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Op-ed

Guest Column: License Suspensions Are Devastating — And They Aren’t Making Our Roads Safer

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Christian MilNeil

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Policing

The Cops’ Directing-Traffic Racket Is Delaying Safety Projects

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Vision Zero

Wu Administration Revives Centre Street Safety Project For West Roxbury

Kea Wilson

Bicycling

Bike/Walk Laws ‘Arrest’ the Mobility of Black Americans: Study

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Elections and Politics

Legislative Agenda Includes Rail Electrification, Congestion Pricing, and Traffic Enforcement Cameras

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Julianne Cuba

Equity

Support For Camera Enforcement Increases When Put in Racial Justice Context, Study Finds 

State House Update: New Bills Would Tackle Racial Profiling, Traffic Enforcement Cameras, E-Bikes

Report: To Make Transit Safe, Rethink Transit Cops

Gov. Charlie Baker (left) and MassDOT Secretary Jayme Tesler (background).

Advocates Pan Proposed Expansion of Policing in Baker ‘Safety’ Bill

Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We&#8217;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&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. Email Gersh at <a href="mailto:gersh@streetsblog.org">gersh@streetsblog.org</a>

Gersh Kuntzman

NY City Council Seeks To Remove Police From Crash Investigations