Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ydanis Rodriguez

Takeaways From This Week’s City Council Vision Zero Hearing

By Brad Aaron | May 2, 2014 | 3 Comments

The office of Ydanis Rodriguez says he is aiming to get several traffic safety bills passed in the near future, while others that were taken up by his transportation committee at a Wednesday Vision Zero hearing may be held up. At a press conference announcing the Broadway arterial slow zone Thursday, Rodriguez said of the […]

Traffic Violence Victims’ Families Tell Their Stories at City Hall

By Stephen Miller | Apr 30, 2014 | 11 Comments

Before the big City Council hearing on street safety legislation this afternoon, elected officials joined families of traffic violence victims outside City Hall to push for speed camera and speed limit bills in Albany, along with more traffic enforcement and better street designs from the de Blasio administration. Three weeks ago, 22-year-old Kelly Gordon was struck and killed […]

Grand Concourse Will Be the Next Arterial With 25 MPH Limit

By Stephen Miller | Apr 17, 2014 | 11 Comments

Local elected officials and advocates joined NYC DOT and NYPD this morning to unveil the city’s second “arterial slow zone” on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, where speed limits will be dropped to 25 mph and traffic signals will be retimed to discourage speeding. The lower speed limit will apply to 5.2 miles of […]

Council Members Say DOT Needs Funds for Vision Zero, Bike-Share Expansion

By Brad Aaron | Mar 6, 2014 | 1 Comment

City Council members today expressed strong support for Vision Zero, bike-share expansion, and other safe streets initiatives, but it’s not clear how they will be funded. At a transportation committee budget hearing, council members heard from the Taxi and Limousine Commission, the MTA, and DOT. Among other issues, reps from each agency were asked how […]

Council Reso Calls on Albany to Lower Citywide Speed Limit to 20 MPH

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2014 | 2 Comments

Steve Levin and Ydanis Rodriguez today introduced a resolution calling on Albany to lower the citywide speed limit to 20 miles per hour, as proposed in legislation sponsored by Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell and state Senator Martin Dilan. “We have seen time and time again the pain inflicted on families as the result of crashes and we […]

More Highlights From Yesterday’s Vision Zero Hearing

By Stephen Miller | Feb 25, 2014 | 7 Comments

Yesterday’s four-hour City Council hearing on Vision Zero featured testimony from families of traffic violence victims, discussion of NYPD’s enforcement priorities, and Cy Vance’s office weighing in on how district attorneys should be involved in traffic justice. But not all of the testimony fit neatly into a theme or narrative. Here are some of the highlights […]

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