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Families for Safe Streets

SAFETY LAST: Albany Pols Stall on Package of Bills to Make Roadways Safer

Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

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Gersh Kuntzman

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NYPD

Report: 70 Percent of City Drivers are Speeding (Maybe Even Right Now)

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.

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Jesse Coburn

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SUVs

DRIVING US MAD: Number of SUVs and Similar Cars is Up 21 Percent in NYC, TA Reveals

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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34th Avenue Open Street

‘Nightmare’ on 34th Avenue? Residents Rally Against the ‘Gold Standard’ Open Street that Has Added Safety and Recreation Space 

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Delivery

New Program Aims to Give E-Bikes to Low-Income Workers

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Candidate Garcia Make Her Case for Street Safety on Deadly Third Avenue

2021 Mayoral Election

SEE IT: Here’s What TransAlt’s ’25X25′ Looks Like (And What Kathryn Garcia Loves)

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The Bronx is Up: DOT Proposes Protected Bike Lane Under the White Plains Ave. El

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Curb management

STREETS WEEK! New Truck Management Report is Heavy on Historic Details; Light on Future Plans 

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Bicycling

Survey Says: City Voters Support Public Money Invested in Bike Share

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