Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

NYPD Failing to Keep Kids Safe From Traffic at Bronx School

By Noah Kazis | Jan 8, 2010 | No Comments

The frequently-ignored "One Way" sign at Briggs Avenue and East Moshulu Parkway. Image: NY1 A report from NY1’s Susan Jhun today describes the dangerous conditions at an intersection right next to P.S. 8 in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx, where parents and students constantly contend with cars darting the wrong way down the block. […]

A Reason to Give Thanks: State DOT Won’t Widen the Deegan

By Ben Fried | Nov 24, 2009 | 9 Comments

This just in: The State DOT will not widen exit ramps from the Major Deegan Expressway, the Mott Haven Herald reports. NYSDOT Region 11 spokesperson Adam Levine confirmed to Streetsblog that the agency will also refrain from adding "auxiliary lanes" as part of its plan to fix a segment of the Deegan along the Harlem […]

$266 Million to Widen the Deegan. Crumbs for a More Livable Bronx River.

By Ben Fried | Nov 19, 2009 | 13 Comments

More lanes, or more housing and parks? Image of proposed Deegan Expressway widening: NYSDOT. Image of the community plan for a de-commissioned Sheridan Expressway: SBRWA. Last week we reported on the state DOT’s expensive plan to widen part of the Major Deegan Expressway in the southwest Bronx, even as the agency fails to maintain upstate […]

The Winning Transpo Formula for a Third Term: Sustainability + Populism

By Kate Slevin | Nov 9, 2009 | 13 Comments

Mr. Bloomberg, tear down this highway. A vision of West Farms Road with housing and shops instead of the Sheridan Expressway. Image: South Bronx River Watershed Alliance. Following Tuesday’s citywide elections, Streetsblog asked leading advocates and experts to lay out their ideas for the next four years of New York City transportation policy. What should […]

Off-Duty Cop “Taken Into Custody for DWI” After Bronx Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Oct 30, 2009 | 11 Comments

Image: WABC Minutes after posting the latest installment of The Weekly Carnage, we came across the story of another NYPD-involved pedestrian fatality, this time an elderly woman, killed by an off-duty cop this morning in the Bronx. The Daily News reports: Kevin Spellman, a 22-year department veteran, was taken into custody after the deadly 6:30 […]

Mr. Gee, Tear Down This Highway

By Ben Fried | Jul 17, 2009 | 14 Comments

Here’s a scenic shot of the Sheridan Expressway in the South Bronx during the evening "rush," courtesy of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the advocates behind the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance. Even in the peak direction, reports Tri-State’s Steven Higashide, the Moses-era relic is barely used at all: The gaps in the traffic weren’t […]

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