NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez Joins OneLegUpAlex At Yankee Stadium 6-6-25

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Here's your host, Alex Garrett.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Well, if you're a Yankee Stadium on Friday night, you
saw the Department of Transportation commissioner you Donis Rodriguez, who
used to be a counselman, by the way, one an
upgrade from counselman and commissioner. And he was in the
lobby of Yankee Stadium during that rain delay on Friday night.

(00:26):
And as I say in the recording, you just never
know who stops by, even at the lobby of Yankee Stadium.
One leg up with Alex Garrett. Commissioner Rodriguez, station says, well,
you never know who you're gonna meet a Yankee Stadium.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Commissioner Rodriguez, I remember you as counselman, and now you're
commissioning the DOT for the last few years. First of all,
you're ready for your first pitch a Yankee Stadium.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Well, I believe a great he's a good grain you
know today and I mean he's the owner again to
be here to promote our Vision zero campaign to educate drivers,
so please slow down to look for petitions and cyclists
in New York City had been doing a lot of
great word last year. We are the lowest numbers of

(01:12):
petition fatality for the last couple of years, and we
are committed to make twenty and twenty five another lowers
year since for the last one hundred thirty years where
traffic fatality should be going down.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
Now you know, Mary Blager said, as you came in
the Items administration, how have you changed the Vision zero
program expission?

Speaker 1 (01:31):
I think of the first of all, in twenty fourteen,
I was the chairman of Temputation Committee, so I also
worked with Mayor the blast Melissa mavb It was a speaker,
and then with Corey Johnson we continue working around Vision zero.
I also passed a three mass applying on the mytik
as a chairman of Temportation Committee. As you know and
now mich committment has been to make our public space

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more accessible. Under this administration, we have built one point
five millions of feet of petition space and this is
the time where no other ammunistration has accomplished the lowers
the numbers of petition space that we have for me
is a great moment that we are However, for mayor

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others and for me, one day is too many, and
that's why we are also asking Obani to reauthorize our
Vision zero for the next five years.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
Well, that's amazing. Well talk about accessibility, I understand the
tabs now become more accessible in New York City. That's
the news this week, I believe.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
And by the way, as I just said before the
five year about the five years and of the Division zero,
what we are trying to get albans to reauthorize our
speed commer. That will aspire by John Terry and we
are asking all leaders obany to please reauthorize the speed
commer for the next five years. When it comes to

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our vote for the future, it's about continue making the
city the safest one for the nation. We have to
look for each other. Every drive had to look for
petitions and cycling. But now, as you know, Mayo Adans
is working together. We know to reduce the spill limit
to fifty miles prin hours to those who are using
in buying. Our goal is to continue making New York

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City the safest one not only in the nation, but
one of the safest one in the whole law.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
Now, Commissioner, how is it working on the federal level
with Commissioner You know Secretary Duffin.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Look, Donald show his team the US DOT in his
first time New York City on at that time, mejo
the Glass and commission a police rumber. We worked with
the federal government, and we continue working with the federal government.
We brought the US Secretary Transportation to go under the
b QUE so that he could see how critic as

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the BIQU. So we had a great team at New
York City DOT that will continue working with the federal governments.
I hold that the federal government will understand that New
York City is the heart of this nation and that's
why it's so important that we continue getting all the
support necessary to be bask in infrastructure related top transportation.

(04:06):
Thank you so much, thank you, thanks see you.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
So that was very special to get to talk with
the commissioner. And as I say, not often you get
a TOT commissioner any kind of city AGC commission on
the podcast, So when you do, it's a very much
so an honor, and I believe that he is working
hard to keep our city going. Eight million people, a
million commuters really when you think about it, and it

(04:34):
was great and we're going to do a follow up
for sure with this team and in the coming days here.
But there you go. Commissioner your Donis Rodriguez on the
One Leg Up with Alex care podcast. I've got so
much more to say about what's going on in LA.
I'll maybe do that later on today, but for now,
that was Commissioner Rodriguez. Thanks Agetting the Dot for you know,

(04:57):
allowing him to come on the show. Right on the spot, Yankey,
Sam and things were Yankee, same connections for you know,
letting to stand in the right place at the right
time at Yankee City. M