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Air Quality

Multi-State Climate Plan Fails To Please All Advocates

Annie Weinstock

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OPINION: Progressives Should Support the Gowanus Rezoning

Coby Lefkowitz

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15 Minute Cities

DEEP DIVE: Here’s Why Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us

John Stout

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OPINION: Raise the Gas Tax? Yes, but Fix Transportation Spending First

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34th Avenue Open Street

OPINION: A 34th Avenue Linear Park Would Be a Haven for Kids

Jessica González-Rojas

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JESSICA GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS: Why I Support a Linear Park in Jackson Heights

Ed García Conde

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OPINION: The Time To Cap the Cross Bronx Is Now

<div dir="auto">Sean is a NYC resident, cyclist, and software engineer.</div>


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Sean Scott

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OPINION: Time for Our Airports To Put Transit First

<p>Julianne Cuba joined Streetsblog in February, 2019, after three years covering local news and politics at <em>The Brooklyn Paper</em>. 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></p>


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Julianne Cuba

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Advocates Say Bill to Address Helicopter Frustrations Doesn’t Go Far Enough — NYPD, and Out-of-Towners Still a Problem

<p>Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.</p>


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Charles Komanoff

KOMANOFF: Don’t Regulate NYC Helicopter Flights, End Them