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New Bronx River Greenway Link Would Remake Asphalt Expanse
After years of inter-agency wrangling, a wide-open intersection in the Bronx is set for a complete redesign that will include a new link in the Bronx River Greenway. The city presented a preliminary design [PDF] to Community Board 6's transportation committee last Thursday. While the plan is a big step forward, it lacks a crosswalk that would make it better for pedestrians.
June 9, 2014
Driver Who Killed Bronx Pedestrian Pleads to Leaving Scene
A hit-and-run motorist who killed a Bronx pedestrian in a 2013 crash pled guilty last week to leaving the scene, but could be sentenced to as little as probation.
May 5, 2014
Grand Concourse Will Be the Next Arterial With 25 MPH Limit
Local elected officials and advocates joined NYC DOT and NYPD this morning to unveil the city's second "arterial slow zone" on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, where speed limits will be dropped to 25 mph and traffic signals will be retimed to discourage speeding.
April 17, 2014
Full House at First Bronx Vision Zero Town Hall
Over a hundred people turned out for a Vision Zero town hall in the Bronx on Tuesday, Bronx News 12 reports. The event was hosted by freshman City Council Member Ritchie Torres at the Bronx Library Center on East Kingsbridge Road. Council Member Vanessa Gibson, DOT Borough Commissioner Constance Moran, and representatives from NYPD were also on hand.
April 3, 2014
Bronx DWI Pedestrian Killer Gets 90 Days and Six-Month License Suspension
A judge sentenced a convicted drunk driver to just 90 days in jail and a six-month license suspension for killing a pedestrian in the Bronx.
April 2, 2014
City Council Gets on Board With Overhauling the Sheridan. Will Cuomo?
After nearly two decades of advocacy and planning to transform the Sheridan Expressway, South Bronx residents and businesses have a plan they agree on. The next step: Governor Cuomo's State DOT must launch an environmental review to begin implementing the plan. The State Senate included $3 million for the review in its budget proposal [PDF]. With a unanimous 10-0 vote this afternoon, the City Council transportation committee urged the state to follow through and conduct the study. The full City Council is expected to endorse the request tomorrow.
March 25, 2014
A Bronx Blast From the Past: Car-Free Grand Concourse Gets CB 4 Support
It's been an on-again, off-again tradition for at least two decades: Turning the center lanes of the Grand Concourse into a car-free space for stress-free walking, biking and exercise. With an overwhelming vote of support from Community Board 4 earlier this week, it seems this tradition is poised for a return this summer.
January 30, 2014
Film Maker Captures Everyday Motorist Law-Breaking at Deadly Crossings
Here are two excellent shorts from film maker Anna Zivarts that document conditions at intersections where pedestrians lost their lives.
January 13, 2014
9-Year-Old Boy, Mother, and Senior Killed in Weekend of Motorist Violence
Three pedestrians were fatally struck by motorists over the weekend, bringing to seven the number of people killed while walking in New York City in the first two weeks of 2014.
January 13, 2014
Bronx Motorist Convicted of DWI, But Not Manslaughter, in Pedestrian Death
A jury in the Bronx determined a motorist was impaired by alcohol and drugs when he struck and killed a pedestrian in 2011, but the jury acquitted the driver of manslaughter.
December 18, 2013