PathPath
  • About Us
  • Contact Streetsblog SF
  • Our Funders
  • Comment Moderation Policy
  • Streetsblog San Francisco Editorial Independence Policy
  • Donor Transparency Policy
    Follow Us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Streetsblog Logo
    • HOME
    • USA
    • NYC
    • MASS
    • LA
    • CHI
    • SF
    • CAL
    • STREETFILMS
    • DONATE
Streetsblog SF Logo
  • Pedestrian Safety
  • Bicycling
  • Muni
  • Parking
  • Peninsula
  • California
    Follow Us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Julianne Cuba

Recent Posts

Here's Prospect Park West at the start of the open streets program. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

NYC ‘Open Streets’ Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments
Mayor de Blasio’s Open Streets program — meant to give New Yorkers socially distanced recreation space during the COVID-19 crisis — caters to the rich, a Streetsblog analysis shows.
Photo: Julianne Cuba

More NYC Cyclists Protested For ‘Black Lives Matter’ On Saturday Than Showed Up To Trump’s Rally In Tulsa

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments
Whose streets? Protesters’ streets.
Police used their bicycles as weapons against protestors in New York. Source: Twitter

Trek Bicycles Declines To Divest From NYPD

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 10, 2020 | No Comments
The company that sells bicycles to the NYPD has refused activists' demands that it divest from its relationship with a brutal department.
The moment of impact on Ocean Parkway. Photo: NYC Scanner

Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals In NYC

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 27, 2020 | No Comments
Paramedics rushed two people to already over-capacity emergency rooms on Wednesday evening, thanks to speeding drivers who refused to slow down amid a worsening health crisis.
Mayor de Blasio (center with Borough President Eric Adams and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg) was last seen riding a bike in August, 2018. Photo: Natalie Grybauskas

When Your Mayor Is Afraid to Bike In Your City

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 13, 2020 | No Comments
“Mayor de Blasio is failing to lead by example and show New Yorkers that no one should be afraid to bike on their own streets,” said one activist.
A crash on Market Street, 2016. Private cars are now banned, but taxis, city vehicles, scofflaw motorists who drive down Market anyway, and delivery trucks will continue to put cyclists lives in danger if the city follows through on its "Bummer Market Street" plan. Photo: John Rogers

Bill Would Finally Hold Reckless Drivers Accountable

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 30, 2019 | No Comments
The days of "It was just an accident!" may soon be over.

SPEED CAMERAS WORK: 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.
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 | No Comments
“It’s part of our giant blindspot for the dangers of driving," a lawyer said.
A city-owned vehicle blocking sight lines at a crosswalk in Inwood in 2017. Photo: Brad Aaron

Workers Causing More Injuries in Crashes

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 1, 2019 | No 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.

Uber Sues NYC Over Cruising Empty Cap

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 20, 2019 | No Comments
The city’s proposed cap on cruising times for app-based cabs is “arbitrary” and illegal because it supersedes the state’s traffic-reduction regulations, and was concocted secretly without taking into consideration other factors, a new lawsuit by Uber argues.

STREETSBLOG INTERVIEW: Sean Avery Loves Saying ‘Fuck You’ to People Blocking Bike Lanes

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 9, 2019 | No Comments
'People have called me a jerk or ass my whole entire life,' the former New York Ranger said. 'The last thing that’s gonna happen is me being intimidated by that.'

LOADING ZONES: DOT is Finally Taking Back Some Streets From Car Storage!

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 25, 2019 | No Comments
It's one small step for a block, one giant leap for street safety — and breaking the car culture.
Load more stories
      • About Us
      • Contact Streetsblog SF
      • Our Funders
      • Comment Moderation Policy
      • Streetsblog San Francisco Editorial Independence Policy
      • Donor Transparency Policy
        Follow Us:
      • Facebook
      • Twitter
      Streetsblog SF Logo