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Julianne Cuba

Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org

Recent Posts

March (Parking) Madness: The Western Regional Final!

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 29, 2023 | No Comments
It's the first matchup in our Final Four: Manhattan's worse vs. the most shameful that The Bronx had to offer. Come for the tournament, stay for the feral cats!

Stop the Stops? Speaker Adams Wants to ‘Overhaul’ NYPD Traffic Enforcement 

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 28, 2023 | No Comments
The NYPD should "move away" from police-initiated traffic stops that disproportionately target people of color and can lead to police brutality, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said on Monday — offering uncharacteristic support for a central pillar of a progressive-wing movement to reform the police department.
People still speed. A lot. But less. At least that's the story. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

‘Major Victory’: Drivers Getting Nabbed With Fewer Speeding Tickets: City 

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments
The city’s speed cameras are spitting out less tickets to drivers than they were six months ago, Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said — and that's good.
A memorial for baby Apolline at the corner of Vanderbilt and Gates avenues. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Driver Who Killed 3-Month-Old Baby is Offered Nine Years in Plea Deal

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments
Tyrik Mott had close to 100 red light and speed camera tickets on his record before he allegedly killed baby Apolline Mong-Guillemin in Fort Greene in 2021. He has until March 22 to either take the offer or go to trial where he faces up to 25.
Is this really going to happen?

Albany’s Residential Parking Program Won’t Be Good for New York City: Analysis

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments
A Senate proposal to encourage New York City to create a Residential Parking Permit system won't help break the city's car culture, multiple studies show.
Carling Mott, inset, was killed by a truck driver on a crosstown street that did not have a bike lane. File photo

Upper West Side Panel Backs Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 15, 2023 | No Comments
The vote by CB7's Transportation Committee follwed a parade of residents who spoke overwhelmingly for cycling and pedestrian safety.
It's Midtown Precinct North vs. Midtown Precinct South in this first-round battle.

March (Parking) Madness: The Epic Battle of Midtown 

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 10, 2023 | No Comments
It’s hard to be anything other than chaotic in Midtown, and that’s exactly the type of parking both Midtown Precinct North and Midtown Precinct South bring to their respective neighborhoods, just 20 blocks apart. 
Rep. Ritchie Torres believes federal action is necessary to rein in bad lithium-ion batteries.

NYC Pol Wants Feds to Rein in Faulty Lithium-Ion Batteries

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 8, 2023 | No Comments
“My legislation ... is an expression of the government's highest obligation, which is public safety,” said Rep. Ritchie Torres.
The streets of Borough Park are a congested mess.

Fact Check: In Borough Park, Drivers Are the Real Problem, Despite What CB12 Thinks

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 7, 2023 | No Comments
Chairman Yidel Perlstein expressed sympathy for a resident who got ticket for going more than 10 miles per hour in a school zone — because she hit the gas to pass a person on a bike.
Former Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Frank Seddio is rallying his allies to fight against any push to reduce the size of the BQE. Photo: Kevin Duggan

THE POWER BROKERS: Brooklyn Machine Fights Smaller BQE at Closed-Door City Hall Meeting 

By Julianne Cuba and Kevin Duggan | Mar 4, 2023 | No Comments
The Brooklyn Democratic machine wants a "superhighway in perpetuity," said one supporter of narrowing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
This is the opposite of livable streets. Photo: LIRR

YES IN OUR BACKYARD: New Yorkers Widely Support Parking Reform, Density Near Transit 

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 2, 2023 | No Comments
New Yorkers want livable communities, not parking requirements that make housing more expensive.
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights might get a temporary roadway (inset) during reconstruction.

City May Build A Temporary Highway Through Brooklyn Heights After All 

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 1, 2023 | No Comments
Hey 2023, 2018 called and it wants its temporary highway back.
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