Julianne Cuba
Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
Lower-Income New Yorkers Set Livable Communities Agenda for Adams
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The poorest New Yorkers are telling Mayor Adams that affordable housing, not more police, is a key public safety issue.
Report: 88 Percent of Drivers Arrested for Not Having a License Last Year Were People of Color
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And every single person arrested for "loitering" last year was Black. "It’s called serving the public," says NYPD spokesman John Miller.
Three-Quarters of Licensed Drivers Used a Mobile Device While Driving, New Survey Finds
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Thank goodness April is "Distracted Driving Month."
Jackson Heights Pol to Mayor Adams: Fix de Blasio’s Travers Park Failure
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The Adams Administration should force Koeppel Mazda to retreat from a street that should be fully pedestrianized for the benefit of the community, not a few cars, said Council Member Shekar Krishnan.
Builder Wants Atlantic Ave. Tower to be a Model for Pedestrian-Friendly Development on Deadly Corridor
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“It's a 180-degree shift," said the project's architect.
DOT May (May?!) Fund the Streets Master Plan For This Year, But Advocates Want More
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Pols and advocates are demanding that the city actually fund the long-awaited Streets Master Plan, which requires scores of new miles of protected bike lanes and bus lanes, cleaner sidewalks, and car-free streets.
New Law May Make School Zones Safer — But Why Does DOT Act So Slowly, Pols Ask
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City traffic "engineers" rely too heavily on federal guidelines that are biased against pedestrians. But a change may be on the way, at least for school zones.
Council Transportation Chair: Street Safety, Good Transit, City Funding — It’s All About Equity
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"All New Yorkers suffer when our streets aren’t safe, and no Council district is immune from the impacts of traffic deaths," the new Transportation Committee chair said on Monday.
Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Led Ongoing Boom Through 2021
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Daily trips over the new eight-foot two-way bike path on the roadbed of the bridge’s Manhattan-bound side soared 27.2 percent across all of 2021, according to data compiled by Bike New York.
Private Garbage Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian at Dangerous Brooklyn Intersection
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The driver of a private sanitation truck struck and killed a man at a notoriously dangerous Brooklyn intersection on Friday afternoon, the latest in a string of fatal crashes amid the deadliest year so far under Vision Zero.
Brooklyn Pols Tell Developers to Eliminate Parking or Else
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Mandatory parking rules drive up housing costs and incentivize car ownership, elected officials say.
Cops Say They Have Arrested the Car-Obsessed Hit-and-Run Driver Who Critically Wounded a Park Slope Pedestrian
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Cops said 31-year-old David Mocete smashed into the pedestrian at around 9 p.m. last Thursday, then fled