Editing Cross Bronx Expressway (section)

=== Congestion ===
[[File:2024-05-21 14 29 44 View north along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 and east along the Cross Bronx Expressway from the overpass for Macombs Road in the Bronx, New York City, New York.jpg|thumb|Congestion near the west end of the expressway]]
The expressway is one of the main routes for shipping and transportation through New York City due to its connections with [[New Jersey]] via the [[George Washington Bridge]], [[Long Island]] via the [[Throgs Neck Bridge|Throgs Neck]] and [[Bronx Whitestone Bridge|Whitestone Bridges]], Upstate [[New York State|New York]] via [[Interstate 87 (New York)|I-87]] northbound and the [[Bronx River Parkway]], Manhattan via I-87 southbound to the [[Robert F. Kennedy Bridge]] or the [[Trans-Manhattan Expressway]] (extension of the Cross Bronx Expressway westward) and the [[Henry Hudson Parkway]], and [[New England]] via the [[New England Thruway]] ([[Interstate 95 in New York|I-95]]) and the [[Hutchinson River Parkway]]. As such, the expressway is also known for its extreme traffic problems; in 2000, nearly 180,000 vehicles used the Cross Bronx's six lanes every day.<ref name=nyt-2002-09-20>{{Cite news|last=Feuer|first=Alan|date=2002-09-20|title=Hell on Wheels, and Nerves; If Ever There Was a Mean Street, It's the Cross Bronx|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/20/nyregion/hell-on-wheels-and-nerves-if-ever-there-was-a-mean-street-it-s-the-cross-bronx.html|access-date=2022-10-31|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717234501/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/20/nyregion/hell-on-wheels-and-nerves-if-ever-there-was-a-mean-street-it-s-the-cross-bronx.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is not uncommon for truckers to use the [[Cross-Westchester Expressway]] to the [[New York State Thruway]] and the [[Major Deegan Expressway]] to get around this stretch of I-95. Proposals have been made to make dedicated truck lanes, add express bus service, and build decking on the open trenches to allow for parks, although to no avail.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/cross-bronx |title=Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95, I-295 and US 1) |work=NYCRoads |last=Anderson |first=Steve |access-date=February 6, 2012 |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119173547/http://www.nycroads.com/roads/cross-bronx/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In both 2008 and 2007, [[Inrix]] cited the Cross Bronx Expressway's westbound exit&nbsp;4B ([[Bronx River Parkway]]) as being the worst intersection in the United States. In 2008, the expressway's exits included three out of the top four on the list, and four of the top five in 2007.<ref name="Deutsch 2009" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bruner |first=Jon |date=February 25, 2009 |title=America's Worst Intersections |periodical=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/24/traffic-intersections-worst-lifestyle-autos_intersections_full-list.html |access-date=March 1, 2009 |archive-date=March 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301151733/http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/24/traffic-intersections-worst-lifestyle-autos_intersections_full-list.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Congestion is often exacerbated by the fact that large portions of the Cross Bronx Expressway does not meet modern Interstate standards,<ref name="nyt-2010-04-02" /> as well as the relative lack of arterial roads between the West Bronx and East Bronx.<ref name="New York State Department of Transportation 1992">{{cite web |date=October 2, 1992 |title=Bronx Arterial Needs Major Investment Study: NYSDOT |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/regional-offices/region11/projects/project-repository/bxmis/techmemo2-execsum.html |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=New York State Department of Transportation |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031180243/https://www.dot.ny.gov/regional-offices/region11/projects/project-repository/bxmis/techmemo2-execsum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Large portions of the expressway do not have shoulders, so even minor breakdowns could cause congestion.<ref name=nyt-2010-04-02>{{Cite news|last=Dolnick|first=Sam|date=2010-04-02|title=On Bronx Stoops, a Highway's Traffic Entertains|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/nyregion/02bottleneck.html|access-date=2022-10-31|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031180243/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/nyregion/02bottleneck.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="New York State Department of Transportation 1992" /> A 2002 study by the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] found that the expressway also had short entrance and exit ramps, poor sightlines, and dim lighting.<ref name=nyt-2002-09-20/><ref name="New York State Department of Transportation 1992" /> Other issues were caused by the fact that the expressway's service roads were discontinuous, forcing traffic onto the expressway or local streets.<ref name="New York State Department of Transportation 1992" />

In 2022, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] released an [[environmental impact statement]], which detailed the possible impacts of a planned [[Congestion pricing in New York City|congestion pricing zone in New York City]]. The study found that, if the zone were implemented, up to 700 additional trucks per day would use the Cross Bronx Expressway to avoid the congestion pricing zone.<ref name="nyt-2022-09-12" /><ref name="Sundaram 2022">{{cite web |last=Sundaram |first=Arya |date=September 18, 2022 |title=Environmental study of congestion-pricing plans has Bronx residents asking: What's in it for us? |url=https://gothamist.com/news/environmental-study-of-congestion-pricing-plans-has-bronx-residents-asking-whats-in-it-for-us |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Gothamist |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031110449/https://gothamist.com/news/environmental-study-of-congestion-pricing-plans-has-bronx-residents-asking-whats-in-it-for-us |url-status=live }}</ref> After congestion pricing was enacted in 2025, traffic on the Cross Bronx Expressway increased as well, leading to concerns that the toll would worsen already-high levels of air pollution.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Howard |first=Hilary |date=February 2, 2025 |title=The South Bronx Has a Pollution Issue. Congestion Pricing May Worsen It. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/nyregion/congestion-pricing-air.html |access-date=February 2, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>