Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ydanis Rodriguez

City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, center, and other officials called on the motorist who killed Jean Paul Guerrero to surrender to police. Rodriguez again urged Albany legislators to reform laws that reward drivers for fleeing the scene of serious crashes. Photo: Office of Council Member Rodriguez

When Will Albany Act to Strengthen Hit-and-Run Penalties?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 21, 2016 | No Comments

Ydanis Rodriguez and other Upper Manhattan electeds joined friends and family of Jean Paul Guerrero yesterday to urge lawmakers to reform state law that incentivizes deadly hit-and-run crashes.

DOT, NYPD Open to Bill Allowing Cyclists to Proceed on LPIs

By Brad Aaron | Nov 15, 2016 | No Comments

The City Council transportation committee heard testimony today concerning a package of bike and pedestrian safety bills, including one that would allow cyclists to follow pedestrian signals instead of car signals.

MTA: Don’t Ask Us to Do More for NYC Bus Riders

By David Meyer | Oct 6, 2016 | 44 Comments

Bus ridership in New York City has steadily declined since 2002, and bus riders put up with the slowest average speeds in the nation. But the MTA is in no hurry to fix the problem. At a City Council hearing this morning, MTA representatives touted the agency’s piecemeal efforts to improve bus service while pushing back […]

Rodriguez Wants DOT to Remedy NYC’s Most Cramped Sidewalks

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2016 | 14 Comments

City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez wants DOT to address overcrowding on some of the city’s most cramped sidewalks. A bill introduced this week would require DOT to identify 10 locations with the heaviest pedestrian traffic volumes and “develop strategies for improving safety and traffic flow at such locations.” “In this city, most New Yorkers rely on public transportation […]

It’s Time to Think Big to Turn Around Lousy Bus Service in NYC

By David Meyer | Jul 20, 2016 | 29 Comments

Bus service in New York is getting worse and losing riders, and unless policy makers step in and make systemwide improvements, those trends may accelerate in a vicious cycle. New York can turn things around, advocates say, with a suite of policies to get buses moving quickly and reliably again. Today a coalition of transit advocates unveiled […]

Rodriguez: Wouldn’t DOT Like More Vision Zero Funding? Trottenberg: Nope

By David Meyer | May 18, 2016 | 11 Comments

The de Blasio administration continues to resist the City Council’s efforts to devote more resources to street redesigns that will save lives. Speaking at a transportation committee hearing yesterday, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said DOT has sufficient funding in the city budget to redesign, within six to seven years, the 292 dangerous intersections where most fatal traffic crashes occur. That […]

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