Today’s Headlines
Police Action Faulted in Bicyclist-Car Incidents (Gothamist) “He didn’t belong on the highway anyway.” Driver Knew he Hit Kid (News) Harlem Minister Thinks he Should be Allowed to Park Caddy in Bus Stop (News) Companies That Go Green Deserve Tax Breaks, Bronx BP Says (Sun) Gotbaum Scrambling to Reimburse City for Personal Car Use (Post) … Continued
10:58 AM EST on November 2, 2006
- Police Action Faulted in Bicyclist-Car Incidents (Gothamist)
- “He didn’t belong on the highway anyway.” Driver Knew he Hit Kid (News)
- Harlem Minister Thinks he Should be Allowed to Park Caddy in Bus Stop (News)
- Companies That Go Green Deserve Tax Breaks, Bronx BP Says (Sun)
- Gotbaum Scrambling to Reimburse City for Personal Car Use (Post)
- Bloomberg, Schumer Warn London is Moving Ahead of NYC (Sun)
- Investigating whether Bush admin muzzled climate research (AP)
- Bush: If we Leave Iraq, What Will Happen to Oil? (Gristmill)
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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