Today’s Headlines
The Taxpayers’ Chauffeurs: Let Public Officials Ride the Subway (NYT) Greenway for the South Bronx (Gothamist) Related: The Bronx is Burning Bicycling (Streetsblog) Controlled Chaos: European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs (Spiegel) Climate Denial Senator Inhofe Booted Off Enviro Committee (Grist) First Principle: End Fossil Fuel Subsidies (Oil Drum) A Glitzy (But Temporary) Answer to … Continued
10:57 AM EST on November 21, 2006
- The Taxpayers’ Chauffeurs: Let Public Officials Ride the Subway (NYT)
- Greenway for the South Bronx (Gothamist)
- Related: The Bronx is
BurningBicycling (Streetsblog) - Controlled Chaos: European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs (Spiegel)
- Climate Denial Senator Inhofe Booted Off Enviro Committee (Grist)
- First Principle: End Fossil Fuel Subsidies (Oil Drum)
- A Glitzy (But Temporary) Answer to Nature’s Calls in Times Sq. (NYT)
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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