Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Bronx Pedestrian Struck in Tremont Neighborhood This Morning

By Brad Aaron | May 17, 2012 | No Comments

A pedestrian was struck at East Tremont Avenue and Third Avenue in the Bronx earlier today. At 8:48 a.m., @NYScanner reported that two people were hit by a truck and that FDNY was on the scene, with EMS requested and the NYPD Highway Division notified. According to FDNY, one person was struck and was taken […]

Bronx Teens Win Ped Safety Improvement After Three Years of Activism

By Noah Kazis | Apr 24, 2012 | 5 Comments

Thanks to three years of dedicated activism from middle- and high-school students, one Bronx intersection is getting a little bit safer. The Bronx Helpers, a community service organization run by the New Settlement Apartments, has successfully lobbied the city to daylight the dangerous corner of E. 172nd Street and Townsend Avenue. Until last week, drivers […]

Gustavo Rivera, Bronx Straphangers Call for Much More Select Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Apr 13, 2012 | 3 Comments

Fordham-area residents know Select Bus Service better than anyone. The city’s first rapid bus line opened along Fordham Road in 2008, and by all accounts it’s been a success. Bus speeds are up 20 percent, and that’s lured 30 percent more riders. In fact, Bronx residents like Select Bus Service so much, they’re asking for […]

Pedestrian Ghana Ghalley Killed by Driver in Fordham on Wednesday

By Brad Aaron | Mar 15, 2012 | 4 Comments

A pedestrian was killed by a driver Wednesday evening in the Fordham section of the Bronx. According to a Daily News report, at around 5:54 p.m. 24-year-old Ghana Ghalley was in the crosswalk, apparently crossing University Avenue, when the driver of a westbound Ford van struck her while making a left turn from W. 190th […]

Bronx Reps Pledge Support for Transit at Town Hall Meeting

By Noah Kazis | Feb 17, 2012 | 1 Comment

Assembly members Marcos Crespo and Vanessa Gibson pledged their support for transit improvements at a town hall meeting in Soundview last night, starting with a campaign for more rush hour service on the Bx27, Bx36, and Bx41 buses. The meeting, the third hosted by T.A.’s Rider Rebellion campaign, gave elected officials a chance to present […]

Next for Select Bus Service: Webster Ave in the Bronx, Utica Ave in Brooklyn

By Noah Kazis | Dec 12, 2011 | 17 Comments

A new crop of bus routes is moving into the pipeline for implementation as Select Bus Service. The MTA and NYC DOT are in the initial stages of bringing SBS to the Bronx’s Webster Avenue, where the most unreliable bus in the borough runs, and to Brooklyn’s Utica Avenue, the second-busiest bus route in the […]

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