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Op-Ed: Let’s Build a Network of ‘Quiet Streets’

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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Dave Colon

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TODAY: City to Announce Cargo Bike Delivery Pilot with Amazon, UPS, Others

Aaron Short has been a New York City journalist for more than 20 years. He&#8217;s also co-author of the seminal oral history of Donald Trump, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Method-Madness-Donald-Inspired-Inaugurated/dp/1250202809/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1543937373&amp;sr=1-2&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=allensalkin-20&amp;linkId=add8bdd0aa865b7d6c5cfd5189a7131b&amp;language=en_US">&#8220;The Method to the Madness&#8221;</a> (St. Martin&#8217;s Press, 2019)

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Europe’s Congestion Pricing Lessons For America

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>

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Free Parking Isn’t Free — But Upper West Side Car Owners Want To Keep It That Way

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Wednesday’s Headlines: Frances Furlong Edition

Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

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Circus Comes to Fresh Pond Road as Judge Visits a Bus Lane to Assess Legality

DOT Atlantic Avenue Phase II Bike Lane Rendering

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Op-Ed: The Atlantic Avenue Rebuild Is Taking Too Long

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Eighth Avenue To Get a Road Diet to Give More Space to Walkers, Cyclists

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CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)

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Aggressive Driving

Op-Ed: Treat Traffic Deaths Like the Measles

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