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<p>Mike Peregudov is the co-founder of <a href="https://www.getwhizz.com">Whizz</a>, an e-bike subscription service based in the United States.</p>


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How Cheap Technology Could Fix New York’s E-Bike Enforcement Mess

<p>Before joining Streetsblog in late 2025, J.K. Trotter covered media and politics at Gawker and edited investigations at Business Insider. He studied philosophy at St. John’s College and lives in Queens.</p>


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J.K. Trotter

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Friday Video: The Utopia of London’s Low-Traffic Neighborhoods

<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>


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Dave Colon

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Bicycling

AGENDA 2026: Mayor Mamdani Must Sustain The City’s Bike Boom

<p>Kevin Duggan joined Streetsblog in October, 2022, after covering transportation for amNY. Duggan has been reporting on New York since 2018, starting at Vince DiMiceli’s Brooklyn Paper, where he covered southern Brooklyn neighborhoods and, later, Brownstone Brooklyn. He is on Bluesky at <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kevinduggan.bsky.social">@kevinduggan.bsky.social</a> and his email address is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/about/staff-board/kevin@streetsblog.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kevin@streetsblog.org</a>.</p>


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Kevin Duggan

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Criminal Crackdown on Cyclists 2025

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


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Sophia Lebowitz

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Adams Administration Has Made It Nearly Impossible To Build Safe E-Bike Charging Stations

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<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>


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<p>Aaron Short has been a New York City journalist for more than 20 years. He&#8217;s also co-author of the seminal oral history of Donald Trump, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Method-Madness-Donald-Inspired-Inaugurated/dp/1250202809/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1543937373&amp;sr=1-2&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=allensalkin-20&amp;linkId=add8bdd0aa865b7d6c5cfd5189a7131b&amp;language=en_US">&#8220;The Method to the Madness&#8221;</a> (St. Martin&#8217;s Press, 2019)</p>


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Aaron Short

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West Village Pol Demands DOT Act after Fatal Pedestrian Crash

<p style="text-align: left">Erin McAuliff is the acting director of accessible services at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Originally from Brooklyn, she has over 15 years of experience driving equity, innovation and impact in the public sector.</p>


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<p>Clarence Eckerson Jr. is the Director of Video Production for NYCSR&#8217;s StreetFilms and producer of bikeTV.  He loves the color purple, chocolate chip cookies, and enjoys walking, biking, and taking transit.  He has never owned a driver&#8217;s license.</p>


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