Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ydanis Rodriguez

Three Pieces of the Manhattan Grid Will Go Car-Free on Earth Day

By David Meyer | Mar 16, 2016 | 4 Comments

New York will create three car-free zones on Earth Day, April 22, as part of an initiative called “Car Free NYC” announced by City Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez this morning. The car-free areas will be Broadway from the Flatiron Building to Union Square, the streets surrounding Washington Square Park, and Wadsworth Avenue between […]

NYPD Still Resisting Attempts to Reform Parking Placard Abuse

By David Meyer | Jan 15, 2016 | 32 Comments

Fraudulent parking placards are rampant in NYC, but NYPD remains opposed to a bill that would require the city to include a barcode on placards to ensure proper enforcement. Testifying before the City Council transportation committee today, NYPD Assistant Commissioner Richard Schroeder cited “significant fiscal, operational, and technological issues that… cannot be resolved within the one year effective […]

Will the City Council Press NYPD to Enforce the Right of Way Law?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 5, 2016 | No Comments

NYPD is barely enforcing a key Vision Zero law more than a year after it took effect, and it seems the City Council isn’t planning to do anything about it. The aim of the Right of Way Law, also known as Administrative Code Section 19-190, was to give NYPD precinct officers a tool to penalize motorists who injure or kill. […]

Trottenberg Announces Plaza Equity Program at Plaza de Las Americas Reveal

By Brad Aaron | Nov 23, 2015 | 13 Comments

Just eight months after the groundbreaking ceremony, officials held a ribbon-cutting this morning at Plaza de Las Americas, an impressive new public space in Washington Heights. Also today, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced a City Hall initiative to assist plazas in neighborhoods without the resources of a major business improvement district. Plaza de Las Americas reclaims one block of […]

Rodriguez Champions Toll Reform in Broad Vision for NYC Transportation

By Stephen Miller | Oct 5, 2015 | 23 Comments

Reforming New York’s broken road pricing and parking policies top an extensive list of transportation priorities from City Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez, which he unveiled this morning in a speech at New York University’s Rudin Center for Transportation. The most pressing item on Rodriguez’s agenda is the Move New York toll reform proposal, which would […]

Rodriguez Bill Would Mandate Daylighting at 25 Intersections Per Year

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2015 | 19 Comments

City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez introduced legislation today intended to improve pedestrian safety along bus routes and at intersections with high crash rates. Intro 912 would require DOT to daylight the five “most dangerous intersections” in each borough annually, as determined by the number of fatalities and injuries. Curb extensions would be installed to […]

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