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Todd Litman
Todd Litman is founder and executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transport problems.
June 16, 2025
Amy Cohen
Amy Cohen is the president of Families for Safe Streets, a group she founded after her son, Sammy Cohen Eckstein, was killed on Prospect Park West by a driver in 2013.
June 6, 2025
Matthew Sage
Matthew Sage is part of the Streetsblog Summer Specialist class of 2025. He’s a senior at Tufts University, an esteemed center of learning in Massachusetts, where he studies political science. He will help plot a path forward for our nation.
June 2, 2025
Maxime Renson
Max Renson is head of U.S. operations for Upway, a global platform for pre-owned electric bikes. The company operates in eight countries. Check it out here.
May 28, 2025
John Kelly
John Kelly is a member of the Eastern Queens Greenway group, whose mission is to “increase the safety of all the people heading to our parks, particularly our children, the elderly, and those with limited mobility.”
May 26, 2025
Peter Norton
Peter Norton is a historian at the University of Virginia and author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, and of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving.
May 18, 2025
Sofia Barandiaran
Sofia Barandiaran is New York & New Jersey Manager at East Coast Greenway Alliance, a nonprofit organization advocating for the development of the East Coast Greenway, a walking and biking route stretching 3,000 miles from Maine to Florida, which includes much of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway.
May 1, 2025
Pam Cress
Pam Cress is president of Shorewalkers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to promoting and preserving New York City’s waterfront and shorelines by leading invigorating hikes throughout the metropolitan area.
May 1, 2025
Amy Sohn
Once named by Curbed the “number three reason to love New York,” Amy Sohn has been a columnist 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. She’s also the author of 13 books including “The Man Who Hated … Continued
April 30, 2025