Today’s Headlines
Outer Boro Council Members Say Pricing Commission “a Sham” (Gotham Gazette) Fidler Rips Quinn Over Pricing, Discusses His Parking Permit (Daily Politics) Obama Misfires With $3/Gallon Line at Brooklyn Rally (Gothamist) No Staten Islanders on Pricing Panel? Add a Blogger (Advance) Georgia Legislature Debates Whether Climate Change is Real (Grist) Rival Drivers Groups Disagree on … Continued
7:39 AM EDT on August 24, 2007
- Outer Boro Council Members Say Pricing Commission “a Sham” (Gotham Gazette)
- Fidler Rips Quinn Over Pricing, Discusses His Parking Permit (Daily Politics)
- Obama Misfires With $3/Gallon Line at Brooklyn Rally (Gothamist)
- No Staten Islanders on Pricing Panel? Add a Blogger (Advance)
- Georgia Legislature Debates Whether Climate Change is Real (Grist)
- Rival Drivers Groups Disagree on Likelihood of Taxi Strike (NYT)
- A Twisted Ankle in the Bronx and a Call for Road Repaving (News)
- Barwick: Penn Station is Most Important Transportation Project (Gothamist)
- What’s Up With Abandoned Brooklyn Playground? (Brownstoner)
- Seattle Struggles to Fund Sidewalks (Planetizen)
Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.
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