Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Without Espada or Challenger Rivera, District 33 Debates Transportation

By Noah Kazis | Sep 3, 2010 | 2 Comments

Last night’s 33rd Senate District transportation debate pitted two candidates against each other who are unlikely to ever appear on the same ballot: Democrat Daniel Padernacht and Green John Reynolds. Padernacht is running a distant third place in polling for the September 14 primary, after incumbent Pedro Espada Jr. and challenger Gustavo Rivera. Neither Espada […]

Fordham Plaza Overhaul Promises Big Improvements for Pedestrians

By Noah Kazis | Aug 3, 2010 | 24 Comments

Plans for a re-designed Fordham Plaza would add 15,750 square feet of public space. Image: NYCEDC/DOT Fordham Plaza, one of the city’s busiest transit and retail hubs, but also one of its most dangerous, is slated for a major redesign [PDF] by NYCDOT and the Economic Development Corporation. Highlights of the badly-needed overhaul include a […]

Bike to Work Day Finale: Why the Bronx Commutes By Bike

By Ben Fried | May 21, 2010 | 3 Comments

Streetfilms’ Robin Urban Smith was up on the Grand Concourse this morning for one of New York’s Bike to Work Day traditions — the Bronx Borough President’s ride from Poe Park down to Lou Gehrig Plaza. Watch and see all the different answers you get when you ask people, "Why do you bike to work?" […]

Bronx Rep Promises to “Make Every Effort to Avoid Blocking the Bike Lane”

By Ben Fried | Apr 8, 2010 | 12 Comments

The rules don’t apply to you if you’ve got one of these on the dash. Photos: Boogiedowner Via Gothamist, here’s a story that nicely encapsulates why parking placards should be completely abolished. On Monday, a Boogiedowner reader caught Bronx Assembly member Vanessa Gibson parking in the bike lane on the Grand Concourse, NYPD-issued placard on […]

Henry Hudson Bridge Walkway Set to Re-Open After Three Years

By Brad Aaron | Mar 23, 2010 | 16 Comments

Pedestrians and cyclists should again have access to the Henry Hudson Bridge walkway this summer, almost three years after it was closed for construction. Photo: Jo Sef Gray/Flickr A spokesperson with MTA Bridges and Tunnels told Streetsblog Monday that, barring further weather delays, work started on the lower deck of the bridge in 2007 should […]

City Bus Hits and Kills Cyclist on Crotona Avenue in the Bronx

By Ben Fried | Mar 17, 2010 | 21 Comments

Google Street View of Crotona Avenue near the reported crash location. The Daily News and NY1 are reporting that a 57-year-old cyclist was killed by a city bus this morning after riding to avoid an open car door. The NY1 report describes the collision by saying that the cyclist "struck" the bus: According to the […]

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