Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Rider Report: Select Bus Service Shaves Trip Time

By Brad Aaron | Jul 3, 2008 | 16 Comments

Three days after the debut of Bx12 Select Bus Service, Bronx resident and Tri-State Transportation Campaign Associate Director Veronica Vanterpool rode the route from Co-op City to Inwood. On Mobilizing the Region, she reports that riders are becoming accustomed to the pre-payment system and rear-door boarding, with the help of bus drivers and New York […]

Bus Riders Warm to Select Bus Service, Drivers Love Red Parking Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jun 30, 2008 | 34 Comments

New York City Transit staff introduce passengers to Bx12 Select Bus Service at Broadway and Isham in Inwood New York City Transit’s Select Bus Service made its prime time debut this morning on the Bx12 line, which connects Co-op City in the Bronx with Inwood in Upper Manhattan via Fordham Road and 207th Street. As […]

Cleveland Indians Ace Cliff Lee: The Southpaw Straphanger

By Aaron Naparstek | May 12, 2008 | 5 Comments

Cliff Lee’s $4 million arm hangs from a subway strap. With a 6-0 won-loss record and a 0.81 earned run average, Cleveland Indians southpaw Cliff Lee is, for the moment, the hottest pitcher in Major League Baseball. His delivery is so smooth, so perfect looking, it’s hard not to think Sandy Koufax. Last Wednesday, Streetsblog […]

Councilman Koppell Wants “Sadik-Kahn” Fired Over Turn Signal

By Brad Aaron | May 6, 2008 | 4 Comments

More termed-out wackiness from City Hall. Last week, Bronx City Council Member G. Oliver Koppell issued a press release calling for the "resignation or removal" of DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. The reason? Koppell wants a left turn signal at 254th Street and Riverdale Avenue, and DOT doesn’t think the intersection needs one. Koppell says there […]

A Transit Miracle on 34th Street

By Brad Aaron | Apr 17, 2008 | 66 Comments

NYC DOT is proposing to turn Manhattan’s 34th Street into a river-to-river "transitway." In what she half-jokingly called "probably the first-ever co-presentation" between their two agencies, Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan stood with New York City Transit President Howard Roberts earlier this week to unveil the city’s current Bus Rapid Transit program in its […]

Bronx County Courthouse Plaza Gets a Makeover

By Brad Aaron | Apr 11, 2008 | 19 Comments

StreetFilms’ Clarence Eckerson took these shots yesterday at the Bronx County Courthouse on Grand Concourse, where an area plagued by illegally parked government employee vehicles has been replaced by a public plaza. Here’s a "before" shot, courtesy of Transportation Alternatives. Additional current pics after the jump.

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