Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Bronx

Will the Revitalized High Bridge be Bike-Friendly?

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 19, 2007 | 43 Comments

This is a guest post by Susan Murray, author of the Urban Naturalist. The High Bridge, a graceful stone and steel bridge, reminiscent of the great Roman aqueducts, spans the Harlem River between parks in Washington Heights and the Highbridge neighborhood in the Bronx. Erected in 1848, decades before the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, it […]

A Bronx Cheer for Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 15, 2007 | 2 Comments

At a press conference today, a group of Bronx and northern Manhattan elected officials have signed on in support of Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing effort. They are: Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Assembly member Michael Benedetto Assembly member Adam Clayton Powell IV Bronx Democratic Chair and Assembly member Jose Rivera. Council member James Vacca. Council […]

Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx

By Jason Varone | Jun 7, 2007 | 4 Comments

In the early 1990’s three and a half miles of the Grand Concourse, a major arterial roadway in the Bronx, was closed to cars every Sunday from July through November (kind of like Bogota Colombia’s Ciclovia). The closures provided residents with much-needed open space to bike, walk, play and develop a sense of community with […]

Eyes on the Street: A Special Lane for Parking Cars

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 6, 2007 | 11 Comments

This was the scene along the Edward L. Grant Highway in the Bronx on May 27, where the southbound buffered bike lane near Jerome Avenue was being blocked by SUVs from Florida and New Jersey and assorted other vehicles. The bike lane markings here are worn out by the constant wear and tear of automobile […]

Eyes on the Street: Seen Better Days

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 5, 2007 | 3 Comments

East 146th Street and St. Ann’s Avenue, May 28, 2007.

Letter of the Week: Congestion Pricing Diplomacy

By Jason Varone | May 16, 2007 | 11 Comments

The Bloomberg Administration is aiming to push its PlaNYC congestion pricing proposal through this session of the state legislature. That means the entire debate will take place within the next 36 days or so. One thing that you can do as an individual citizens to support the Mayor’s plan is to write a letter to […]

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