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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.

Mike Peregudov

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e-bikes

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Julia Lichtblau turned cycling-activist after seeing cars driving on the Schermerhorn Street bike lane. Formerly a journalist at BusinessWeek and Dow Jones, she writes fiction, criticism and essays in Brooklyn.

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Cycling

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Yoshi Omi-Jarrett is a graduate student studying Urban Planning at NYU. Originally from the Upper West Side, he attended Trinity College in Connecticut where he played baseball and majored in Sociology. He is a proud member of the Streetsblog Summer Specialist class of 2025.

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Bike Lane Enforcement

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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>.

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Gersh Kuntzman

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Protected Bike Lanes

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

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Sophia Lebowitz

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Bike Lanes

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Rich Miller was a Transportation Alternatives Board member (but is no longer because of term limits). He still uses his bicycle to get around.

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Rich Miller

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Speed limits

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

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Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.

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