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South Bronx Greenway Takes Shape on Food Center Drive
A decade in the making, the South Bronx Greenway segment along Food Center Drive in Hunts Point is almost complete. The loop, which will provide a protected path along a busy truck route past some of the region's largest food and beverage distributors, is set to open this fall.
June 15, 2015
Ethan Villavicencio, 7, Killed by Motorist Inside Bronx Restaurant [Updated]
A motorist drove into a Bronx restaurant Thursday, killing 7-year-old Ethan Villavicencio and injuring the boy's sister and father.
June 5, 2015
Driver Flips Car Where Neighbors Have Waited a Year for DOT Speed Hump
A driver who neighbors say was speeding flipped his vehicle Sunday evening on a Bronx street that's been waiting over a year for a speed hump as part of the Norwood neighborhood Slow Zone.
June 2, 2015
Motorists Kill Three Pedestrians and Seriously Injure Two Kids in Five Days
New York City motorists killed three adults and seriously injured two children in five crashes since last Thursday.
May 26, 2015
The East Bronx Doubles Down on Traffic-Oriented Development
The East Bronx is on track to get new Metro-North service, but developers are building unwalkable, traffic-generating projects near the stations, fueled by state and city funding for highway ramps and expansions. Unless things change, the new rail service will be marooned in a sea of car-centric sprawl and traffic congestion.
May 18, 2015
DOT Redesign of 165th Street in the Bronx: Road Diet and Painted Bike Lanes
A section of E. 165th Street near the Grand Concourse is set to get a road diet, bike lanes, and concrete pedestrian islands under a DOT plan to cut down on traffic injuries [PDF]. While the redesign would be a big improvement over the status quo, it doesn't take advantage of the widest sections to put in protected bike lanes.
May 12, 2015
Neighborhood Residents Ask DOT to Tame Deadly Mosholu Parkway
With its rolling curves and park-like setting, Mosholu Parkway might look pretty to people sitting behind a windshield. But for people on foot, it's a roaring Robert Moses-era surface highway, up to eight lanes wide, running between Norwood and Bedford Park in the Bronx. The road divides the park and provides few places to safely cross. Now, residents are asking DOT to make some changes.
April 8, 2015
After a Fatal Crash, NYPD’s Initial Version of Events Often Turns Out Wrong
Yesterday, the 24-year-old driver of a U-Haul van struck and killed a 43-year-old cyclist at the Grand Concourse and 158th Street in the Bronx. Police investigators have made a preliminary determination that the van driver had the right of way, according to NYPD, but the agency has yet to reveal the basis for that conclusion.
April 6, 2015
Another Pedestrian Killed on Nightmarish Bronx Broadway Stretch
A hit-and-run driver killed a pedestrian last night on a stretch of Broadway in the Bronx with a history of fatalities, and where motorists injured one person walking per week last year.
February 24, 2015
Bronx Beep Ruben Diaz Calls on State DOT to Transform Sheridan Expressway
The effort to transform the Sheridan Expressway got a boost this morning from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., who in his State of the Borough address called on the Cuomo administration to take action.
February 19, 2015