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A telephone booth was destroyed in a crash on Eighth Avenue and 46th Street (Photo: Mike Falco, NYT)
8:30 AM EDT on June 26, 2006
A telephone booth was destroyed in a crash on Eighth Avenue and 46th Street (Photo: Mike Falco, NYT)
- Three Injured in Midtown Crash (NYT)
- Billboard City: The New Street Furniture (New Yorker)
- Fort Greene Community Board Rejects Bike Lanes (Brooklyn Star)
- Cyclist Hit By NYPD Tow Truck Remains In Critical Condition (NY1)
- No. 7 Subway Could be Approved as Early as Next Month (Daily News)
- Summer ’06: A Watershed Moment for NYC’s Urban Environment? (Oil Drum)
- Bloomberg to Create City “Office of Sustainability” (WNYC)
- Energy Needs Not as Urgent as Anticipated, City Says (NYT)
- Hit-and-Run Limo on Madison Ave (Daily News)
- Man Critically Hurt on Henry Hudson Parkway Exit Ramp (NYT)
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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