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Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman 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. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

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Gersh Kuntzman

Fernando Cabrera

CYCLE OF RAGE: Two Bronx Council Members Oppose Cab Safety

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Bicycle Safety

CYCLE OF RAGE: NYPD is Not Doing Enough to Crack Down on Cabbies on their Phones

Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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Charles Komanoff

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Congestion Pricing

Leave It to Lyft? Trust Uber? (But Who’s Gonna Watch the FHV Surcharges?)

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Brad Aaron

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Bicycling

Drivers Who Killed Madison Lyden Have Little to Fear From Cy Vance, Bill de Blasio, and NYPD

City Council

City Council Passes Bill Giving TLC More Power to Modulate Uber Traffic

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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It’s Not an Uber Cap — It’s a Course Correction for an Industry That’s Dangerously Out of Whack

No Uber-Lyft Cap Needed Because New York Can Price Its Way Out of Congestion and Despair

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Carnage

No Word From TLC on Whether Cabbie Who Injured 5 and Claimed “Medical Episode” Still Drives a Cab

Citing “Medical Episode,” NYPD Declines to Charge Livery Driver in Lower Manhattan Crash That Injured 4 Bystanders

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Cab Driver Pleads to Homicide for Killing 2 on Bronx Sidewalk While Off Epilepsy Meds

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