Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Rafael Salamanca

De Blasio’s Congestion Plan Isn’t Serious, and Neither Is the City Council Transportation Committee

By David Meyer | Apr 10, 2018 | 10 Comments

Today's transportation hearing felt like a throwback to the City Council of 10 or 20 years ago, when the main purpose of the committee was to provide a forum for gripes about parking hassles.

Council Member Rafael Salamanca, State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., and Assembly Marcos Crespo (left to right), along with Senator Jeff Klein, want DOT to keep bus riders stuck in traffic. Photo: NYS Assembly/Office of Assembly Member Marcos Crespo

Rafael Salamanca and Bronx Pols Pressure DOT to Scrap Bus Lanes for Bx6

By David Meyer | Aug 4, 2017 | 20 Comments

The bus route serves 24,000 daily trips in an area where 76 percent of households don't own cars, but Salamanca, Marcos Crespo, Ruben Diaz Sr., and Jeff Klein are more worried about car traffic.