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It’s Way Too Tough to Make Basic Street Safety Fixes in New York — So Let’s Make It Easier

Michael Andersen writes about housing and transportation for the Sightline Institute. He previously covered bike infrastructure for PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization.

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Bike to the Future: Portland Uses Bikes to Rethink 70 Years of Strip Malls

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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Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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An Hourly Fee on Cabs and Ubers Is Less Radical Than It Appears

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When We Treat Driving as a Fundamental Right, People Lose Their Lives

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

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Washington State Dems Poised to Steal From Transit and Education to Appease Car Owners

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DOT’s Permanent Queens Boulevard Redesign Promises to Speed Up the Sluggish Q60 Bus

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.

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Streetfilms: After Another Tragedy, Park Slope Residents Demand Safe Streets

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