On January 27, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced applications New York City’s e-bike trade-in program are now open. The program allows eligible food delivery workers to trade in an uncertified electric bicycle (e-bike) or non-street legal moped for a safer UL-certified e-bike and UL-certified spare battery for free.
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DOT Speed Camera Program Report Shows Great Drops in Speeding at Camera Locations
On January 23, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez released a comprehensive report showing the results of the agency’s speed camera program. The report highlighted that speed camera locations yielded a 94 percent reduction in speeding, and in 2022 there were 14 percent fewer injuries and traffic related fatalities compared to locations without cameras. The speed camera program began in 2022 and is set to expire this year unless it … <Read More>
DOT Vision Zero Report Shows Large Decline in Traffic Deaths in Lower-Income Neighborhoods with Street Redesign
On January 15, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced a new Vision Zero equity report revealing that predominantly lower-income neighborhoods that received street redesigns saw the largest declines in traffic deaths. Vision Zero began in 2014 to improve street safety through data driven initiatives.
DOT Celebrates Creation of New Loading Zones
On November 25, 2024, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced that roughly 500 new loading zones have been installed. This was done to combat bike and bus lanes blocked by vehicle’s being double parked to load and unload shipments, which resulted in unwanted traffic congestion. This problem was made aware to the City via public feedback from a new web platform the City launched in 2023. Since December 2021, the City … <Read More>
DOT Releases E-Bike Charging Pilot Program Report
On November 21, 2024, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced the release of the report Safer Charging, Safer Deliveries. This report involves data collected by the City Department of Transportation regarding the Public E-Bike Charging Pilot program. The program’s goal was to reduce the fires that occurred from illegal e-bike charging, incentivize e-bike usage, and assess the adoption of new battery charging technologies among cyclists.
City Advances Open Space on Manhattan Side of Brooklyn Bridge Amid Push for Larger ‘Gotham Park’ Vision
On November 18, 2024, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that New Yorkers now have access to more public space on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. It builds on last year’s opening of “The Arches,” a stretch of public open space adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge, announced in honor of the 140th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge’s 1883 opening. The space’s name refers to the adjacent 53 arches along … <Read More>