Traffic & Transportation

Mission Statement

Bronx Community Board 8’s Traffic & Transportation Committee deals with local issues involving the NYC Department of Transportation, the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and roadway-related projects of the NYC Department of Design & Construction. The matters within the Traffic & Transportation Committee’s purview include the following: City streets, Sidewalks and step streets, Pedestrian ramps, Roadways, bridges and overpasses, Street signs and markings, Traffic signals, Street lighting, Traffic cameras, Resurfacing streets, Potholes and other street defects, Parking operations, rules and meters, Street furniture (bus shelters, newsracks, newsstands, bike racks, automatic public toilets), Capital-construction projects on city streets and highways, Mass transit service (subways, buses, Metro-North Railroad), Paratransit service for the disabled (Access-a-Ride), Tolls and E-Z Pass and Public plazas.

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Debby Allen, CHAIR
Mary Ellen Gibbs, Vice Chair
Sylvia Alexander
Dr. Wayne DeBeatham
Margaret Della
Yngrid DeLeon

Staff Liaison: Farrah Kule Rubin

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Presentations to the Committee

2025

• Bailey Avenue between Van Cortlandt Park South and West 225th Street Proposed Corridor Safety Improvements (April 2025)
• Updated Presentation Van Cortlandt Park South & Bailey Avenue Safety Improvements Phase 2 (April 2025)

2024

• Northwest Bronx School Safety Improvements – W. 254th St. / Van Cortlandt Park East (November 2024)
• Van Cortlandt Park South & Bailey Avenue Project Status Update – September 2024
• ADA Accessibility Upgrades at the Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd St. 1 Station
• Northwest Bronx School Safety Improvements – W. 254th St. / Van Cortlandt Park East (March 2024)
• Van Cortlandt Park South & Bailey Avenue Proposed Intersection Plan

2023

• Citi Bike Expansion Updated Plan

2022

• Reconstruction of Southbound Henry Hudson Parkway (HHP) Retaining Walls, W. 231st St. to W. 235th St.
• DOT Road Diet for Riverdale Avenue
• What’s Happening Here? Riverdale Ave., W. 254th St. to W. 263rd St. Corridor Safety Improvements Flyer
  

2020

• NYCDOT Mosholu Avenue Bike Lane Proposal

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Useful NYC DOT  Links

Please click below link to view all the active NYCDOT street work permits for community district 8 in BRONX.
https://www.nycstreets.net/Public/Permit/Search?boro=X&communityBoard=8

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To report abandoned bike via Citi Bike Website: https://help.citibikenyc.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032027592-I-found-an-abandoned-bike

To report abandoned bike via Citi Bike Customer Service: 1-855-BIKE-311

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2025

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

Agendas

• December 2021 Agenda
• November 2021 Agenda (Kappock St & Palisade Ave)
• October 2021 Agenda
• September 2021 Agenda
• June 2021 Agenda
• May 2021 Agenda
• April 2021 Agenda
• March 2021 Agenda
• February 2021 Agenda
• January 2021 Agenda

Minutes

• December 2021 Minutes
• November 2021 Minutes
• October 2021 Minutes
• June 2021 Minutes
• May 2021 Minutes
• April 2021 Minutes
• March 2021 Minutes
• February 2021 Minutes
• January 2021 Minutes

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2008 and Older