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MTA Bus Driver Kills 7-Year-Old Shevon Bethea in the Bronx
New York City motorists have killed six children age 14 or under in the first five months of 2018, marking the first year-to-year increase in child traffic deaths in the Vision Zero era.
May 29, 2018
DOT: Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Grand Concourse Below 161st Street, Eventually
The agency says a future capital project will add protected bike lanes on the Concourse between 138th Street and 161, but there is no funding or timetable attached yet.
May 16, 2018
A Blueprint for Safer Biking and Walking Between the Bronx and Manhattan
DOT has mapped out safety improvements for the streets approaching each of its 11 crossings over the Harlem River.
May 4, 2018
Highlights From NYC DOT’s Plan for Safer Walking and Biking Across the Harlem River
DOT has released its long-awaited blueprint for safer walking and biking conditions across the Harlem River bridges.
May 4, 2018
Family of Carlos Vasquez, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver, Calls on de Blasio to Bring Safe Streets to the Bronx
"Here in the Bronx we deserve the same standard of safety that's available in Queens, and in Park Slope, and in the wealthiest parts of our city," said Council Member Ritchie Torres. "Our right to life is no less than anyone else's."
May 2, 2018
Hit-and-Run Box Truck Driver Kills Cyclist on Webster Avenue in the Bronx
Hit-and-run drivers have killed at least eight city pedestrians and cyclists in 2018.
April 24, 2018
Overruling Bronx CB 8, DOT Advances Protected Bike Lanes Along Van Cortlandt Park
DOT plans to move forward with a redesign of Broadway alongside Van Cortlandt Park next month.
March 13, 2018
Darcel Clark: Probation for Driver Who Killed Child Inside Bronx Restaurant and Fled Scene
Kwasi Oduro killed Ethan Villavicencio, 7, and injured the boy’s little sister and father as they ate in a sandwich shop. Oduro got no jail time and may drive again in five years.
February 13, 2018
Bronx Community Board 5 Committee Endorses Grand Concourse Redesign Up to Fordham Road
There is no low-cost, quick-build version of the project, however, so residents won't reap the safety benefits until capital construction wraps up in 2022 (at the earliest).
February 7, 2018
The Public Health Case for Decking Over the Cross-Bronx Expressway
Capping the sunken parts of the highway with parks would be more than worth the cost once you factor in the health benefits of increased physical activity, according to researchers at Columbia University.
January 26, 2018
