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Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

Noah Kazis

Bicycling

DOT Plans Nine Miles of Bike Lanes For LIC, Sunnyside, With More to Come

Carnage

Livery Cab Driver Kills Cyclist at LIE Overpass, No Charges Filed

Len Maniace

Astoria

Western Queens Locals Tell DOT Their Vision for Bike-Friendly Neighborhoods

Bike Lanes

Queens CB2 Asks, “Where’s the Bike Lane?” And DOT Adds One to LIC Plan

Road Diets But No Bike Lanes for Two Queens Traffic Calming Projects

Questions Remain for Hunter’s Point South Transpo Plan

EDC’s Queens Plaza Project Adds Better Bike-Ped Routes, Subtracts Parking

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

Bicycle Infrastructure

Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalks, Better Bike Lanes, Safer Streets

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

Eyes on the Street: Stone Bike Lane in LIC

Mathew Katz is a Canadian freelance reporter/producer living in New York City. His writing has appeared in The Toronto Star, The Village Voice, Torontoist, The Huffington Post, and NPR.org. He&#8217;s also had radio pieces appear on National Public Radio and the BBC World Service. 
Mathew graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is 2009, and before that completed a B.A. at the University of Toronto. He&#8217;s an avid baker, and rides a worn-down hybrid bike around the city.

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Peds and Cyclists Fighting for Space on the Pulaski Bridge

Long Island City