Friday Video: The Positive Economics of Bike Lanes
Whatever it costs, it's too expensive!
That, more or less, was a recent argument about bike lanes made by Leslie Roberts, a City Council candidate in Montreal.
9:03 PM PST on November 13, 2025
Whatever it costs, it’s too expensive!
That, more or less, was a recent argument about bike lanes made by Leslie Roberts, a City Council candidate in Montreal.
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
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