Julianne Cuba
Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
EXCLU: Brooklyn Academy of Music Claims Bike Lane Proposal Poses ‘Serious Safety Concerns’
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The storied Brooklyn arts institution is throwing every possible excuse at local leaders in an attempt to stop a protected bike lane outside its campus.
Delivery Apps Should ‘Step Up’ to Help Workers Avoid Deadly Lithium-Ion Fires, City Says
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City Hall is "very much aligned in spirit” with the proposed buyback program.
Citi Bike Data Show How Many Cyclists Cross Central Park, Highlighting Need for Safe Routes
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As the stewards of Central Park are studying how to make the green space safer for pedestrians and cyclists following a spate of crashes, new data shows that a whopping 38,852 people — more than 1,000 a day — traversed the park on Citi Bikes last August.
DOT Rolls Out New Tech To Better Analyze How People Move on City Streets
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The sensors could help resolve misallocations of public space, where cars often get the bulk of room despite being outnumbered by pedestrians or cyclists.
For Safer, Greener Streets, Cities Must Speed Up and Fund Infrastructure: Report
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A study by the Regional Plan Association offers a new analysis into why infrastructure in New York City costs more than in other cities and countries around the world. And offers solutions that likely go behind the Big Apple.
Speaker Adams Still Won’t Come Out in Support of Sammy’s Law
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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez (D-Williamsburg) introduced a resolution on Tuesday calling on the state legislature to pass Sammy’s Law — a resolution that is a first step in securing the required “home rule” message to be sent to Albany legislators.
Finally! Uber Helps Fund Two Battery Buy-Back Programs
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The San Francisco-based tech giant, which so far has remained relatively silent on an issue that has blazed through the city, is helping fund the two separate pilot programs both aimed at improving access to safe e-bikes and batteries.
Pols and Advocates Want to Redesign the City’s Truck Network
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The current truck route map — comprising about 1,300 miles across the five boroughs — has remained largely unchanged since the 1970s, though DOT said it made “minor edits” in 2015 and 2018. A bill, Intro. 708, introduced on Monday by Council Member Alexa Aviles (D-Sunset Park) would force the agency to do a complete overhaul.
March (Parking) Madness: It’s Bronx vs. Brooklyn in the Tournament Final!
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It's the 75th Precinct vs. the 43rd Precinct in our annual tournament of losers.
DELAY AHEAD: Upper West Side Panel Wants DOT to ‘Study’ Protected Bike Lanes
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Let's study protected bike lanes, says a community board, ignoring that the city has been building protected bike lane for two decades.
Council (Minus Speaker Adams and Transportation Committee Chair) Tells State Lawmakers it Supports Sammy’s Law
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It’s unclear why neither Brooks-Powers nor Adams signed onto the letter.
Dept. of Investigation Tells NYCHA: Protect Tenants, But Don’t Ban E-Bikes
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"Electric/battery-powered transportation pose[s] a significant risk of fire when stored or charged in enclosed spaces," the agency said in a report, but did not call for a ban.