Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cycle of Rage

Thanks to cars, children in New York are never really safe. Photo: Bess Adler

Schools Open Today — A Reminder of the Harmful Legacy of Cars and Kids

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 5, 2019 | 10 Comments

Every day that we send our kids to school is another day when they may not come back. It's not school shootings or abductions that parents worry about — it's their neighbors in their cars. A Streetsblog photo essay by Bess Adler.

CYCLE OF RAGE: Forget Your Vanity Plates, Andrew, And Make Drivers Use These

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 20, 2019 | 10 Comments

Cuomo is right that license plates are a symbol — but he's willfully blinded himself to the symbolism embodied by the cars to which they're attached. So I decided to help with my own proposals for more realistic designs.

Cops don't care — and the roads are poorly designed, says a former mayoral aide.

CYCLE OF RAGE: In Defense of Fast-Fingered Former Mayoral Aide Eric Phillips

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 10, 2019 | 10 Comments

Former mayoral aide Eric Phillips made a gaffe on Tuesday night — but in doing so revealed the essential truth that the de Blasio administration doesn't care about really fixing the problem of road fatalities.

A summer weekend in New York's richest neighborhoods means empty streets. So why should we care what car owners think is just?

New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 5, 2019 | 101 Comments

Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.

LAUGHABLE: The NYPD is the Front Line of Mayor de Blasio’s ‘Crackdown’ on Bike Lane Parkers?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 2, 2019 | 20 Comments

Mayor de Blasio's announcement that he had ordered the NYPD to crackdown on reckless drivers and cars parked in bike lanes is being ridiculed for one key reason: NYPD officers routinely drive recklessly in their personal cars and often park in bike lanes.

He puts up big signs, but undermines them frequently. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mayor de Blasio Isn’t Perfect on Talking the Vision Zero Talk — Or Walking the Walk

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 31, 2019 | 7 Comments

Mayor de Blasio remains under fire for not walking the Vision Zero walk anymore — but on Friday, he showed he can't even fully talk the talk.

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