Julianne Cuba
Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
SEE IT: Armed Security Guard Tackles Cyclist In Manhattan Bike Lane
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WTF is wrong with some people? And better yet, why can they carry guns?
Forgetting Something? Engineers Hired For BQE Advice Didn’t Study Reducing Car Use
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You get what you pay for: The engineering firm hired by the Council wasn't asked to consider car-reduction strategies, which is why the firm didn't present any.
Trucker Who Killed 3-Year-Old Boy In Harlem Blames Child’s Mother For Not Holding His Hand
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“It’s being made out like I did something wrong, I did not,” the killer driver told Streetsblog. “The mother should have had the child in her hand.”
Another Senior Is Killed By Uncharged Driver On Bell Boulevard
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Another senior citizen has been run over and killed on Bell Boulevard in Queens — and the driver was once again not charged.
Mayor Backtracks On Long-Stalled Queens Boulevard Bike Lane
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Throws DOT commissioner under the bus in effort to placate a pro-car Queens pol.
Ten Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Coming To Manhattan This Year
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DOT will close the dangerous gaps on Sixth and Second avenues as CPW, others, get life-saving extensions.
Eyes On The Street: Weinstein Case Brings Even More Placard Abuse to Lower Manhattan
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The jury is still out in the Harvey Weinstein case — but the verdict is in on the press: guilty of placard abuse on all counts!
Pro-Car Queens Board Wants To Squeeze Pedestrians to Create More Room For Drivers
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Car-loving Community Board 7 in Flushing wants to take space away from already endangered pedestrians and give it to car drivers.
DOT’s New Protected Grand Street Bike Lane Is Still Not Protected
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Grand Street is still a disaster, bikers and cycling advocates say, thanks to trucks that can still park in the bike lane.
Advocates: We Don’t Need New NYPD ‘Vision Zero Unit’ — We Need Safer Streets and Better Trained Cops
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The new unit is supposed to crack down on reckless drivers, but given the NYPD's record of racial bias, overpolicing, and lack of understanding, few are optimistic.
Brooklyn DA Admits ‘Mistake’ For Letting Killer Driver Off The Hook
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Eric Gonzalez said his staff was wrong to drop the case against driver John Sherman for backing over 85-year-old Stella Clinton.
Brooklyn Pol Who Fought Street Safety Measure Now Blasts DOT For Delaying It!
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Chaim Deutsch, who said he would oppose "any [bike lanes] in my district," is suddenly hounding the DOT for one on Emmons Avenue. No one believes him.