Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday that New York City will restart construction on four previously halted bus and bike lane projects in the Bronx and Brooklyn, aiming to improve transit reliability and street safety.
The projects will resume street redesigns that city officials say will deliver faster bus service for about 130,000 daily riders and expand protected bicycle infrastructure in neighborhoods across the two boroughs. Work is expected to begin in spring.
“For too long, New Yorkers have been told to wait as long overdue improvements to our transit system were blocked time and again. That ends now,” Mamdani said in Bronx remarks released by the mayor’s office. “Today, we build safer streets for New Yorkers who walk, bike, or drive in their own neighborhoods.”
The city will install offset bus lanes along Fordham Road — the Bronx’s busiest bus corridor serving multiple routes — finalize a protected bike lane on Brooklyn’s Ashland Place, and add a network of bike lanes in Midwood, Flatbush and East Flatbush. Additional protected and conventional bike lanes will be built along corridors such as Brooklyn and Kingston avenues near several schools.
City Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn said the projects will improve quality of life for many residents and reflect the administration’s focus on community engagement. “New Yorkers deserve fast, reliable bus service and to feel safe when they’re traveling with their families and loved ones on city streets,” Flynn said.
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber praised the city’s decision as vital to enhanced transit service, saying buses can only move efficiently when street conditions allow. “This project is a Valentine to the tens of thousands of bus riders who cross Fordham Road every day,” Lieber said.
Advocates for safer streets welcomed the announcement. Sara Lind, co‑executive director of Open Plans, said the improvements will allow residents to move through city streets “with ease and security.”
The restarted projects reverse cancellations under the previous administration and come as Mamdani seeks to advance infrastructure goals early in his term.
Implementation is scheduled to begin this spring, with city officials planning community stakeholder engagement and design finalizations ahead of construction.
