The city has completed work to make a busy Bronx intersection safer it is not one of the most dangerous intersections in the borough, but as Bronx reporter Erin Clarke tells us, the Department of Transportation says it wants to tackle problems before a major crash occurs.

Wednesday morning, pedestrians and motorists easily made their way along West Mount Eden Avenue near the Cross Bronx Expressway — a block that leads to a subway station and businesses along the busy Jerome Avenue corridor.

For years, that was not the case.

"When you're walking down Mount Eden, you're praying that the cars will see you," said one neighbor.

Hilly West Mount Eden Avenue was a narrow two-way street with just one sidewalk.

"It was scary," said one young woman. "We used to walk on the street and like with the kids and stuff we're just like looking everywhere to see if there were cars coming."

Another problem, drivers on Inwood Avenue could turn right onto West Mount Eden, which could not adequately handle all the extra traffic.

"Trying to get through here it would be like ten minutes," said another neighbor.

People who live and work here had long complained it was dangerous.

A 2011 city study found that hundreds of people were forced to walk on the street every day.

In April, the Transportation Department began working on a solution, constructing a second sidewalk on West Mont Eden and making that street one way.

Those changes were made as part of the Mayor's citywide Vision Zero program, which has a goal of eliminating traffic deaths.

Surprisingly this intersection hadn't seen many serious accidents, yet DOT still thought it beneficial to make these changes.

"This is really an example where we're trying to take a proactive approach, where we wanted to do something before some serious tragedy happened," said Nivardo Lopez, Deputy Bronx Borough Commissioner with the Department of Transportation.

"I think it's a really great testament to the fact that they heard us and they listened to the community and to residents," said Paul Philps, District Manager of Community Board 4.

This street improvement work costs $95,000 and is one of three priority projects in the Bronx this year under the Vizion Zero program.

Four more are under way.