Today’s Headlines
The Bloomberg Vista (Sunday Times Mag) The Hole in the City’s Heart (NYT) A transit worker on 9/11 (AMNY) US Embassy in London Owes $1.6M in Unpaid Congestion Charging Fees (NYT) Diplomatic Scofflaws and the Culture of Corruption (Wash Post) Sleazy countries are best at breaking New York City’s parking rules (Economist) Weeping Woman Hit … Continued
11:17 AM EDT on September 11, 2006
- The Bloomberg Vista (Sunday Times Mag)
- The Hole in the City’s Heart (NYT)
- A transit worker on 9/11 (AMNY)
- US Embassy in London Owes $1.6M in Unpaid Congestion Charging Fees (NYT)
- Diplomatic Scofflaws and the Culture of Corruption (Wash Post)
- Sleazy countries are best at breaking New York City’s parking rules (Economist)
- Weeping Woman Hit by Car on Upper West Side (Gothamist)
- Brooklyn: Motorcyclist Killed in Crash (NYT)
- Two More Motorcycle Deaths on City Streets (Gothamist)
- The unwritten story: Forest City Ratner and Brooklyn politics (AYR)
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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