Tag: Transportation Alternatives

A plan to expand the Cross-Bronx Expressway through a mile-long ‘connector’ road has incensed South Bronx activists, many of whom have long been involved in projects to reduce the  environmental…

For many Hunts Point locals, the Boogie Down Grind Café is one of the community’s most important gathering points. But during the pandemic, the cozy venue lacked space for a…

As Tom Proctor, 33, starts his routine bike ride through his Mott Haven neighborhood, he thinks twice before riding through 149th Street. Even if the street directly leads him to…

When people first meet Clarita Vailon, 40, in her wheelchair, she is so nimble in it that they might assume she has been in one her whole life. But it…

 As fatal bike accidents mount across the borough, some Bronxites want to ensure that riders’ safety becomes a priority for city transportation officials.  On June 29, members and volunteers from…

Biking initiatives are taking hold in the Bronx, but while 65 miles of bike lanes were installed between 2007 and 2013, there is only one protected bike lane, outside the…