Ydanis Rodriguez
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When Will Albany Act to Strengthen Hit-and-Run Penalties?
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.
December 21, 2016
DOT, NYPD Open to Bill Allowing Cyclists to Proceed on LPIs
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.
November 15, 2016
MTA: Don’t Ask Us to Do More for NYC Bus Riders
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.
October 6, 2016
Rodriguez Wants DOT to Remedy NYC’s Most Cramped Sidewalks
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.”
September 30, 2016
It’s Time to Think Big to Turn Around Lousy Bus Service in NYC
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.
July 20, 2016
Rodriguez: Wouldn’t DOT Like More Vision Zero Funding? Trottenberg: Nope
The de Blasio administration continues to resist the City Council's efforts to devote more resources to street redesigns that will save lives.
May 18, 2016
Car-Free Day Doesn’t Mean Much Without New Policies to Reduce Traffic
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?
April 28, 2016
Scenes From NYC’s First “Car Free Day”
New York City's first "Car Free Day," the brainchild of City Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez, is underway.
April 22, 2016
Rodriguez on Car Free NYC: Climate Change Is a Call to Action on Transit
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 transit to work instead of driving -- and that coalition continues to grow.
April 18, 2016
NYPD on Parking Perks for Press: Do as We Say, Not as We Do
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.
April 4, 2016