Car-Free Grand Concourse

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr. presents Bronx on the Move, a series of family fitness events. Power walks led by Health People, Inc., learn bike safety tips, improve your riding skills and pump up your tires at Transportation Alternatives’ bike station, dance workshops instructed by Contemporary Ballet Theatre, relay races and other games offered by Montefiore School Health, tips on healthy cooking and eating, jump rope contests, hopscotch, roller skating and other kids’ activities, and free health screenings.

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Car-Free Grand Concourse

By Aaron Donovan |
Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr. presents Bronx on the Move, a series of family fitness events. Power walks led by Health People, Inc., learn bike safety tips, improve your riding skills and pump up your tires at Transportation Alternatives’ bike station, dance workshops instructed by Contemporary Ballet Theatre, relay races and other games offered by […]

This Week: Bond Street Bike Lane, WalkNYC in the Bronx

By Streetsblog |
Here are the highlights from an abbreviated week of the Streetsblog calendar. Check the full calendar for more advocate meet-ups and other events. Wednesday: Brooklyn Community Board 18’s general board meeting will include a presentation from DOT on plans to improve the Jamaica Bay Greenway. 7:00 p.m. Thursday: Meet DOT staff and learn about new WalkNYC […]

Bruckner Boulevard Protected Bikeway Clears Bronx CB 2 Committee

By Stephen Miller |
A DOT plan to add pedestrian space and create a two-way protected bikeway along a key half-mile stretch of Bruckner Boulevard received a unanimous thumbs-up from Bronx Community Board 2’s economic development committee Wednesday night [PDF]. “Bruckner Boulevard is a very wide, multi-lane boulevard,” said DOT project manager Kimberly Rancourt. “It has lots of traffic but […]

In the Works: Better Bike Connections Between East Harlem and the Bronx

By David Meyer |
On Tuesday, DOT presented plans to Manhattan Community Board 11 for two short segments of two-way protected bike lanes to improve connections between East Harlem and the Willis Avenue and Triborough bridges [PDF]. Both bridges link the South Bronx and Upper Manhattan, but the current connections to the Manhattan bike network don’t work well. To get to Second Avenue, cyclists […]

Bike to Work Day Finale: Why the Bronx Commutes By Bike

By Ben Fried |
Streetfilms’ Robin Urban Smith was up on the Grand Concourse this morning for one of New York’s Bike to Work Day traditions — the Bronx Borough President’s ride from Poe Park down to Lou Gehrig Plaza. Watch and see all the different answers you get when you ask people, "Why do you bike to work?" […]