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Julianne Cuba

Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org

Recent Posts

Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers has racked up a lot of speeding tickets on her gray Nissan. [Editor's note: We have diffused the Council member's plate because her office said that showing the plate "puts her and her family at risk," which is an irony. Photos: Julianne Cuba (main); Gersh Kuntzman (inset)

EXCLU: Council Transportation Chair’s Car Sped Through School Zones 17 Times in a Year

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 26, 2022 | No Comments
Do as I say, not as I do.
Photo: Dwightsghost via Flickr

Support For Camera Enforcement Increases When Put in Racial Justice Context, Study Finds 

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 25, 2022 | No Comments
Researchers hope the results can increase support nationwide for swapping out cops for cameras, effective tools at keeping reckless drivers off the road and reducing fatal and injury-causing crashes.
Mayor Adams and Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez led a pack of activists on an Earth Day ride through Downtown Brooklyn and over the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday. Photo: Mark Gorton

Mayor Adams Puts Nearly $1 Billion Into Street Safety 

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 23, 2022 | No Comments
The Street Master Plan gets a much-needed boost.
The city's vision for a new Queens Boulevard. Photo: NYC DOT

WAIT FOR IT: City To Move Buses To Dedicated Lane on Queens Boulevard — Eventually

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 22, 2022 | No Comments
Another big change is coming to Queens Boulevard — but like other long-awaited redesigns of monstrous roads, residents will have to wait years for it.
Queens Council Member and Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers speaks during the rally to demand $3.1 billion funding for the Street Master Plan. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Pols and Advocates to Mayor: Put More Money Into the Streets Master Plan 

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 22, 2022 | No Comments
There's impatience in the air.
What South End Avenue could be. Source: BPCA

Battery Park City Residents Don’t Want South End Avenue Safety Redesign

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 20, 2022 | No Comments
Safety and cycling — what could be worse for a neighborhood that will be one of the first to be submerged if the world doesn't arrest climate change?
Welcome to Blissville, Queens. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Eyes on the Street: Welcome to Blissville, Queens 

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 18, 2022 | No Comments
Blissville? More like Abyss-Ville.
The police officers who tried to run over anti-police-brutality protesters in several incidents on May 30, 2020 will now be held accountable.

Cops Who Rammed Squad Cars into Protesters Should be Charged, Says Oversight Agency 

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 15, 2022 | No Comments
The cops who used their squad cars as deadly weapons to plow into a crowd of protesters during the Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020 should face disciplinary charges, the Civilian Complaint Review Board has declared.
Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers has racked up a lot of speeding tickets on her gray Nissan. [Editor's note: We have diffused the Council member's plate because her office said that showing the plate "puts her and her family at risk," which is an irony. Photos: Julianne Cuba (main); Gersh Kuntzman (inset)

EXCLUSIVE: Council’s Transportation Chair’s Car Sped Through School Zones 17 Times in a Year

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 13, 2022 | No Comments
Do as I say, not as I do.
This is a placard?

CLUELESS: New Department of Investigation Boss Isn’t Sure if Placard Abuse is a Thing (It Is)

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 12, 2022 | No Comments
At a hearing, DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber told Council members that overseeing the NYPD's failure to enforce of placard abuse wasn't yet on the agency's to-do list, despite a 2019 law requiring such oversight.
Fifth Avenue. Photo: Google Maps

City DOT Still Mum on Long-Delayed Fifth Avenue Busway 

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 8, 2022 | No Comments
The busway is still dead in the water, even as bus speeds sink back to pre-pandemic levels and as busways in other boroughs are proving successful.
The ghost bike of Robert Spencer is a reminder of the need for safety in Long Island City. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Long Island City Getting Some Protected Bike Lanes 

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 6, 2022 | No Comments
Redesigns are coming to three dangerous corridors, crucial connectors to the Pulaski and Queensboro bridges.
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