Gersh Kuntzman

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Articles

'War on Cyclists': E-Bike Speed Limit Panned by Safety Advocates

3 weeks ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

"Stupid." "Hot air." "Insulting." "Nonsense."These are just some of the overnight reactions to Mayor Adams's hasty announcement late on Wednesday that he intends to create a 15-mile-per-hour speed limit for electric bikes — a rule change that will place more of a burden on hard-working, mostly immigrant delivery workers and none on the app companies that have unleashed them to quickly deliver burgers and groceries to the city's élites.
Thursday's Headlines: Speed Limits for E-Bikes Edition

3 weeks ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

A few days ago, we got a tip that the mayor — who has failed in his bid to properly regulate the app-based delivery companies and the customers whose orders have filled the streets with low-paid delivery workers — was going to instead just put a 15-mile-per-hour speed limit on e-bikes. We chased it for a few days, but the Daily News got the scoop, which then prompted City Hall to issue a press release that was heavy with blame and scant on details.
Tuesday's Headlines: Stop Super Speeders Edition

3 weeks ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

Our hearts always ache whenever the membership of Families for Safe Streets grows. But our tickers palpate whenever the newest member makes a debut on the most painful of stages: standing at a lecture, cameras rolling, to beg lawmakers in Albany or City Hall to, at long last, make roads safer. So it was yesterday on the West Side. Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, Rep.
Monday's Headlines: Critical Mass of Rage Against the NYPD Edition

3 weeks ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

Scores of New Yorkers rode in a group ride on Friday to protest the Police Department's Draconian enforcement push against cyclists, calling on Mayor Adams and Commissioner Jessica Tisch to stop giving out criminal court summonses for low-level offenses. The "Critical Mass" ride launched from Union Square and proceeded to Midtown before looping back down to City Hall, and marked the first mass demonstration against the policy Tisch rolled out a month ago.
Speed Governor: Leadfoot Cuomo Runs Red Light After Midtown Confab

1 month ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

Disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is clearly in too big a rush to be mayor. The June 24 primary front-runner, who already has two speeding tickets on the record of his new muscle car, was caught on camera driving through a red light after receiving several union endorsements in Midtown on Wednesday.
Wednesday's Headlines: Zero Vision Edition

1 month ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

There were two big stories yesterday: The Brooklyn Democratic machine's attack on bike lanes and a federal judge's attack on the Trump administration's war on congestion pricing.
Tuesday's Headlines: Good News for Bridge Bike Lanes Edition

1 month ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

Mopeds are the classic no-win situation for city government: They're an essential tool for reducing car use by delivery workers and commuters. Plus, they're fun. But with top speeds far slower than much-heavier automobiles, moped owners don't always feel safe in roadways with cars and trucks, so they often drive them in bike lanes. And that's been especially dangerous on bridges.
Memorial Day Headlines: The Times Finally Weighs in Edition

1 month ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

Yes, it's Memorial Day, a time of introspection and remembrance. Over here at Streetsblog, we are still introspecting and remembering the betrayal by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who came to office last year promising to make roadways safer and to be a Vision Zero partner of the Department of Transportation ... then went ahead and issued criminal summonses to cyclists for low-level infractions that typically received traffic summonses ... just like drivers still do.
Friday's Headlines: John Mulaney, You Are Officially On Notice Edition

1 month ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

When did Netflix start airing community board meetings? And when did people start dressing up so nice for them? You'd be excused for muttering such questions to yourself if you were watching "Everybody's Live with John Mulaney" on Wednesday night on Netflix (OK, I'm not hip, so I watched it archived the next day) because the comic legend and his guests looked like a bunch of anti-bike cranks at a meeting of Manhattan Community Board 8.
Wednesday's Headlines: Rising Out of the Valley Edition

1 month ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | Gersh Kuntzman

Congestion pricing keeps getting more popular and is almost fully out of the so-called "Valley of Political Death."You know that valley — it's where congestion pricing plans worldwide have fallen in the weeks before they are implemented (see chart). But there's another global phenomenon: weeks after the tolls are implemented, they begin getting more popular. We're seeing that in New York City.