Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cycle of Rage

A few hundred people, marching behind a nice handmade banner, demanded permanence for the 34th Avenue open street on Saturday. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

CYCLE OF RAGE: DOT Tries to Get Queens Car Lovers to Face Facts

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 29, 2020 | No Comments

The process that the Department of Transportation uses to make city roadways safer and more hospitable to human being is a broken one. An opinion piece from last night's CB3 meeting in Queens.

Community Board 7 met in full on Tuesday, June 2.

White Privilege on the Upper West Side: Board Condemns Police Brutality — Then Calls for More Cops!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 4, 2020 | No Comments

A community board in the predominantly white Upper West Side says it supports the Black Lives Matter movement — then calls for more enforcement by the NYPD, which disproportionately targets blacks.

BUZZKILL: Blue Angels ‘Tribute’ is Unwelcome Noise, Pollution and Patriotism

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 27, 2020 | No Comments

If spewing pollution over a city battling a respiratory disease is a salute, it's definitely the one-finger kind.

Don’t Blame NY Times Reporter For Buying a Car — Blame Decades of Bad Public Policy

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 20, 2020 | No Comments

Two futures are possible: One, put forward by Emma Fitzsimmons, is for more cars. The other, espoused by new cyclist Hannah Kadyrov, is for safer cycling. Which future we chose will have perpetual ramifications.

Here is how open streets are done in Minneapolis.

Mr. Mayor, You’re a Smart Guy, So Why Do You Wrongly Think Cops Must ‘Enforce’ Open Space?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 12, 2020 | No Comments

The mayor said that car-free streets are "dangerous" places that must be "enforced by the NYPD."

This was the scene on Third Street at Prospect Park West at around 4:15 p.m. on Monday — an injured cyclist who is long gone by the time cops show up. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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CYCLE OF RAGE: Crash Response Reveals that Cops Are Just So Badly Trained

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

More evidence that police officers are poorly trained and disinclined to see drivers as a culprit in the criminal or civil offense of injuring or killing someone with a motor vehicle.

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