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Bronx Residents Don’t Want to Wait Four Years for DOT to Deliver a Safer Grand Concourse
DOT plans to build raised bike lanes along the medians on the Grand Concourse, but construction between 175th Street and Fordham Road won't wrap up until 2022 at the earliest. That timetable doesn't sit well with the Bronx residents who came out to Bronx Community Board 5 last night to demand faster action.
January 25, 2018
Grand Concourse Redesign Won’t Be Done Until 2022 at the Earliest
While major safety projects on Queens Boulevard and Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue quickly advance with low-cost materials, Bronxites will have to wait years for a safer Concourse.
January 12, 2018
Cab Driver Pleads to Homicide for Killing 2 on Bronx Sidewalk While Off Epilepsy Meds
Emilio Garcia hit Tierre Clark, 5, and Kadeem Brown, 25, on the Grand Concourse.
November 13, 2017
Tell State DOT Hunts Point Doesn’t Need Another Highway Blocking Access to the Bronx River
The public has until Wednesday, October 18, to tell the New York State Department of Transportation to alter a plan for new Bruckner Expressway ramps that would cut Hunts Point off from the Bronx River.
October 16, 2017
Cross-Bronx Ride Out Participant: “Kids Just Want to Ride Bikes”
A mass bike ride planned through social media on Sunday came to an abrupt end when NYPD set up a roadblock and arrested more than a dozen kids, in some cases causing physical harm. The police response was excessive and uncalled-for, according to one older participant, who's looking into getting permits for future rides.
September 22, 2017
Bronxites to DOT: We’re Tired of Waiting for a Grand Concourse That Works for Us
The city is doing too little, too slowly to make the Grand Concourse a street that works for walking, biking, and transit, local residents said at a rally last night.
September 15, 2017
City Council District 13 Candidates on Streets and Transportation Issues
Here's what candidates Mark Gjonaj and Marjorie Velazquez have to say about transit and safe streets in Throggs Neck and the northeast Bronx.
September 11, 2017
City Council District 18 Candidates on Streets and Transportation Issues
Michael Beltzer and Amanda Farias discuss how they would improve walking, biking, and transit for their Bronx neighborhoods.
September 11, 2017
Eyes on the Street: The Grand Concourse Bike Lanes Get an Upgrade
DOT has realigned the bike lanes on a section of the Grand Concourse and painted them green. It's not as good as the physical protection local advocates are after -- the city plans to redesign the Concourse with protected bike lanes later -- but it's an upgrade on one of the Bronx's major north-south routes.
August 29, 2017
Rafael Salamanca and Bronx Pols Pressure DOT to Scrap Bus Lanes for Bx6
The bus route serves 24,000 daily trips in an area where 76 percent of households don't own cars, but Salamanca, Marcos Crespo, Ruben Diaz Sr., and Jeff Klein are more worried about car traffic.
August 4, 2017
