Julianne Cuba
Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Gains Steam
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An influential Manhattan panel voted to return street safety to the DOT. Will Mayor de Blasio heed the call?
Advocates Cool to Proposed Cyclist, Pedestrian Bridges
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Gridlock Sam's idea is good, but money would be better spent on fixing existing spans, they say.
Two Years After a Hit-And-Run Driver Killed a 4-Year-Old, There Is Little ‘Justice for Luz’
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Brooklyn's DA charges only 'failure to exercise due care' after a horrific incident on a Bushwick sidewalk. A heartbroken family demands answers.
NYPD Targets Black and Brown Cyclists For Biking On The Sidewalk
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Biking while Black is still a thing in New York City.
More NYC Cyclists Protested For ‘Black Lives Matter’ On Saturday Than Showed Up To Trump’s Rally In Tulsa
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Whose streets? Protesters’ streets.
‘There’s No Bike Lanes. It’s Not Even Nice Roads’ — Biking As a Means Of Protest And Exposing Racism
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Meet the Street Riders, a new group that organizes protest bike rides in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Cyclist Injuries Still Soaring In The Bronx — Despite Falling Citywide
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Injuries to Bronx cyclists soared last week compared to the same time period last year — even as total collisions are down, and as bike injuries in the other four boroughs are also down, according to NYPD statistics.
Seven Black Cyclists On What Protest Rides Mean To Them
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The cycling community has so far hosted two massive solidarity rides with Black Lives Matter. We talked to participants about their struggles.
NYPD Arrests Out-Of-Towner For Plowing Into ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters With His Car In Queens
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Turns out, there were "outside agitators" at Black Lives Matter protests — attacking the peaceful protesters!
Trek Bicycles Declines To Divest From NYPD Despite ‘Abhorrent’ Use of Bikes Against Protesters
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The company that sells bicycles to the NYPD has refused activists' demands that it divest from its relationship with a brutal department.
Déjà Vu: Another Man Plows Into ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters With His Car In Queens
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Another driver who plowed into demonstrators in Whitestone gets kid-glove treatment from cops.
SEE IT! Police Beat Up Cyclist During Black Lives Matter Protest
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Why did cops tackle and pummel cyclist Pierce McCaffrey? Apparently, he was cycling too slowly for their taste. And it's all on videotape.