Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday announced plans to aggressively upend his predecessor’s legacy for killing street redesign projects.
The mayor joined MTA Chair Janno Lieber to unveil a plan to install an offset bus lane — painted in red on the street next to parked cars — along Fordham Road in the Bronx. Ex-Mayor Eric Adams notoriously killed a plan to bring more bus priority to the busy thoroughfare after facing pushback from local businesses and institutions.
Mamdani said he wants the redesign to speed up bus service on the street by 20%. The Bx12 select bus that runs along Fordham Road currently moves at an average pace of 9.2 miles per hour, according to data from the MTA. Under Mamdani’s order, that pace must increase to at least 11 miles per hour…