Dave Colon

Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org

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10-year-old Enzo Farachio's parents Mary Majao and Angel Farachio during a vigil for their son last year. File photo: Julianne Cuba

Legislator Refuses To Back Safety Measures at Vigil for Dead Child

By Dave Colon and Julianne Cuba | Sep 13, 2019 | 16 Comments

A rally in Midwood shows the fecklessness of Brooklyn Council Member Chaim Deutsch.

Transit is here to make your trips a little easier and help you avoid app switch-related carpal tunnel. Photo via Transit

Heads Up: You Can Buy Citi Bike Single Rides With the ‘Transit’ App

By Dave Colon | Sep 12, 2019 | 3 Comments

The function is built for the occasional rider, who will enjoy the convenience of a multi-modal trip guided by a single app.

Tfw the staff won't stop speeding with the company car. Photo: Heastie for New York

Hasty Heastie Staff Sped Through School Zones in Speaker’s Cars

By Dave Colon | Sep 11, 2019 | 6 Comments

The SUVs amassed quite the nasty record of moving violations, a spokesman confirmed. Why are those charged with making New York's laws breaking them on the taxpayers' dime?

A balloon bike at the "die-in" in Washington Square Park pleads to stop the killing.

Safe-Streets Advocates Demand That de Blasio ‘Focus on the Real Problems Killing New Yorkers’

By Dave Colon | Sep 11, 2019 | 6 Comments

The mayor should fix faulty streets and rein in reckless driving — not pursue useless helmet laws.

Council Member Brad Lander, who pulled into a lower Manhattan press conference on a Citi Bike despite not having a helmet (or a bike license). Photo by Dave Colon

Council Members: Mayor Was Just Mouthing Off on Helmets, Licenses

By Julianne Cuba and Dave Colon | Sep 10, 2019 | 21 Comments

Remarks damaging to cycling may have originated with a journalist.

We'll take two out of three. Okay fine, one out of three! Photo by Dave Colon

MTA Board Member: Capital Plan Vote Might Not Even Happen This Year

By Dave Colon | Sep 9, 2019 | 4 Comments

The board and the governor are at loggerheads. So what happens now?

De Blasio Digs In on Helmet-Law Nonsense in Incoherent Radio Appearance

By Dave Colon | Sep 6, 2019 | 22 Comments

Cyclists have got to start considering how to protect themselves from the mayor.

BdB's new bag: Mandate that Citi Bike users wear helmets. Too bad they're pretty useless for safety. Photo: Schwinn

De Brainless: Mayor Endorses Meritless Helmet and Licensing Requirements for Cyclists

By Dave Colon | Sep 4, 2019 | 119 Comments

The idea that helmets make cyclists safer flies in the face of every piece of research done on the subject including by, uh, the mayor's own Department of Transportation.

It's two more years of this cracked pavement on your bike ride. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Bumpy Road: Ocean Parkway Cyclists Won’t Get Relief From Cracked Bike Path Until 2022

By Dave Colon | Sep 4, 2019 | 9 Comments

A rough road remains for bikers, pedestrians seeking access to Coney Island's attractions and beaches.

No matter how many small tweaks are made to the street, Coney Island Avenue is going to be a car sewer without major changes. Photo by Dave Colon

City Says Safety is ‘Priority’ On Coney Island Avenue — But Roadway Is Still Filled with Cars

By Dave Colon | Sep 4, 2019 | 2 Comments

The city named Coney Island Avenue a safety "priority" in 2015. The roadway is as dangerous now as then. Streetsblog investigates what went wrong.

The aftermath of Monday's crash in Bushwick, in which a driver ran over a cyclist and then flipped his Jeep. Photo by ElJayGee3

SUV Driver Kills Cyclist He Suspected Of Breaking Into His Car [UPDATED]

By Dave Colon | Sep 2, 2019 | 46 Comments

Another cyclist is dead, the 20th of 2019, after an incident in which police say a driver ran his SUV into a cyclist he suspected of breaking into his car in Bushwick. A police spokesperson said that the driver was taken into custody and charges were pending while the investigation remained ongoing.