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Car-Free Streets

Open-Street Killjoys in Jackson Heights Tried To Silence the Circus

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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MTA Hiked Costs of Long-Sought Eastern Queens Subway Expansion: Report

Samuel Santaella is a bike and transit activist in Queens who volunteers for Riders Alliance and Transportation Alternatives.

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Samuel Santaella

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Bicycling

OPINION: Extend the Queens Boulevard Bike Lanes to Jamaica!

Jesse Coburn was an investigative reporter at Streetsblog from 2021 to 2024. His <a href="https://www.streetsblogprojects.org/ghost-tags-index">series</a> on the black market for temporary license plates led to enacted or proposed laws in three states and won the George Polk Award. The series was also a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. His work has also received awards from IRE, the Overseas Press Club Foundation, the Sidney Hillman Foundation, the Deadline Club, the Sigma Awards, and the Silurians Press Club. Coburn now works at ProPublica.

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Jesse Coburn

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ANALYSIS: City’s Most Car-Centric Neighborhoods are Supporting Eric Adams

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Queens Senior Killed After Being Hit By Driver of a 4,700-Pound SUV

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OPINION: Council Member Dromm Clearly Supports Linear Park for 34th Avenue

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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Gersh Kuntzman

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STREETS WEEK! Mayor Finally Says that the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Will Be Done by November

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SEE IT: Nine Candidates for a Queens Council Seat Roll With it on District-Wide Ride

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Donovan Richards: Every Neighborhood In Queens Deserves A Connected Bike Network

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