Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Joel Rivera

Legal Double Parking in School Zones — What Is Joel Rivera Thinking?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 10, 2013 | 40 Comments

City Council Member Joel Rivera is taking some heat for a bill that would, in his words, “allow parents to double park when picking up their kids from school [and] not receive a parking ticket.” It’s the latest answer to a question no one asked from a council whose raison d’être seems to be absolving city […]

Details Scarce on First Reported Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths of 2013

By Brad Aaron | Jan 10, 2013 | 2 Comments

We have updates on the year’s first reported pedestrian and cyclist fatalities, which occurred in Manhattan and the Bronx on January 4 and 5. NYPD was not ready to release the identity of either victim as of Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, it remains unclear what caused last Friday’s collision between a cyclist and a private sanitation […]

Rivera: Pricing Still the Way to Go

By Ben Fried | May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

City Council Member Joel Rivera, whose stance on congestion pricing remained unclear until he voted "Yes" on March 31st, came out as a full-fledged supporter yesterday with an editorial in the Daily News. The Bronx rep added another wrinkle to speculation that pricing might come back: Those of us who voted for pricing and those […]