Today’s Headlines
(Photo: Lisa Chamberlain, Polis)
10:17 AM EDT on July 11, 2006
- Silvercup Sprouts: Growing the City’s Largest Green Roof (Polis)
- Rumor: Central Park BikeTicket Blitz Scheduled for Today (BikeBlog)
- City Bike Boss Rips Brass and Pedals Off (Daily News)
- Congestion Relief? (Gotham Gazette)
- $4.5 Million Makeover For Fulton Street (Brooklyn Record)
- Happy 70th Birthday, Triborough Bridge (Gothamist)
- Darkness at Busy Corner: Fairway Traffic Chaos in Red Hook (Daily News)
- Car Leaps a Barrier in the Bronx, Killing 5 and Injuring 9 (NYT)
(Photo: Lisa Chamberlain, Polis)
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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