Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

The Negligent Driver’s Best Defense: “I Didn’t See Him”

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2011 | 15 Comments

A 57-year-old Bronx man was struck and killed by a school bus driver on Tuesday. According to reports, at around 6:00 a.m. Milo Montivilla was crossing with the light at Broadway and Mosholu Avenue in North Riverdale when the bus driver, turning right, ran him over. The Daily News interviewed a witness at the scene: […]

Neighborhood Slow Zone Opens in Claremont, Perhaps the First of Many

By Noah Kazis | Nov 21, 2011 | 11 Comments

The city’s first “neighborhood slow zone” officially opened this morning, bringing a 20 mph speed limit and new traffic calming treatments to the residential Claremont neighborhood in the Bronx. Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, joined by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., City Council Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca and local District Manager John Dudley, announced […]

DCP’s Sheridan Teardown Analysis Based on More Than Just Traffic

By Noah Kazis | Nov 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

The Department of City Planning continues to display an openness to the possibility of tearing down the Sheridan Expressway. A slideshow prepared for a September public meeting, recently posted online, shows how the agency is applying a comprehensive approach to the question of what to do with the lightly-used, Robert Moses-era highway along the Bronx […]

Vacca Watch: Transpo Chair Stays Strong on Speeding Enforcement

By Noah Kazis | Aug 2, 2011 | 5 Comments

City Council Transportation Chair James Vacca showed his safety supporter side at a press conference in the Bronx this morning. Standing with DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan at the corner of the Grand Concourse and 165th Street to announce the installation of countdown pedestrian signals, Vacca had strong words for speeding motorists and endorsements for both […]

Vacca Watch: Transpo Chair a Big Booster of Parking Minimums

By Noah Kazis | Aug 1, 2011 | 3 Comments

The Bronx is booming. Over the last decade, no borough added more new residents or posted faster wage growth. The Bronx’s incredible resurgence even attracted national attention last week from USA Today, which turned to City Council Member James Vacca to explain the wave of residential development in the borough. Vacca used the opportunity to […]

Department of City Planning Continues to Restrict Development Near Transit

By Noah Kazis | Jul 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

The Department of City Planning’s commitment to rezoning the city along more transit-oriented lines is a critical component of its sustainability agenda. Allowing more people to live and work next to transit means more people will ride transit and fewer will drive. Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden, upzonings have indeed […]

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