Julianne Cuba

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The service entrance leads to a supposedly car-free 78th Street with an in-the-works pedestrian plaza and park. Photo by Clarence Eckerson.

The City Might Give Up Its Plan to Ban Cars On One Jackson Heights Street

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 21, 2019 | 16 Comments

The city may surrender a years-in-the making plan to transform a Jackson Heights street into a pedestrian friendly car-free plaza because of a well-connected, wait for it, car dealership!

Police on Wednesday arrested the 24-year-old driver who hit and killed the former Columbia University professor and dean Peter Awn in January.

Cops Charge the Driver Who Hit and Killed Former Columbia University Professor

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 20, 2019 | 4 Comments

Police have arrested the driver who hit and killed former Columbia University professor and dean Peter Awn.

Assemblyman Michael DenDekker has said pedestrians are to blame for the city's hit-and-run epidemic. Photo: David Meyer

Once Anti-Cyclist, Queens Pol Now Wants Camera-Enforced Protected Bike Lanes

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 19, 2019 | 9 Comments

Can Michael DenDekker be trusted? Few cyclists think so, so Streetsblog put him on the record. This time, it seems, he is trying to keep cyclists safe in bike lanes.

City Council Member Brad Lander, behind the podium, with Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez to his right, and members of Families for Safe Streets and other traffic safety advocates at City Hall announcing his legislation. Photo: Brad Aaron

There’s No Exemption for Reckless Cops in Brad Lander’s ‘Reckless Driver Act’

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 19, 2019 | 4 Comments

Look out, NYPD scofflaws — there's no avoiding the boot on your car...if this bill passes.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg testifying at City Hall. Photo: City Council/Emil Cohen

DOT Commissioner: Bike Lane Delays Are Not About the Money!

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 15, 2019 | 26 Comments

Commissioner Polly Trottenberg doesn’t need more cash to install the 50 miles of protected bike lanes a year that Council Speaker Corey Johnson wants — she just needs less bureaucracy.

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is in danger of collapse. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants the BQE for Trucks Only

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 14, 2019 | 12 Comments

Step 1: Ban cars. Step 2: Build a new (and long) park from Dumbo to Carroll Gardens.

Steve Athenios (center, in white) leads a bike messenger protest in 1987. Photographer: Carl Hultberg. Provided by Museum of the City of New York.

New ‘Cycling in the City’ Exhibit Reveals a Long History of Contentiousness

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 13, 2019 | 4 Comments

Biking in New York City may seem contentious now, but it's always been that way, a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York reveals.

Cops Finally Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed a Man Last Year

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 6, 2019 | 5 Comments

Law enforcement has finally arrested the hit-and-run driver they say killed a Queens man on a Manhattan sidewalk in October — but only for fleeing, not for the reckless driving that killed the victim in the first place. On Feb. 19, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance quietly charged 37-year-old Bronx resident Tomas Dunn for taking […]