Today’s Headlines

9:32 AM EDT on July 7, 2006

Community Boards: No Wonder They Are Only Advisory (Brooklyn Star)
Upper East Side Greenmarket Ribbon Cutting (UGS)
The Cost of Congestion (Daily Score)
Debating the Path of Cortlandt Street (NYT)
Governor, Mayor Open New Promenade In Battery Park City (NY1)
Alternative Reality: Pushing for Greener, Safer Streets (NY Press)
MAS on Lopate: AY is Lousy Planning, but Done Deal? (AYR)
June Critical Mass Report (BikeBlog)
Critical Mass June '06 Ride Report - San Fran Excursion (OnNYTurf)
Check out the Transit Museum on the Cheap (Brooklyn Record)
City Offers MTA $500 Million for West Side Railyards (NYT)
City Offers MTA $300 Million for West Side Railyards (Daily News)

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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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