Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Equity

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams loved the e-Citi Bike when he used it last year — but his borough is suffering from a lack of equity from the bike share system. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Here’s One Way to Fix Citi Bike So It Doesn’t Only Serve Rich People Who Already Live Near Subways

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 10, 2019 | 23 Comments

Citi Bike serves mostly rich white people. All you need to do is look at the coverage map to see that. So where should it expand next to change that dynamic?

A summer weekend in New York's richest neighborhoods means empty streets. So why should we care what car owners think is just?

New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 5, 2019 | 100 Comments

Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.

Delivery workers recently rallied with State Senator Jessica Ramos (far left) before a state hearing Ramos's bill to legalize e-bikes. Comptroller Stringer supports the bill. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Scott Stringer Calls for ‘Justice’ For E-Bike-Riding Delivery Workers

By Scott Stringer | Jun 12, 2019 | 6 Comments

Scott Stringer on the mayor's e-bike crackdown? "Simply put, it makes no sense."

Cops from the 19th Precinct busted e-bike-riding delivery workers in a protected bike lane on Tuesday. Photo: Macartney Morris

‘Fairest City’ Mayor Orders More Crackdowns on Lowly E-Cyclists

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 4, 2019 | 19 Comments

Mayor de Blasio, who is running for president on a progressive platform that bills New York as "America's Fairest Big City," deployed the NYPD on Tuesday morning to confiscate the electric bikes of delivery workers — costing them roughly one-week's pay in fines.

Ubers and yellows — always competing. Photo: Max Pixel

Komanoff: Times Exposé Understated the Damage to Yellow Cab Industry by Uber and Lyft

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 30, 2019 | 48 Comments

The New York Times’s exhaustive series about the horrifying financial plight of yellow taxicab drivers may actually have understated the fiscal crisis — and, in doing so, let Uber and Lyft off the hook, a cab industry expert told Streetsblog. In the Times series (part 1 and part 2), writer Brian Rosenthal reported, “since Uber entered […]

Eduardo Perez is an e-bike rider who was harassed by Mayor de Blasio — but his bike will soon be legal, says the chairman of a key Senate committee. Photo: Wilfred Chan

Life on the Street: Delivery Worker Eduardo Perez Has No Use For de Blasio’s E-Bike Crackdown

By Streetsblog | May 7, 2019 | 20 Comments

For too long, delivery workers who ride e-bikes have been demonized. But hearing their stories makes it clear that New York City is definitely not the "fairest big city in America," as Mayor de Blasio claims.

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