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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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Analysis: Out-Of-State Cars Causing Mayhem in NYC

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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Bicycle Safety

New Bike Lanes Coming to Howard Beach — But Not on the Damn Addabbo Bridge

Danny Pearlstein is Policy &amp; Communications Director at the Riders Alliance.

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OPINION: New Mayor Must Champion Safety of West Side Greenway

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Why is State  DOT Prioritizing Parking For Cops Over Park Access for Bronxites?

This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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A Round and a Roundy: State DOT is Making the Problem Worse

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Another Lane Coming to Staten Island Expressway to — Again — Try to Solve Congestion ‘Problem’

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‘Progressive’ Manhattanites Push For Cop Crackdown On E-Bike Riders (Again)

State DOT Throws Cold Water on West Side Highway Bike Lane

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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State DOT to Add ‘Auxiliary Lane’ on LIE — A Highway-Widening Project, Opponents Charge

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