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Gersh Kuntzman

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This could be coming soon to New York State. Photo illustration
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NY State Senator Pushing ‘Idaho Stop’ Legalization Bill

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments
An upstate State Senator has introduced a bill that would allow cyclists to slow-roll through stop signs and go through red lights after a quick full stop.
These things are awesome. There's only 18 in the entire city. Photo: TA
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Report: City’s Failure to Add Bike Parking Hurts Businesses, Costs Lives, Increases Theft and Reduces Cycling

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 6, 2021 | No Comments
“Simply put, there is not enough bicycle parking in New York City,” said Danny Harris, executive director of Transportation Alternatives.
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Adviser Sheds Light on Biden Transportation Policy

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 16, 2020 | No Comments
A top adviser to President-elect Joe Biden gave a tiny glimpse at where transportation policy may start heading after Jan. 20, but he left more question unanswered than answered.
Source: Pixabay via Creative Commons.
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Scooter Injuries Revealed! New Report Shows (Again!) the Need for More Protected Space for Two-Wheelers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments
A new report wants to be read as an attempt to curtail scooter use, but it makes a different case.
Much of the Baltimore Greenway Trails Network already exists. Photo: Side A Photography
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Proof: Bike Paths are Good for the Local Economy

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 15, 2020 | No Comments
Finishing the stalled 35-mile Baltimore Greenway Trails Network would unleash millions in economic activity, a new report shows.
Supporters of President Trump blocked Fifth Avenue on Sunday.
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Chaos and Fear as Trumpists and a Domestic Terrorist Take Over Roadways

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 5, 2020 | No Comments
The weekend of terror began on Saturday night, when a driver targeted peaceful cyclists towards the end of a StreetridersNYC event in Manhattan. Video shows the SUV plunged into the crowd of bikers.
The panel things making more e-bikes available will lower the bar for people contemplating biking. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman
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Should States Subsidize E-Bike Purchases? This New Yorker Thinks So.

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments
Assembly Member Bobby Carroll wants the state to expand its electric car subsidy program to include electric bikes.
There are lots of ways to help the country's transportation system — but it all boils down to ending the hegemony of car drivers, argues a new report.
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Report: We Really Need to Divert Money from Drivers to Transit Users

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 11, 2020 | No Comments
The federal government needs an entirely different way of funding transportation — one that would finally allocate billions of dollars that currently subsidize and encourage driving to fund and expand transit, a new report argues.
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Report: 2020 Roadway Deaths are Way Higher Than Normal

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 1, 2020 | No Comments
Car drivers are killing people — pedestrians, cyclists, their own passengers, themselves — at a much higher rate this year compared to last, even though total travel is down dramatically because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report shows.
A man fires a paintball gun from the back of a Trump-flag-festooned pickup truck in Portland on Saturday.
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The Flag-Covered Assault Truck is ‘Trump 2020’ Ad

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 31, 2020 | No Comments
President Trump has an indelible one for his re-election campaign: pickup trucks ramming into civil rights protesters.
Increasingly, this is the NYPD's squad car — an assault vehicle.
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COVID Provides Temporary Cure for Police Addiction to SUVs

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 14, 2020 | No Comments
In the fiscal year just ended, the NYPD bought fewer new vehicles — and the fewest SUVs by percentage since the agency started shifting to the bigger, bulkier, more intimidating and more dangerous assault cars during the 2010s.
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SEE IT: The Pro-Bike Van Moof Ad That’s Too Hot for French TV

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 30, 2020 | No Comments
It’s the bike ad the French government doesn’t want you to see. According to Van Moof, the bike manufacturer, French media authorities have barred media outlets from running the company’s latest ad for the company’s S3 electric bike on the grounds that depictions of the damage caused by auto driving create “a climate of anxiety.” Here’s […]
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