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
Safety Last: NYC Cuts 500 Crossing Guard Positions
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The NYPD has cut close to 500 crossing guard positions in a money-saving measure — a move that puts kids at risk on school roadways that were already more dangerous than other city streets.
Talking Headways Podcast: Competing with Car Ownership
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This week we’re joined by the head of Zipcar, Angelo Adams! We talk about how Zipcar gets parking spaces, how they find customers, the benefits of car sharing and how the company’s biggest competitor is car ownership.
Live from Denver: Two Streetfilms, Two Great Ideas, One Leading City
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During the NACTO conference in Denver earlier this month, Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. got to see the next generation in traffic circles — a design with a rotary so big that car drivers have to slow down. Check it out.
Advocates: City Must Make E-Mobility Safer and More Widespread — And Here’s How To Do It
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The bike boom is now going vroom, vroom.
Steal This Idea: The Larger the Car, the More You Pay to Park
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Big news out of Montreal: Starting on July 1, drivers of larger, heavier cars will pay more for residential parking permits in one busy corner of town.
Ridership of Nation’s Biggest Bike Share System Hits New Record
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The number of rides on Citi Bike is up 30 percent from the same May 7-13 period last year.
Study: Electric Vehicle Pollution Reductions Accrue Mostly to the Rich
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About that electric vehicle "revolution"... Residents of poor neighborhoods are getting the limited benefits of TVs much less than wealthy ones.
TEMP TAG TUESDAY: See How Easy it is to Buy a Fake New Jersey License Plate!
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Today, we start a new feature, featuring me buying illegal temp tags.
We Asked Bing's Sydney AI What It Thinks About Car Dependency
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Here's a story about why we no longer fear artificial intelligence, and, indeed, hope it will someday be running the country.
NYC ‘Citizen Reporting’ Bill Moves Forward, But Without the Bounty
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A long-stalled bill that would allow people to report drivers who block bike or bus lanes is about to move forward in the City Council, but without its central feature: people who make complaints will no longer receive 25 percent of the resulting ticket revenue.
The End of ‘Criminal Mischief’? A Reflection on Three Months of Field Work
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For three months, our Streetsblog NYC editor has been exposing one of New York City's great scams: drivers (mostly cops) who deface their license plates to avoid speed-camera tickets. Well, it's time to hang up the paint pen and screwdriver.
VISION ZERO 2022: More Dead Kids, More Crashes in Known Danger Zones
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More children died in crashes last year than in another other year in the Vision Zero era and crashes remain concentrated in areas that are known to be treacherous, according to a new report that crunches the numbers on the bloody 12 months of 2022.