Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Dan Garodnick

Fifth Avenue is the most heavily cycled southbound avenue in Manhattan, even though it doesn’t have a protected bikeway. Image: Google Maps

Elected Officials Join Call for Midtown Fifth Avenue Bikeway

By David Meyer | Oct 26, 2017 | 7 Comments

For the second time, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council Member Dan Garodnick, and State Senator Brad Hoylman called on DOT to make walking and biking safer on Fifth Avenue in Midtown.

Garodnick Proposes Three-Strikes Suspension Policy for TLC Drivers

By David Meyer | Aug 16, 2016 | 3 Comments

Council Member Dan Garodnick introduced legislation today establishing a three-strikes-and-you’re-out policy affecting for-hire drivers who have had license suspensions. The bill would prohibit drivers from receiving a license from the Taxi and Limousine Commission if they have received three suspensions in the past 10 years on either their DMV-issued or TLC-issued licenses for traffic-related infractions. TLC is “in the process […]

Drivers Are Killing People, and the 19th Precinct Is Sending Cyclists to Court

By Brad Aaron | Jun 16, 2016 | 29 Comments

Police activity on 79th & 1st–a blitz of enforcement on cyclists https://t.co/KSOdmtUHvp pic.twitter.com/1HO3zaGUwm — Our Town (@OurTownNYC) June 1, 2016 The 19th Precinct likes to boast about local officers aggressively ticketing people for riding bikes on sidewalks. A data analysis by Transportation Alternatives shows the precinct also issues far more criminal court summonses for sidewalk riding than […]

Better Rules for Plazas — It’s Not All About Times Square

By David Meyer | Mar 30, 2016 | 2 Comments

The City Council heard testimony today on Intro. 1109-A, which would give DOT authority over designating and regulating pedestrian plazas across the city. DOT has carved out nearly 70 plazas since 2008, but its jurisdiction over those plazas remains ambiguous. This matters for a few reasons. The reason that gets all the attention is the made-for-tabloids storyline […]

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 […]

TA, Manhattan Pols Urge DOT to Commit to Fully Redesigning Fifth and Sixth

By Stephen Miller | Oct 8, 2015 | 23 Comments

Last month DOT announced its intent to add a protected bike lane along 19 blocks of Sixth Avenue. A coalition of advocates, business groups, community board representatives, and elected officials think the city can do better. At a press conference next to the Flatiron Building this morning, they called on DOT to redesign the entire length of Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. In a […]

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