Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ydanis Rodriguez

Levine and Rodriguez Press DOT to Implement West Harlem Bus Lanes ASAP

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2015 | 3 Comments

Transit advocates and Upper Manhattan elected officials gathered this morning at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and 125th Street to urge DOT to extend bus lanes on 125th Street to West Harlem as soon as possible. The city installed bus lanes on 125th east of Lenox Avenue last spring, and DOT says they will be extended west to […]

After Fatal Crash, Rodriguez Asks DOT for W. 207th Street Safety Study

By Brad Aaron | Jun 17, 2015 | 2 Comments

City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez wants DOT to study safety improvements for an Inwood street where drivers killed a pedestrian and injured a second victim last night. Two drivers struck two men, ages 24 and 35, as they attempted to cross W. 207th Street near Ninth Avenue at around 10:27 p.m. The victims entered the street “outside […]

Ydanis Rodriguez: “We Should Leave the Right of Way Law As It Is”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2015 | 10 Comments

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez opposes an amendment to the Right of Way Law that would provide a special exemption for bus drivers. “I stand in support of the bill as written,” he told Streetsblog this afternoon. “I think that we should leave the Right of Way Law as it is.” The Transport Workers Union is seeking an […]

TWU Demands to Be Allowed to Kill People Who Have the Right of Way

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2015 | 48 Comments

Wadsworth & 181 in Upper Manh: Bus waits to take a left turn as oblivious pedestrian crosses intersection pic.twitter.com/1sdNUEcyZo — TWU Local 100 (@TWULocal100) June 16, 2015 The Transport Workers Union is making a great case for why the Right of Way Law should apply to all drivers. The law made it a misdemeanor for drivers to […]

DOT and Ydanis Rodriguez Break Ground on Uptown Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Jun 12, 2015 | 10 Comments

Don’t underestimate the importance of this development: Today, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez announced the groundbreaking for new bike routes linking the Hudson River Greenway to the restored High Bridge, which connects Upper Manhattan to the Bronx. The shovels-in-the-ground moment and its sibling, the ribbon-cutting-with-oversized-scissors, are irresistible to elected officials everywhere. Usually, this feeds into the political incentive […]

Council Calls on de Blasio to Double “Great Streets” Redesign Funds

By Brad Aaron | Jun 10, 2015 | 3 Comments

The City Council wants Mayor de Blasio to double funding for DOT capital projects to overhaul the city’s most dangerous streets and save more lives, faster. At a council budget hearing last week, transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez called for additional funds in the executive budget for the “Great Streets” program. As of now the mayor’s budget proposes $250 million […]

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