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Christian MilNeil

A CharlieCard on top of stacked dollar bills

Bicycling

Free Passes For Boston’s Main Street Workers Boost Transit, Bluebikes Ridership

Elections and Politics

Mayor Wu Appoints GovTech Expert Jascha Franklin-Hodge As Boston’s New Chief of Streets

A memorial to Kevin Dumont on Mystic Avenue, near the crosswalk where a hit-and-run driver killed him in August 2019.

Vision Zero

With MassDOT’s Promised Safety Upgrades in Limbo, More Carnage on Somerville’s Mystic Ave.

Jeff Wood

StreetsblogUSA

Talking Headways Podcast: Optimism on Infrastructure

A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.

MBTA

More Fare-Free Buses Coming to Lawrence, Haverhill, and Boston

Streetsblog

Crashes

Wisconsin Car Attack is an Example of Our Failure to Prevent Cars Being Used as Weapons

Joe Linton

Daily headlines

L.A. Times Analysis Shows Racist Harms of Freeway Projects

<p>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></p>


Gersh Kuntzman

Advocacy Opportunities

The Infrastructure Bill: What’s In It For Us?

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

Transit

Eyes On the Street: A Quick Ride on Boston’s New Transitway

Mayor-elect Michelle Wu answers questions from the press on election night, November 2, 2021.

Transit Advocate Michelle Wu Will Be Boston’s Next Mayor

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