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City Reaches Out to Bronx On New BRT Route

NYC DOT and NYC Transit have begun presenting at Bronx community boards to help promote the June 29 launch of NYC’s first bus rapid transit route along Pelham Parkway and Fordham Road in the Bronx. The new service, known as Select Bus Service, has distinct features that will make riding the bus a new experience for transit riders along the corridor.

As MTR wrote earlier, Select Bus fares will be paid under a “proof of payment” system where riders would pay at stations and show a receipt if asked by on-board fare collectors. This will shorten delay caused as passengers pay one by one at the head of the bus.

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Bronx Community Boards Schedule

COMMUNITY BOARD 1 (Melrose, Mott Haven) meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24 at CB1 Office, 3024 Third Ave. Call (718) 585-7117.

COMMUNITY BOARD 2 (Longwood, Hunts Point) meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, at Urban Health Plan, 1065 Southern Blvd. Call (718) 328-9125.

COMMUNITY BOARD 4 (Highbridge, Mount Eden and Concourse) meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Murray Cohen Auditorium, 1650 Grand Concourse. Call (718) 299-0800.

COMMUNITY BOARD 5 (Morris Heights, Fordham, Bathgate and Mount Hope) meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 at St. Simon Stock School, 2195 Valentine Ave. Call (718) 364-2030.

COMMUNITY BOARD 9 (Soundview, Clasons Point, Parkchester, Bruckner and Harding Park) meets at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17 at CB9 Office, 1967 Turnbull Ave. Call (718) 823-3034.

COMMUNITY BOARD 10 (Throgs Neck, City Island, Pelham Bay, Co-op City, Zerega, Westchester Square, Country Club and Edgewater) meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17 at Preston High School, 2870 Schurz Ave. Call (718) 892-1161.

COMMUNITY BOARD 12 (Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Woodlawn Eastchester and Baychester) meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at CB12 office, 4101 White Plains Road. Call (718) 881-4455.

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South Bronx communities benefit from public, private funds

Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, in charge of the city’s economic development, looks at Bronx neighborhoods as a model for economic development and change.

“This amount of development and growth is absolutely unprecedented in the recent history of the Bronx,” says Doctoroff. “It shows how city-inspired public programs like improving streets, building parks, monitoring zoning and increasing transportation options can create the kind of conditions where private investment can flourish.”

Pointing at the new Metro-North station and the increase in retail for the GatewayCenter by the old Bronx Terminal Market, Doctoroff says it’s the job of city government to create environments that encourage the private market (meaning companies that operate for profit) to invest in the community. Here’s how and where that policy has impacted the South Bronx.
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