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9:19 AM EDT on May 18, 2007

    • Mayors Want Their Cities to Be Greenest (AMNY)
    • New York One of Nation's Most Sustainable Cities (MSN)
    • Port Authority Chair Seeks 80 Percent Cut in Emissions (NYT)
    • DOT Defies Community Board with New Bike Lanes (Brooklyn Paper)
    • RELATED: City's Bike Plan Is 'Visionary' (Brooklyn Paper)
    • Council Member Wants Parkland for 'Displaced' Cars (Queens Gazette)
    • DWI Arrests Rise Sharply (Sun)
    • Oil Price Spike Stokes 'Driving Season' Hysteria (Daily News)
    • Bush Offers Vague Promises on Climate Change (NYT)
    • Diverted Traffic Chokes Beleaguered Neighborhood (NYT)
    • Environmentalist Is Not Insane (Sun)
Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York'’s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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