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Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

Angie Schmitt

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Media Watch

How Coverage of Pedestrian Fatalities Dehumanizes Victims and Absolves Drivers

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Brad Aaron

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Bus Rapid Transit

NY1 Teams Up With Joe Addabbo to Bash Better Bus Service for Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers

David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as deputy editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.

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David Meyer

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Barry Grodenchik

Barry Grodenchik and Nily Rozic Stoke Fear of DOT Project to Make It Safer to Walk and Bike to P.S. 213

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Ben Fried

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What We Owe Gothamist and DNAinfo

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Tony Avella Roused to Action By Dinged Up Mercedes, Not Loss of Life

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Bed-Stuy

Driver Kills Brooklyn Cyclist and NYPD Again Reflexively Blames the Victim in the Press

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Carnage

NYPD Blames Victim After Box Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Corbin Carr, 17, in Hell’s Kitchen

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Andrew Cuomo

Crowding Is a Symptom of What Ails the Subways, Not a Cause

In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation.
From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration&#8217;s ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City&#8217;s ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

Stephen Miller

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Around the Block

Blaming People for Wearing Black Wins the Prize for Anti-Pedestrian Idiocy

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The Today Show Completely Botched Its Coverage of America’s Pedestrian Safety Crisis