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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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Bensonhurst

Parks Department Can’t Guarantee Safe Alternate Route During Year-Long Brooklyn Greenway Repair

Jake Oren Mansoor

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Bicycle Infrastructure

OPINION: Extend the Houston Street Bike Lane from River to River

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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Julianne Cuba

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Bicycle Safety

Pols Want Every Kid in NYC to Learn How to Ride a Bike

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WAIT FOR IT: City To Move Buses To Dedicated Lane on Queens Boulevard — Eventually

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Eve Kessler

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Riverdale Rumble: Bronx Panel Rejects DOT Road Diet Plan for Super-Wide Avenue

Peter Jacobsen

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Australia

The Forgotten Other Good Reason for Repealing Seattle’s Bike-Helmet Law

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New York State Wants To Know Everything About Your Cycling Habits

Robert Green

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OPINION: Ordering Takeout? Stop Complaining and Look in the Mirror

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Liam Jeffries

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Bicycling

EYES ON THE STREET: East Side Bike Lane Where Driver Killed Two Remains Unfixed

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Manhattan BP Looks To ‘Balance’ Community Boards By Asking if Applicants Own a Car