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Julianne Cuba

Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org

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Williamsburg Council Member Antonio Reynoso wants to make Berry Street a permanent busway. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Brooklyn Pol Proposes Another Car-Free Busway

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 10, 2020 | No Comments
Berry Street, an open-street success story in Williamsburg, could replace the stalled BQX connector, a Council member says.
An Excellent Bus Service bus turns through the same intersection on Tuesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Cops Stand by as Buses Block Bike Lane at Deadly Brooklyn Intersection

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 9, 2020 | No Comments
The Williamsburg corner where a cyclist was killed on Monday is the very picture of a Vision Zero 'policy failure.'
Cops on the scene after a cyclist was struck in a hit-and-run in the Bronx early Friday. Video: Citizen

Hit-and-Run Driver Sends Bronx Cyclist to Hospital Amid Injury Surge

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 4, 2020 | No Comments
Recent police enforcement actions haven't helped a borough short on protected bike lanes.
Barricades and a so-called NYPD checkpoint outside the 17th Precinct. Photo: Jake Schmidt

Manhattan Panel Joins Calls for NYPD To Retreat From Seized Streets 

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments
Only the latest cry to get the cops to stand down from their barricades — and move their damn cars, too!
W. 72nd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Photo: Google Maps

Upper West Siders Strengthen Push for Crosstown Bike Lanes

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments
The vote gives the DOT a mandate to improve an important transportation and business corridor. 
File photo: Dave Colon

NYPD: MTA Bus Driver Kills Cyclist in Queens

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments
Police are already blaming the victim, saying he blew through a red light.
Jamaica Avenue, where the city will finally move ahead with a busway. File photo: Adam Light

Queens Pols Want a Jamaica Busway — Just Not Where de Blasio Put It

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 2, 2020 | No Comments
Outer-borough tiff shows how mayor's approach comes up short.
DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg during a press conference over the summer. Photo: Dave Colon

City Throws More Cops at Rising Bronx Cyclist Deaths, Injuries 

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 2, 2020 | No Comments
A protected bike-lane network is not in the offing for the beleaguered borough, the DOT says.
Even with two dedicated bus lanes, blocked lanes sometimes force buses into the existing car lanes on Fifth Avenue, evidence that a car-free busway is needed. Photo Adam Light

DOT: ‘We’re Still Talking’ About a ‘Bus Lane’ (But Not a Busway!) on Fifth Avenue

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 28, 2020 | No Comments
To be clear: the current design is not the car-free busway as promised by the mayor in June.
Fifth Avenue. Photo: Google Maps

NOT JUST DELAYED: The Fifth Avenue Busway Looks Completely Dead

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 27, 2020 | No Comments
Update! New drawings were shared with Streetsblog after we published our initial story that the busway had merely been delayed. It's worse than delayed...
They're back! Photo: Revel.

Revel Returns Thursday Following Month-Long ‘Suspension’ — With Added Safety Features

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments
“We are trying to change behavior,” said Revel CEO and co-founder Frank Reig.
Fifth Avenue. Photo: Google Maps

Fifth Avenue Busway Delay: DOT Puts Luxury Retailers’ Revenue Over Riders’ Interests

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments
Favoring the needs of Rolex and Armani over those of 110,000 straphangers.
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