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Council Member Vickie Paladino

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Op/Ed

Op/Ed: Council Member Decries the Livable Streets Movement as ‘Radicals’

Longtime Hells Kitchen community activist Christine Berthet is also the co-chair of the Community Board 4 Transportation Committee and the founder of pedestrian safety group CHEKPEDS.

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Christine Berthet

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Electric Cars

Thousands of Chargers for Heavy E-Cars Are Coming to a Sidewalk Near You 

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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Carnage

KOMANOFF: Listening to Lehrer Helps Understand The Mindset Keeping our Streets Unsafe

Sara Lind is the co-executive director at Open Plans, a sister organization of Streetsblog.

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Sara Lind

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Opinion: Open Plans Lays Out Its ‘Joyful, Sustainable’ Future for a People-Centered NYC

Stephen Mushegan

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Opinion: Fully EV Car Share is Crucial for Lowering Emissions and Congestion

Sandi Vega

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Complete Streets

Opinion: Gov. Hochul’s Failure to Act on ‘Complete Streets’ Will Mean More Senseless Road Death

Jenna Miller

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Opinion: We Must Put Wellness at the Center of Public Space Design

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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CYCLE OF RAGE: The DOT’s Reckless Driver Program Scratches the Very Outer Membrane of the Surface