Today’s Headlines
Mass Transit Grows as Commuters’ Trip of Choice (NYT) Analysis: Extending the Reach of Regional Rail (Oil Drum) Make Room For Bikes On Rail Cars (Hartford Courant) US drivers hop on scooters to dodge rising gas prices (AFP) Cops Threaten CBS Reporter for Illegal Police Parking Story (Daily News) Boston Aims to Turn North End … Continued
11:05 AM EDT on September 5, 2006

- Mass Transit Grows as Commuters’ Trip of Choice (NYT)
- Analysis: Extending the Reach of Regional Rail (Oil Drum)
- Make Room For Bikes On Rail Cars (Hartford Courant)
- US drivers hop on scooters to dodge rising gas prices (AFP)
- Cops Threaten CBS Reporter for Illegal Police Parking Story (Daily News)
- Boston Aims to Turn North End Street into an Italian “Piazza” (Boston Globe)
- 11-Year-Old Boy Killed by Car Riding Bike in East New York (NY Post)
- Waiting for a Bus When It’s 116 Degrees (Civic Strategies)
- Atlantic Yards Challenges Brooklyn Progressive Politics (The Next American City)
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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