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Betsy Plum is executive director of Riders Alliance.

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Betsy Plum

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Andrew Cuomo

Op-Ed: More Bus Lanes, Fewer Police Cars!

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

Traffic-Jam

Improv Everything: What Is The Plan To Move People as the Economy Reopens?

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Cuomo: I Didn’t Press The President on Congestion Pricing Because It’s Not A Jobs Program

Danny Pearlstein is Policy &amp; Communications Director at the Riders Alliance.

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Danny Pearlstein

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION FOR COMPREHENSIVE E-BIKE AND E-SCOOTER SAFETY MEASURES

Op-Ed: Governor, Public Transit Doesn’t Need a Billionaire Techie

Marcus Moore

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Op-Ed: Homeless Will Be ‘Sanitized’ From Subways — But To Where?

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

the choice

Don’t Blame NY Times Reporter For Buying a Car — Blame Decades of Bad Public Policy

Brent Toderian

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Op-Ed: Dear Gov. Cuomo, The Problem Is Crowding, Not ‘Density’!

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34th Avenue Open Street

Mayor Not Ready to Ban Cars on Some Streets, Despite Cuomo Order

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UPDATED: Cuomo Says Bike Shops CAN Stay Open as ‘Essential’ Businesses, de Blasio Confirms It

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UPDATED: Cuomo Order Declares Bike Shops ‘Non-Essential’ Despite Cycling Surge