Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ydanis Rodriguez

Car-Free Day Doesn’t Mean Much Without New Policies to Reduce Traffic

By Ben Fried | Apr 28, 2016 | 16 Comments

New York City is America’s car-free capital, home to eight and half million people, most of whom get around without owning a car. When so many of us already live car-free, what more can come out of an event like last Friday’s Car-Free Day? There are basically two ways an awareness-raising event like Car-Free Day can go. It can […]

Scenes From NYC’s First “Car Free Day”

By David Meyer | Apr 22, 2016 | 77 Comments

New York City’s first “Car Free Day,” the brainchild of City Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez, is underway. On the streets, there are three car-free zones in Manhattan in effect from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: blocks abutting Washington Square Park, Wadsworth Avenue between 173rd and 177th Streets, and Broadway from Union Square to Madison Square. While the […]

Rodriguez on Car Free NYC: Climate Change Is a Call to Action on Transit

By David Meyer | Apr 18, 2016 | 28 Comments

This Friday is Earth Day, and to mark the occasion, City Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez is spearheading the “Car Free NYC” initiative. The idea is to raise awareness of the connections between climate change, vehicle emissions, and access to transit. More than three dozen large employers have signed on to encourage their workers to walk, bike, or ride […]

NYPD on Parking Perks for Press: Do as We Say, Not as We Do

By David Meyer | Apr 4, 2016 | 18 Comments

The City Council’s attempt to return parking privileges to the New York press corps faces opposition, ironically enough, from the New York City Police Department. Intro. 779, sponsored by transportation committee chair Ydanis Rodriguez and 34 of his colleagues, would allow people with press-designated license plates from New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut to “park where parking or standing […]

Three Pieces of the Manhattan Grid Will Go Car-Free on Earth Day

By David Meyer | Mar 16, 2016 | 4 Comments

New York will create three car-free zones on Earth Day, April 22, as part of an initiative called “Car Free NYC” announced by City Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez this morning. The car-free areas will be Broadway from the Flatiron Building to Union Square, the streets surrounding Washington Square Park, and Wadsworth Avenue between […]

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 […]

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