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Cyclist Killed on Unprotected Part of Ninth Street Bike Lane in Brooklyn

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

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Fans to Mets Owner: We Don’t Want to Drive to Citi Field

Sara Lind is the co-executive director at Open Plans, a sister organization of Streetsblog.

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Sara Lind

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Car-Free Parks

Opinion: Open Plans Lays Out Its ‘Joyful, Sustainable’ Future for a People-Centered NYC

Henry Beers Shenk

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‘Disgraceful’: Adams Administration’s Failure to Reach Bus Lane Requirement Angers Bus Riders

Kevin Duggan joined Streetsblog in October, 2022, after covering transportation for amNY. Duggan has been covering New York since 2018 after getting his masters in journalism from Dublin City University in Ireland. After some freelancing, he landed a job with Vince DiMiceli’s Brooklyn Paper, where he covered southern Brooklyn neighborhoods and, later, Brownstone Brooklyn. He’s on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/kduggan16">@kduggan16</a>. And his email address is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/about/staff-board/kevin@streetsblog.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kevin@streetsblog.org</a>.

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Kevin Duggan

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Astoria

Locals Have Been Begging for Safer Street Where Trucker Killed Citi Bike Rider

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BREAKING: Cement Truck Driver Fatally Strikes Woman on Citi Bike in Astoria

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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Two More Brooklyn Pedestrians Are Killed

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Car-Free Streets

Community Board 4 Wants Shared Street on W. 22nd — And Continued Open Street in the Meantime

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Pedestrian Killed at a Dangerous Bronx Intersection that City Has Failed to Make Safe

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Happy New Year! Now, Here are Some Resolutions for the Mayor and Governor

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