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Opinion: The Bronx Had Air Quality Issues Long Before Congestion Pricing
The MTA forecasts additional trucks traffic on the Cross Bronx Expressway — but the solutions to the Bronx's air quality challenges lie elsewhere.
March 5, 2024
Torres Seeks Fed Backing for Cross Bronx Capping
The federal government should give a financial and bureaucratic boost to the effort to cap the Cross Bronx Expressway, according to a Bronx congressman hoping to capitalize on federal backing for a similar project in Texas announced earlier this year.
May 18, 2023
DOT Proposes Protected Bike Path, Bus Lane for Washington Bridge (The Other One)
The city wants to repurpose a pair of car lanes on the Washington Bridge for a two-way bike lane and a bus lane next year.
November 9, 2022
OPINION: On Nov. 8, Yes, Vote, But to Rebuild New York, Make Your Ideas Heard
Casting a ballot on Election Day has always been important, but it has never been quite enough to meaningfully transform the lives of everyday New Yorkers. The story of the effort to deck over the Cross Bronx Expressway illustrates why.
November 1, 2022
‘Gridlock’ Sam: Give Truckers Credits So Congestion Toll Doesn’t Add to Bronx Pollution
"The only way congestion pricing would send trucks to the Cross Bronx is if the congestion charge exceeded current tolls," said the former city Traffic Commissioner.
September 14, 2022
Rep. Ritchie Torres: I’m Not One of Those Congestion Pricing Critics
He's got some minor issues with the tolling plan, but he still supports it — not like Malliotakis or Gottheimer!
August 16, 2022
To-Do List: Congestion Pricing Must Mitigate Added Bronx Trucks, Pols Say
Congestion pricing would send more trucks through The Bronx, which is not good.
August 15, 2022
DOT Announces Multi-Agency Study to ‘Reimagine’ the Cross Bronx Expressway
The goals? Improve quality of life for residents, create new public open space, improve safety on local streets and along the corridor, more sustainably manage cross-Bronx traffic.
May 31, 2022
Boogie Down Biden: Pols, City DOT Hail Fed Funds for Capping the Cross Bronx Expressway
Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Ritchie Torres and DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman hailed the $1.2-trillion federal infrastructure bill for creating a $1-billion "Reconnecting Communities" pilot to "study ... removing, retro-fitting, or mitigating" highways that hurt "community connectivity, mobility, access, or economic development."
November 9, 2021
OPINION: The Time To Cap the Cross Bronx Is Now
President Biden's infrastructure bill creates an opening for rectifying a deadly historical wrong.
April 23, 2021