Today’s Headlines

10:36 AM EST on November 7, 2006

A New Place to Park the Family -- Not the Car (City Limits)
Stuy Town, Queens West And the Debate Over Jacobs & Moses (Gazette)
Lowered East Side Plan Calls for Bldng Height Cap (Post)
Grow or die? Yes, but do development right, says Shiffman (AYR)
12th Round of Climate Talks Start in Nairobi (Compass)
Brooklyn: Man Hit by Two Cars Dies (Times)
License to Kill: Epileptic Lied on Driver App (Post)
Halloween Critical Mass Shows No Fear (Villager)
Council Member Stewart Questions Bloomberg On Term Limits (Sun)

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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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