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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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Traffic Enforcement

Tisch Reveals Real Reason for Her E-Bike Crackdown: E-Bike Licensing

Sohn, once named <a href="https://www.curbed.com/article/reasons-to-love-new-york-2022.html">by Curbed</a> the &#8220;number three reason to love New York,&#8221; has been a columist at the New York Post and New York magazine, and has contributed to many other publications including the New York Times, Slate, and The Nation. A graduate of Brown University and Baruch College, she is the author of 13 books including &#8220;The Man Who Hated Women&#8221; (non-fiction) and &#8220;Prospect Park West&#8221; and &#8220;Motherland,&#8221; both novels. She lives in Brooklyn and Albany.

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Amy Sohn

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State Legislature

‘RIDERS’ on the Storm: Assembly Kills E-Bike Registration Bid

Max Renson is head of U.S. operations for Upway, a global platform for pre-owned electric bikes. The company operates in eight countries. <a href="https://upway.co">Check it out here</a>.

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Op-Ed: NYS Needs the Economic and Environmental Stimulus of E-Bike Subsidies

Doug Gordon is the co-host of <a href="https://thewaroncars.org/">The War on Cars</a> podcast and the co-author of <a href="https://www.lifeaftercars.com/">Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile</a>,” coming in October 2025 from Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

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Doug Gordon

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Athletes and Celebrities

Doug Gordon Takes on John Mulaney’s ‘Entitled’ and Humorless Anti-Bike Insanity

Kea Wilson has more than a dozen years of experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She previously worked at Strong Towns, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Kea can be reached at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea</a>.

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Kea Wilson

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Friday Video: A Deep Dive on the Endless Debate Over Bike Helmets

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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‘All in the Family’: NYPD Commissioner and Power-Broker Mom Are Both Crusading Against E-Bikes

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Hudson River Greenway

Uptown Portion of Hudson River Greenway Closed For Another Month

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.

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Dave Colon

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Subway

MTA To Finally Untangle Notorious Brooklyn Subway Pinch Point

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>.

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Kevin Duggan

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Department of Sanitation

The Big Lift: City Starts Containerized Collection with Mechanical Trucks Uptown

Talya Schwartz is the lead strategist for Urban Mobility at Open Plans.

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Talya Schwartz

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Highway Expansion

NJ’s Plan to Widen the Turnpike Can Really Break Your Heart

A man who needs no introduction, Sam Schwartz coined the term &#8220;gridlock&#8221; during his days as head of the city&#8217;s Department of Traffic, a precursor to the current Department of Transportation. In a career that spans decades, &#8220;Gridlock&#8221; Sam has been a city transportation official, a traffic consultant and a Daily News columnist.

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Sam Schwartz

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Car Harms

Car Harms Monday: ‘Gridlock Sam’ Says We Have Lost Our Lives to the Automobile

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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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Bicycling

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

David Meyer

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Thursday’s Headlines: Tisch Comes Clean Edition