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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
Reckless Drivers Rule Outside Bronx School Where Driver Killed 8-Year-Old
Reckless driving persists near a Kingsbridge Heights school more than two years after a motorist killed third-grader Rylee Ramos.
January 13, 2017
Ritchie Torres Secures $12.3 Million for Bronx River Greenway Link
The project will fill in a missing link in the Bronx River Greenway between Starlight Park and Bronx River Park, while creating safer crossings at three complex intersections.
January 12, 2017
New in 2016: Safe, Convenient Bike Connections Linking East Harlem and the Bronx
Biking from the Bronx to Manhattan via the Willis Avenue Bridge used to present a dilemma -- you could go the safe route or the legal route, but not both. A DOT project solved the problem by turning the informal bike route into a safe, official path.
December 22, 2016
No Charges Filed After Drivers Kill 2 People in Brooklyn and the Bronx
NYPD filed no charges after drivers killed two people walking in separate crashes in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
December 7, 2016
Bronx CB 4 Wants the Grand Concourse to Work for Walking, Biking, Transit
Bronx Community Board 4 has endorsed a proposal to make the Grand Concourse a complete street with protected bike lanes, dedicated bus lanes, and pedestrian islands.
November 23, 2016
NYPD: No Charges for School Bus Driver Who Killed Woman in Bronx Crosswalk
A school bus driver killed a woman in a crosswalk in University Heights last week. NYPD filed no charges.
October 18, 2016
Driver Who Killed Cyclist on City Island Bridge Pleads Guilty to Homicide
A motorist who fatally struck a woman riding a bike on the City Island Bridge pled guilty to felony leaving the scene and homicide.
October 13, 2016
Mark-Viverito: Let’s Make the Whole Grand Concourse Safe for Biking
Add City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to the list of elected officials calling on DOT to get serious about protected bike lanes on the Grand Concourse.
October 5, 2016
Bronx Electeds Call for “Complete” Concourse for Buses, Bikes, and People
With momentum building for a complete street and fully-protected bikeway along the Grand Concourse, Council Member Andrew Cohen joined Bronx activists on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse this morning to call on the city to redesign the street thoroughly and expeditiously.
September 27, 2016