To protect the businesses, property owners, and residents of our neighborhood, the Throggs Neck BID has been actively opposing the NYC Department of Transportation’s (DOT) “Road Diet” proposal, which will detrimentally affect the community.
To inform the public of this impending threat, the BID has commissioned a series of ads entitled “We The People” in the Bronx Times Reporter. The name is based on the concept that only the citizens, not the bureaucrats, should decide what policies must be adopted. Despite staunch opposition from both local organizations and residents, DOT has implemented similar plans in other portions of The Bronx.
The text of the ad:
The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) has a proposal that may have a negative impact on businesses, residents and shoppers within the Throggs Neck BID.
DOT is seeking to implement a “road diet” plan, which will reduce driving lanes on East Tremont Avenue from the Cross Bronx Expressway Service Road to Harding Avenue, and Harding Avenue from Emerson Avenue to Pennyfield Avenue, from four lanes to three. Drivable space will be even further reduced due to the development of a bike lane. The bike lane will affect parking and delivery services throughout our commercial areas by limiting the lane space for our already busy streets.
Community Board 10 had announced its opposition when a similar proposal was announced (and unfortunately implemented), on the portion of East Tremont Avenue from Bruckner to Westchester Square, even though the measure was overwhelmingly voted down 29 to 3 by the Board, which represents all of our community, on May 21, 2015.
Our neighboring community, Morris Park, successfully fought against a “road diet” plan that DOT attempted to implement in their area.
We can too! But we need to fight together!! The idea of discouraging vehicular traffic through road diet plans will not work well in a community such as ours.
Those who frequent our shops and restaurants, overwhelmingly, use cars, and that is highly unlikely to change. If parking is hard to find it will affect all of our storefronts. The same storefronts that are still recovering from the challenge of the Covid 19 pandemic. There are many of these businesses that have not been allowed to open fully as of yet in the community. We cannot allow this tyranny to continue…the people have spoken and Government officials need to listen.
To help, please contact the office of Bronx Borough Commissioner Nivardo Lopez at 212-748-6680, or the New York City Department Of Transportation at 212-639-9675. Let them know our voice matters!
OBJECT TO DOTs “ROAD DIET” PROPOSAL
IF WE DON’T STOP THE DOT BULLYING NOW, THIS CAN HAPPEN TO OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD!