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Gersh Kuntzman

Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We're talking about tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman, who has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. Email Gersh at gersh@streetsblog.org

Recent Posts

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NO SURPRISE: Feds Report Double-Digit Increase in Road Deaths in 2021

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 17, 2022 | No Comments
Call it the forgotten pandemic: road fatalities surged by double-digit percentages, including a significant increase in deaths outside of cars, in 2021, according to a new report issued Tuesday by federal authorities.
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The Infrastructure Bill: What’s In It For Us?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 7, 2021 | No Comments
President Biden's $1.2-trillion "infrastructure" bill passed the House late on Friday evening and was hailed by a POTUS needing a win as a “once-in-a-generation investment.” But what's really in it?
A wrecked pickup truck rests in the median of Route 1 in Lynnfeild following a police chase in November 2020. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts State Police.
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Nationwide Pedestrian Fatality Rate Up By Double Digits During Pandemic

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 23, 2021 | No Comments
Thanks to a well-documented increase in reckless driving on less-congested roadways during the pandemic, the pedestrian fatality rate rose 22 percent in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period a year earlier, according to a new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association.
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NY City Council Seeks To Remove Police From Crash Investigations

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments
The aftermath of a truck crash on I-290 in Worcester.
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America’s Mayors: Cars are Ruining Our Cities — But We Won’t Do Much About It!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 18, 2020 | No Comments
“I was really struck … about [the mayors’] unwillingness to support or implement things that we in transportation planning know are evidence-based ways to make roads safer for vulnerable road users,” said Katherine Levine Einstein, a Boston University political science professor.
The aftermath of a truck crash on I-290 in Worcester.
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Report: Drivers Keep Getting Safer — The Rest of Us Get Slaughtered

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments
It's more likely that drivers are distracted than pedestrians, frankly. Photo: Washington University in St. Louis
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‘Distracted Walking’ Is A Distraction From the Threat of Speeding Drivers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 4, 2019 | No Comments
“Cell phone use by pedestrians does not appear to be disproportionately contributing to fatal pedestrian crashes,” a report from the New York City Department of Transportation stated.
Lisa Ford walks her grandchildren, Cannon Castell; Jada Ford; and Chastity Castell, across a temporary crosswalk.
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Sen. Markey Introduces Federal Complete Streets Bill

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 11, 2019 | No Comments
The Markey-Cohen bill would also require grant recipients to adopt and prioritize a “Complete Streets” policy — and it would require the federal government, the states and federal “metropolitan planning organizations” to adopt design standards for all highway projects “that provide for the safe and adequate accommodation of all users of the surface transportation network, including motorized and non-motorized users, in all phases of project planning, development, and operation.”
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