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Brooks-Powers and DOT Exchange Testiness Over Agency’s Alleged ‘Master Plan’ Shortfalls
In a testy Council hearing on Tuesday, the Department of Transportation declined to answer a simple question from Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers: How many bus and bike lane miles have you built so far this year?
September 12, 2023
Rep. Adriano Espaillat Rallying Bronx Pols Against Fordham Road Bus Lane Fixes: Sources
While he’s said nothing about the issue publicly, the congressman has been quietly assembling opposition to proposed bus lane upgrades in recent weeks, four officials told Streetsblog.
August 3, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: No Off-Topics Edition
Mayor Adams declined to answer "off-topic" questions from reporters at a press conference about new public spaces in Downtown Brooklyn. Plus other news.
July 21, 2023
MTA’s ‘Hope’ for Eric Adams: ‘Stay With Us’ On Fordham Road
"Our hope is that we DOT stays with us and we're implementing this, hopefully, later this year," MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey said.
July 20, 2023
Fordham U. Junior ‘Angry, Disappointed, Upset’ at School’s Opposition to Busway
Abby Dzuira speaks out against her school's continuing anti-bus attitude and demanded that the university live up to its own stated values.
July 12, 2023
Jesuit-Educated NYC Transit Prez Blasts Fordham U. For ‘Fighting Equity’ For Bus Riders
"I went to three Jesuit institutions in my lifetime, so I was actually very disappointed to see Fordham signing on to this," Davey told reporters. "Jesuit institutions are about equity and about social justice."
June 20, 2023
Bus Advocates Target Anti-Busway ‘Hypocrites’ at Bronx Zoo and Botanical Garden
A petition drive by Bronx bus riders calls out the institutions for boosting transit on their websites, but then trying to undermine it in the real world.
June 9, 2023
DOT Nixes Fordham Road Busway Due To ‘Community Concerns’
DOT officials informed the project's community advisory board on May 31 of their intention to kill the Bronx busway and instead shift existing bus lanes away from the curb and extend them by several blocks, according to a presentation posted online late Friday afternoon.
June 7, 2023
Bronx Business Leaders and Local Institutions Want to Halt Bus Fixes on Fordham Rd
Well-connected Bronx businesses don't want Mayor Adams to improve bus service.
May 30, 2023
Council Transportation Committee Chair Says City Needs More Parking
The city should provide motorists with more parking spaces citywide in order to clear bus and bike lanes of illegal parking, the chair of the City Council’s Transportation Committee apparently said on Friday.
May 22, 2023