Julianne Cuba
Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
In Memoriam 2019: The Lives We Lost (And The Drivers Who Weren’t Charged)
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The primary cause of death on New York City roadways remains reckless drivers. Yet more than half have not been charged. Here's our annual tribute to the dead — and our annual call for action.
DOT Will Truly Protect Grand Street Protected Bike Lane
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DOT confirmed it would install thick delineators, which provide a sturdier barrier to drivers, along the south side of Grand Street between Morgan Avenue and Rodney Street.
UWS Woman Killed By Driver — Another Hole in the Neighborhood Fabric
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Police said that on Dec. 7, the driver of a 2016 RAM truck fatally struck 85-year-old Ellyn Berman as she crossed Broadway in the crosswalk near W. 61st Street at about 3 p.m. Berman died from her injuries on Dec. 16.
Activists and Pols: We Can’t Wait Another Year to Fix Deadly Third Avenue
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It was "Death on Third Avenue," the sequel that no one wanted.
NYPD: Four People Killed by Drivers in 24 Hours, Six Within 48
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If this is a war on cars, why are pedestrians and cyclists doing most of the dying?
Save the Date: Baby Carriage Blockade is Back on Jan. 11
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Call it Mothers Against Deadly Driving.
Why Was Killer Trucker Even on the Road? Because Public Officials Are Inept
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He didn't have a valid license. So why was Jaime Sabogal behind the wheel when he killed a 3-year-old?
NYPD Nabs, But Then Undercharges, Hit-and-Run Driver of Bike-Riding Pro Wrestler
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But for some reason, he was not charged with the far-more-serious count of leaving the scene — which is punishable by up to seven years in jail.
Gov. Cuomo Celebrates New Sheridan Boulevard, But Advocates Still Wary
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The former Sheridan Expressway is now a less-highway-like fast roadway akin to West Street in Manhattan, which was built on the site of the former West Side Highway.
UPDATE: Driver Killed a 3-Year-Old Boy Being Pushed in a Stroller in a Crosswalk
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A pickup truck driver ran over and killed a little boy, and injured his mother, as she pushed the tot in a stroller on a Harlem street on Monday morning.
Eyes on the Street: Miracle on Fifth Avenue Near Rockefeller Center
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Mayor de Blasio's bold plan to take lanes away from drivers and give them to pedestrians around Rockefeller Center is working — but only on the side streets that are actually closed to cars entirely.
Manhattan DA Vance Charges Reckless Cyclist with Penalty He Rarely Levies Against Drivers
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No one is arguing that the top prosecutor should not have charged the biker with the high-level misdemeanor of reckless endangerment, but why doesn't he levy the same charge with any regularity to motorists who do the very same thing?