Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ydanis Rodriguez

Ydanis Rodriguez Bill Would Open Residential Elevators to Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2015 | 19 Comments

The City Council is poised to eliminate a major hassle for many New Yorkers who own bikes. A bill from Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez would mandate that all residential buildings in the city allow residents to use elevators to transport their bikes to and from their apartments. Rodriguez, who chairs the council transportation committee, introduced the […]

Council Members Grill Uber on Prices, But What About Safety?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 12, 2015 | 24 Comments

The City Council transportation committee heard testimony today on a bill to prohibit for-hire vehicle companies from “charging excessive rates.” Council members made no bones about the fact that they are taking aim at Uber, which raises and lowers fares in response to demand. Uber calls it “dynamic pricing.” It’s also known as “surge pricing” and, […]

DOT: Seaman Avenue Bike Lanes Won’t Return This Year

By Brad Aaron | Nov 24, 2014 | 17 Comments

The asphalt is fresh, the yellow lines and crosswalks installed, but DOT won’t be returning bike lanes to Seaman Avenue until next year, according to the office of local City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez. Seaman Avenue is the only designated north-south bike route between the Hudson River Greenway and the Bronx, and it’s the trunk […]

City Will Need More Than Signs to Get Drivers to Follow 25 MPH Speed Limit

By Brad Aaron | Oct 1, 2014 | 53 Comments

DOT will conduct a weeks-long publicity campaign and post thousands of signs to alert motorists to the city’s new 25 mph speed limit, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg told City Council members today. The council will soon pass legislation to enact the lower speed limit, which was enabled by Albany earlier this year. In testimony before […]

Proposed Hit-and-Run Fines Doubled, But Law Could Hinge on Drivers’ Word

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2014 | 1 Comment

Ahead of a scheduled Tuesday vote by the full City Council, transportation committee members voted today to increase proposed civil penalties for hit-and-run drivers. However, the bill in question still contains language that could make it difficult to apply the new fines. Intro 371 originally called for fines ranging from $500 to $5,000 for hit-and-run crashes […]

Rodriguez Bill Would Use Taxi TV to Help NYPD Close Hit-and-Run Cases

By Stephen Miller | Aug 21, 2014 | No Comments

A bill introduced today by City Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez [PDF] would require all street hail taxis to display notifications from NYPD about wanted hit-and-run drivers using in-vehicle screens like Taxi TV. If utilized by NYPD, the hope is the technology will help improve the department’s low closure rate for hit-and-run cases. “Too often […]

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