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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

STREETSBLOG USA

Talking Headways Podcast: Competing with Car Ownership

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 25, 2023 | No Comments
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.
STREETSBLOG USA

Live from Denver: Two Streetfilms, Two Great Ideas, One Leading City

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 24, 2023 | No Comments
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.
STREETSBLOG USA

Steal This Idea: The Larger the Car, the More You Pay to Park

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 18, 2023 | No Comments
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.
STREETSBLOG USA

Study: Electric Vehicle Pollution Reductions Accrue Mostly to the Rich

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 9, 2023 | No Comments
About that electric vehicle "revolution"...
STREETSBLOG NYC

My Conversation with the Bing Chatbot

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 7, 2023 | No Comments
Here's a story about why we no longer fear artificial intelligence, and, indeed, hope it will someday be running the country.
Look, ma, no hands! A legally blind man tested out Google's self-driving car in 2012.
STREETSBLOG USA

Drivers (Mostly Men) Rely Way Too Much on Those Automated Driving Systems, Study Says

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 11, 2022 | No Comments
Toxic masculinity and automated driving systems seem to go hand in hand.
Gabe Klein will lead the White Houses's key energy and transportation initiative.
STREETSBLOG NYC

Streetsblog Board Member Lands Major Job with Biden White House

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 20, 2022 | No Comments
Gabe Klein, a former Chicago and D.C. transportation agency leader — and a Streetsblog NYC and USA board member — has been chosen by “Electric” Joe Biden to head the administration’s Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, which was established by the bipartisan infrastructure bill and will hand out $7.5 billion in funding for the coming EV charging network.
Which came first ...?
STREETSBLOG NYC

NYC Official Under Fire for Questioning Benefits and Equity of Transit

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 3, 2022 | No Comments
We always assume more transit means more equity. But a progressive planning commissioner apparently disagrees, sparking quite a conversation.
Image: Charles Edward Miller, CC
STREETSBLOG USA

Post-Pandemic Period Proves Particularly Perilous to Pedestrians

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 7, 2022 | No Comments
The decade-long pedestrian death crisis has worsened, with a double-digit percentage increase in deaths caused by U.S. drivers — and experts are blaming it on speeding, distracted driving, larger vehicles and roads that prioritize car drivers over everyone else.
Cape Henlopen, Nov. 14, 2020.
STREETSBLOG USA

STOP THE PRESSES: Joe Biden, In Latest Break with Trump, Rode a Bike Today

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 16, 2020 | No Comments
President-elect Biden and the future First Lady Dr. Jill Biden rode bikes today as part of an outing near their Delaware home. Meanwhile, President Trump drove past an anti-democracy gathering in Washington.
A cyclist recently on the Cherry Walk portion of the bike path through Riverside Park. Photo: Google.
STREETSBLOG NYC

Busiest Bike Path in North America to Be Severed for Weeks

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments
And the Parks Department isn't doing anything to ensure the safety of cyclists beyond posting "signs" directing riders to busy, dangerous local roads.
Streetsblog USA senior editor is welcomed home by her dog, Zozobra, after a socially-distanced bike ride to the grocery store.
STREETSBLOG USA

How to Tell Stories That Compel People to Stand Up For Safe Streets — Even During COVID-19

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 22, 2020 | No Comments
Streetsblog USA's Kea Wilson is a guest on a new podcast over at the Active Towns Initiative.
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