Today’s Headlines, 8/8/06
State Court Officials Turn Mulberry St into Personal Parking Lot (Daily News) Giant Robot Parking Garge Imprisons Cars in Hoboken (Wired) Red Hook’s Mean Streets (Brooklyn Record) Alaska pipeline shutdown may add to record gas prices (Daily News) The World at $100 A Barrel (Seoul Times) July Critical Mass Ride Police Harrassment Footage (Bike Blog) Presidential Candidate Pataki … Continued
10:02 AM EDT on August 8, 2006
- State Court Officials Turn Mulberry St into Personal Parking Lot (Daily News)
- Giant Robot Parking Garge Imprisons Cars in Hoboken (Wired)
- Red Hook’s Mean Streets (Brooklyn Record)
- Alaska pipeline shutdown may add to record gas prices (Daily News)
- The World at $100 A Barrel (Seoul Times)
- July Critical Mass Ride Police Harrassment Footage (Bike Blog)
- Presidential Candidate Pataki Unveils a National Energy Plan (NYT)
- Transit Union Workers Travel to D.C. to Heckle Pataki (AMNY)
- Six-Year-Old Girl Dies From Injuries Suffered In Brooklyn Car Crash (NY1)
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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