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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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STANDING ORDER: Legislators Demand Public Seating at the Moynihan Train Hall

Longtime Hells Kitchen community activist Christine Berthet is also the co-chair of the Community Board 4 Transportation Committee and the founder of pedestrian safety group CHEKPEDS.

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Christine Berthet

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Op-Ed, Part II: Conversion to EVs is a Once-in-a-Century Chance to Fix Many Car Culture Problems

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OPINION: Let’s Make the Open Culture Program Permanent

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Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way

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Open Plans Brings on Three New Hires in Fight for Livable Streets

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Enjoy Another Pedestrianized Part of Broadway — for a Month Only!

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OPINION: ‘Playable’ Cities Are the Next Public-Space Frontier

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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