Today’s Headlines

9:29 AM EDT on July 20, 2006

NYPD Wants to Pass Wheel-y Stupid Rule (Gothamist)
Take Back the Streets From Kamikaze Jerks (NY Post)
Can't Stop Guzzling: Laws of Supply and Demand Not Applying to Gas (BW)
Worksman Cycles Makes A Big Impact On New York City's Street Scene (NY1)
After Yankees, MTA Promises Rail Station for the Mets Too (NYT)
"Biking It" by Bruce Schaller (Gotham Gazette)
Car-less In Seattle (Planetizen)
Cabbie Crashes into Fire Truck on W. Side Injuring Two Bravest (Daily News)
Environmental Review Downplays Arena Project's Impact (WNYC)
"It is, after all, America": FCR's Stuckey Defends Profit Goals (Brian Lehrer)
Iris Sez: Chuck Schumer From DOT Suit (Daily News)
Are New York's Sidewalks Shrinking? (Real Estate)

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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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