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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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Cycling Advocates To DOT: Great Bedford Avenue Bike Lane Plan, Here’s How To Make It Better

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DOT’s Long-Awaited Bedford Avenue Protected Bike Lane Has Widespread Support (Except for The Usual Critics)

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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Monday’s Headlines: Better Bedford Avenue Edition

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Activists Want a Protected Bike Lane on an Unsafe Stretch of Bedford Avenue

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Report: City (and Citi) Must Do More to Improve Bike-Share Equity, Jobs, Safety

Tracey Capers

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Op-Ed: Making Black Lives Matter in Street Safety

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

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DOT Atlantic Avenue Phase II Bike Lane Rendering

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

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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Scott Stringer Channels Robert F. Kennedy in Vision for Mid-Block Playgrounds

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Driver Careens Into Bed-Stuy Restaurant, Injuring Two People and Himself

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.

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The Death of Kevin Flores Is a Complete and Total Failure of Our Vehicle Regulation System