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Julianne Cuba

Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org

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The open dining street on Vanderbilt Avenue. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Dozens of Outdoor Dining Piazzas to Add Weekday Hours as Mayor Hints Open Streets Will Return Next Year

By Julianne Cuba and Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments
“Restaurants deserve every chance they can get to serve more customers this fall," Mayor de Blasio said.
Caption: Delroy Durant in a family photo. Source: Facebook

Cyclist Dies in Prospect Park Under Murky Circumstances

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 12, 2020 | No Comments
A cyclist died on Labor Day in a crash inside Prospect Park — with cops saying the rider merely lost control of his bike on a steep downhill, but a family friend disputing the official preliminary account.
The car-free busway on 14th Street is still the gold standard (mostly because there's only one other like it). File photo: Dave Colon

DOT Now Says Delayed Flushing Busway Will Start Next Month

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 11, 2020 | No Comments
In other words, it's more than three months behind schedule.
File photo: Dave Colon

NYPD: Cyclist Killed on Ocean Parkway, 13th So Far This Year 

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 10, 2020 | No Comments
A 29-year-old cyclist is dead after he was hit by a driver along a notorious Brooklyn speedway early Thursday morning, cops said, making him the 13th person killed on a bike so far this year, and the fourth this month ... so far.
Williamsburg Council Member Antonio Reynoso wants to make Berry Street a permanent busway. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Brooklyn Pol Proposes Another Car-Free Busway

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 10, 2020 | No Comments
Berry Street, an open-street success story in Williamsburg, could replace the stalled BQX connector, a Council member says.
An Excellent Bus Service bus turns through the same intersection on Tuesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Cops Stand by as Buses Block Bike Lane at Deadly Brooklyn Intersection

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 9, 2020 | No Comments
The Williamsburg corner where a cyclist was killed on Monday is the very picture of a Vision Zero 'policy failure.'
Cops on the scene after a cyclist was struck in a hit-and-run in the Bronx early Friday. Video: Citizen

Hit-and-Run Driver Sends Bronx Cyclist to Hospital Amid Injury Surge

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 4, 2020 | No Comments
Recent police enforcement actions haven't helped a borough short on protected bike lanes.
Barricades and a so-called NYPD checkpoint outside the 17th Precinct. Photo: Jake Schmidt

Manhattan Panel Joins Calls for NYPD To Retreat From Seized Streets 

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments
Only the latest cry to get the cops to stand down from their barricades — and move their damn cars, too!
W. 72nd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Photo: Google Maps

Upper West Siders Strengthen Push for Crosstown Bike Lanes

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments
The vote gives the DOT a mandate to improve an important transportation and business corridor. 
File photo: Dave Colon

NYPD: MTA Bus Driver Kills Cyclist in Queens

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments
Police are already blaming the victim, saying he blew through a red light.
Jamaica Avenue, where the city will finally move ahead with a busway. File photo: Adam Light

Queens Pols Want a Jamaica Busway — Just Not Where de Blasio Put It

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 2, 2020 | No Comments
Outer-borough tiff shows how mayor's approach comes up short.
DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg during a press conference over the summer. Photo: Dave Colon

City Throws More Cops at Rising Bronx Cyclist Deaths, Injuries 

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 2, 2020 | No Comments
A protected bike-lane network is not in the offing for the beleaguered borough, the DOT says.
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