Drivers slam Mamdani’s ‘crazy’ plan to kick cars off major NYC street

Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to boot cars from swaths of The Bronx’s East Tremont Avenue in a bid to speed up city buses — but local drivers blasted the move as “crazy” on Wednesday.

Starting Sept. 19, cars will largely be banned from sections of the six-mile corridor between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., with the exception of large trucks, access-a-ride vans and emergency vehicles.

“Thanks to our historic bus action plan, City Hall is bringing the Tremont Avenue busway back to life,” Mamdani said Wednesday at Walter Gladwin Park, as he announced the city was breaking ground on the long-stalled project…

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