core/image

core/paragraph

<p>Before joining Streetsblog, Sophia Lebowitz was a filmmaker and journalist covering transportation and culture in New York City.</p>


sophia lebowitz 2

Sophia Lebowitz

citi bike nj spd

Bicycling

NJ Legislature Poised to Pass Victim-Blaming E-Bike Restrictions

Delivery worker deactivation rally_3

Delivery workers

At Last: Council To Pass Delivery Worker Deactivation Protections

Ken Coughlin is a member of Community Board 7 in Manhattan. For <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/04/20/central-park-goes-car-free-forever-on-june-27" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than two decades</a>, no one <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/06/27/say-goodbye-to-cars-in-central-park" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worked harder</a> to get rid of cars in Central Park.

ken coughlin

Ken Coughlin

cars in central park 1

e-bikes

OPINION: I Led the Campaign To Get Cars Out Of Central Park, But I Strongly Oppose an E-Bike Ban

<div class="c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text">
<div class="c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text" data-qa="message-text">
<div class="p-block_kit_renderer" data-qa="block-kit-renderer">
<div class="p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first">
<div class="p-rich_text_block" dir="auto">
<div class="p-rich_text_section">Nolan Hicks is a longtime reporter in New York City, who focuses on investigative stories. He spent six years at The New York Post where his stories prompted the MTA to redesign parts of the Second Avenue Subway&#8217;s East Harlem extension and helped uncover the LIRR overtime scandal. As a contributor to Curbed/New York Magazine, he dove into Amtrak&#8217;s failing power grid, NJ Transit&#8217;s reliability crisis and why it costs the MTA $100 million to put elevators into stations. He has also worked at the New York Daily News, Austin American-Statesman and San Antonio Express-News.  He joined Streetsblog in January 2025.</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>


IMG_5905

Nolan Hicks

Geoffrey Radbill and life partner, Jan Kohn, were key backers of a new center at the Bowling Green State University.

radbill-geoffrey

Carnage

Van Driver Kills Cyclist on Riverside Drive: Cops

Delivery worker on Joco e-bike busway

Report: DOT is Undercounting The E-Bike Boom

burnt out moped

Lithium-Ion Batteries

‘Con’ Job: Energy Giant Cancels NYCHA E-Bike Battery-Charging Pilot

streetsblog-nyc-logo-alt

streetsblog-nyc-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Awesome Categories

Streetsblog Basics

Streetsblog Network

Top Categories

Covering the fight for sustainable cities

streetsblog-nyc-logo

Streetsblog New York City

Donate to Streetsblog

SB NYC Initials 16-9 crop

Support Streetsblog

<p>Dave Colon is a reporter from Long Beach, a barrier island off of the coast of Long Island that you can bike to from the city. It’s a real nice ride.  He’s previously been the editor of Brokelyn, a reporter at Gothamist, a freelance reporter and delivered freshly baked bread by bike.</p>


dave colon headshot

Dave Colon

adams taking out the trash

Eric Adams

One Betrayal After Another: The Eric Adams Bus And Bike Legacy

<p>Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.</p>


gersh headshot horizontal square

Gersh Kuntzman

Traffic along Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan on December 18, 2024.

Streetsies 2025

Streetsies 2025: Awards To Mark A Disappointing Year on the Streets Beat

<p>David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as an editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.</p>


t6qq0j5pf-u6ra8egdr-a2a43d1daba6-512

David Meyer

snowstorm delivery worker

Today's Headlines

Monday’s Headlines: It’s Hard to Bike in a Snowstorm

<p>Emily Lipstein is the Engagement Editor at Streetsblog. You&#8217;ll find her biking in the Rockaways or at home in Brooklyn with her cats.</p>


Emily Lipstein headshot

Emily Lipstein

video streetsies montage 2025 copy

Video

Streetsies 2025 (And Friday Video!): Vote for Your Favorite Clips of the Year

<p>Samuel Santaella is a bike and transit activist in Queens who volunteers for Riders Alliance and Transportation Alternatives.</p>


samuel santaella headshot

Samuel Santaella

QueensLink-rendering with map

Transit

Memo to Mamdani: Support the QueensLink for Better Mass Transit

<p>Brittany N. Montgomery is a Public Scholar at the Moynihan Center at City College</p>
<p>.</p>


Montgomery

Brittany N. Montgomery

14th St

How Mamdani Can Deliver a Bigger Dream for Buses

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Thanks for reading!

<p>Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek&#8217;s journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the &#8220;War on Cars&#8221; podcast. You can find more of his work <a href="http://www.naparstek.com">on his website</a>.</p>


aaron naparstek headshot

Aaron Naparstek

post

Arrow e-bike

#StuckAtDOT

DOT Crawls Towards Safe Battery Charging Infrastructure As Fires Rage On