Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

DOT to Carroll Gardens: Remove Sidewalk Flowers or $1,000 Fine (Brooklyn Record) …Only 44 Speeding Tickets a Day Issued on NYC’s Local Streets (City Journal) Municipal Arts Society Says Forest City’s Atlantic Yards Plan “Won’t Work” (AYR) Taxi Drivers Make Their Case For Gas Surcharge (NY1) NJ Transit Plans New York-Atlantic City Rail Service (Atlantic City Press) … Continued

By Aaron Naparstek

11:28 AM EDT on June 16, 2006

DOT to Carroll Gardens: Remove Sidewalk Flowers or $1,000 Fine (Brooklyn Record)
…Only 44 Speeding Tickets a Day Issued on NYC’s Local Streets (City Journal)
Municipal Arts Society Says Forest City’s Atlantic Yards Plan “Won’t Work” (AYR)
Taxi Drivers Make Their Case For Gas Surcharge (NY1)
NJ Transit Plans New York-Atlantic City Rail Service (Atlantic City Press)
NJ Transit Also Planning Extension to Philadelphia (Daily PA)
City Adding Credit Card Parking Meters (NY Post)
Brooklyn SUV Driver Runs up on Sidewalk, Kills His Own Aunt (Daily News)

Aaron Naparstek

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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