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Bicycle Infrastructure

OPINION: Central Harlem Needs a Bikeway—Right Now

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

Carroll, Levine, Gounardes congestion pricing

Andrew Gounardes

Everyone’s Suddenly Open To Some Congestion Pricing Exemptions

This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Friday’s Headlines: We’re Congested (Again) Edition

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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Charles Komanoff

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ANALYSIS: Congestion Pricing Will Lead to Better Air Quality in The Bronx

Jeff Wood

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Talking Headways Podcast: Bus Stop Transformations

Christopher Robbins

Two images. One on the left shows Mayor Eric Adams swinging a sledgehammer to knock down an outdoor dining structure in Koreatown last week. On the right, that same spot is now street parking, where three cars, including a huge Cadillac Escalade, sit where the outdoor dining once was.

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Car Culture

NYC Transforms Site of Award-Winning Outdoor Dining Space Into Street Parking

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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Can This Documentary Get Americans to Care About Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths?

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>

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Thursday’s Headlines: Winners and Losers Edition

Julianne Cuba joined Streetsblog in February, 2019, after three years covering local news and politics at The Brooklyn Paper. There, she also covered the notoriously reckless private carting industry and hit-and-runs. A 2015 graduate of Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism Master’s Program, she now lives in Brooklyn. Julianne is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/julcuba?lang=en">@julcuba</a>. Email Julianne at <a href="mailto:julianne@streetsblog.org">julianne@streetsblog.org</a>

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Julianne Cuba

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Driver of Pennsylvania Car Riddled With Speeding Tickets Critically Injures Scooter Rider in Tribeca

Jesse Coburn was an investigative reporter at Streetsblog from 2021 to 2024. His <a href="https://www.streetsblogprojects.org/ghost-tags-index">series</a> on the black market for temporary license plates led to enacted or proposed laws in three states and won the George Polk Award. The series was also a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. His work has also received awards from IRE, the Overseas Press Club Foundation, the Sidney Hillman Foundation, the Deadline Club, the Sigma Awards, and the Silurians Press Club. Coburn now works at ProPublica.

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Jesse Coburn

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NYPD To Brooklyn Man: Your 311 Illegal Parking Complaints Are ‘Wasting Our Time’

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