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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
Bronxites to DOT: The Grand Concourse Is Awful for Walking and Biking
When it was built at the turn of the 20th Century, the Grand Concourse was envisioned as the Bronx’s Champs Elysées. But generations of car-oriented development have reduced the Concourse to a speedway for motor vehicle traffic, despite low rates of car ownership in the neighborhoods that surround it.
January 20, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Stripes on Tremont Avenue
DOT has striped the first pieces of the Bronx's newest bike route on Tremont Avenue.
May 4, 2016
DOT: Grand Concourse Project to “Replace and Upgrade Existing Bike Lanes”
With Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz calling for better bike infrastructure on the Grand Concourse, there's some serious political momentum to make this major north-south thoroughfare a safer street. How far will DOT take it?
February 24, 2016
Bronx Beep Ruben Diaz Jr. Calls for Better Bikeway on Grand Concourse
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. wants better bike infrastructure on the Grand Concourse.
February 22, 2016
Tremont Avenue in Line for New Cross-Bronx Bike Route
Last month, when Council Member Ritchie Torres lambasted DOT's deference to community boards over street safety projects, he anticipated a fight over the agency's plan for bike lanes on Tremont Avenue.
February 5, 2016