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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

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Adams at the Crossroads: Mayor Touts Intersection Fixes As Road Violence Crisis Continues

Nadia Williams

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Vision Zero Cities: Why Everyone Hates Cyclists: Realistic Group Conflict Theory and the Plight of Cyclists

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Vision Zero Cities: The Case for Taxing Large Vehicles

Sindhu Bharadwaj

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Vision Zero Cities: How to Fix Our Most Dangerous Roads

Madeline Brozen

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Vision Zero Cities: Road Violence is a Public Health Crisis that Needs Public Health Solutions

Nick Sementelli

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Driving is the New Smoking: Lessons From America’s Public Health Victory Over Tobacco

Kea Wilson has more than a dozen years of 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 previously worked at Strong Towns, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Kea can be reached at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea</a>.

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Kea Wilson

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Why Vision Zero Advocates Need to Talk About Anne Heche

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Hoboken Eliminated Traffic Deaths For 4 Years — And Now It’s Ending Injuries, Too

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Wait, Wut? The US, Where Road Violence is a National Crisis, Wants to Advise Other Countries?!

Julianne Cuba joined Streetsblog in February, 2019, after three years covering local news and politics at The Brooklyn Paper. There, she also covered the notoriously reckless private carting industry and hit-and-runs. A 2015 graduate of Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism Master’s Program, she now lives in Brooklyn. Julianne is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/julcuba?lang=en">@julcuba</a>. Email Julianne at <a href="mailto:julianne@streetsblog.org">julianne@streetsblog.org</a>

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Julianne Cuba

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City Launches a New Vision Zero Billboard Campaign — With Little Proof that Such Things Work

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