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Julianne Cuba

Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org

Recent Posts

File photo: NY1

NYPD Secretly Alters Victim-Blaming Narrative of Death of E-Bike Rider and Charges Trucker

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 18, 2019 | No Comments
"There is no excuse for this practice," said Marco Conner of Transportation Alternatives.
Governor Cuomo signing an executive order last summer to continue the city's school speed camera program. Photo: Kevin Coughlin/State of New York
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SPEED CAMERAS WORK, PART II: Drivers Causing Fewer Collisions

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 16, 2019 | No Comments
Crashes are down 10 percent, possibly became drivers are starting to change their behavior now that there are more cameras, and they're operating eight more hours per day.
A Queens man was charged with setting 17 DOT traffic cameras on fire throughout 2020.
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SPEED CAMERAS WORK: City Writes More Tickets — But Drivers are Getting the Message

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments
Thousands more reckless drivers are getting caught speeding near schools thanks to the additional speed cameras that started going up in school zones this summer, data shows.
Then-Council Member Antonio Reynoso reached a deal with the city in 2019 to reform the private carting industry by creating zones with a maximum of three haulers assigned to each. Photo: Antonio Reynoso

City Strikes Deal To Reform Rogue Private Carting Industry

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 11, 2019 | No Comments
A maximum of three haulers will be able to pick up commercial waste in any given neighborhood zone, ending the current free-for-all with as many as 50 private carting companies racing through the streets.
The unlicensed driver who hit and killed a 10-year-old boy was charged with a misdemeanor because of lax state law. Photo: WPIX

Weak State Law Protects Unlicensed Drivers Who Kill

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 9, 2019 | 2 Comments
“It’s part of our giant blindspot for the dangers of driving," a lawyer said.
The NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad does not play a role in Vision Zero and should be taken away from the NYPD, argues this op-ed. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Manhattan Pol Wants To Change State Law To Hold Reckless Drivers Accountable

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 7, 2019 | 81 Comments
Substituting one word could eliminate the notion that prosecutors need to prove that a driver was aware of his or her misconduct.
Above, a private carting truck that lacks protective side rails. The city's historical deal on commercial waste zones will mandate the rails — if it ever gets off the ground. Photo: Facebook

Rogue Private Carting Industry Stalls on Mandated Safety Measure

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 3, 2019 | 2 Comments
“It is shameful,” said Justin Wood of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. 
This is the sukkah in front of a shul on Penn Street in Williamsburg. It was built illegally. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Eyes on the Street: Sukkahs in Williamsburg Taking Up Public Space

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 2, 2019 | 31 Comments
In fact, the city only moved to get the required paperwork after Streetsblog started asking about it.
City firefighter Brauley De La Rosa is still driving recklessly after he tried to kill a cyclist with his car in June. Photo: Liz Gonzales

Firefighter Who Used His Car to Run Down a Cyclist is Still Driving Recklessly 

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 30, 2019 | 5 Comments
On Aug. 29, a speed camera caught De La Rosa's car speeding through a school zone in the Bronx.
A city-owned vehicle blocking sight lines at a crosswalk in Inwood in 2017. Photo: Brad Aaron

City Workers Involved in More Injury-Causing Crashes: Report

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 30, 2019 | 8 Comments
The increase in crashes that caused injuries or deaths is odd, considering that overall collisions decreased slightly, from 6,304 in 2018 to 6,061 in 2019.
Council Member Chaim Deutsch talking to transportation activists Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

L’CHAIM! Southern Brooklyn Pol Gave Up His Car — So Can You, Mr. Mayor

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 27, 2019 | 18 Comments
“I would encourage drivers to use mass transit as much as they can," said Council Member Chaim Deutsch, days after Hizzoner refused to do just that.
Congestion on Canal Street, which turns out to be part of the National Highway System. Photo: giggel/Wikimedia Commons

Council Wants City to Require Overnight Deliveries

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 24, 2019 | 20 Comments
The city would have to receive deliveries at night in order to free up road space during the most congested times and make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists under a council bill that moved another step forward on Tuesday.
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