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Jessie Singer

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"Accidents"

EXCERPT: There are No ‘Accidents’ — We Have Been Fooled into Thinking There Are

Robert Green

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Bicycle Safety

OPINION: Ordering Takeout? Stop Complaining and Look in the Mirror

Michael King

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Carnage

OPINION: Let’s Fix These Killer ‘Signalized Sidewalks’

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

Alan Baglia

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Bicycle Infrastructure

OPINION: How Family Rides Turned a ‘Bike Dad’ Into an Activist

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>

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Gersh Kuntzman

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The 10 Best Ideas We Heard at Tuesday’s Epic ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing

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HOT TAKES: Four Views on Why Electric Trucks Won’t Save Us

Tom Flood

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Car crashes

OPINION: Muscle-Car Makers Market Mayhem

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Arrests of Drunk Drivers Are Falling Even as Crashes are Historically High: Report

Kea Wilson is Senior Editor for Streetsblog USA. She has more than a dozen years experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She lives in St. Louis, MO. For tips, submissions, and general questions, reach out ther at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org,</a> on X at <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea,</a> or on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social">@keawilson.bsky.social.</a>

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Kea Wilson

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I Watched ‘F9’ So Other Bike/Ped Advocates Don’t Have To