “The entire length of the Concourse… [represents] a design from the 1950s — all about […]

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