Today’s Headlines

10:53 AM EST on November 28, 2006

Growing Calls for a Liveable NYC (TSTC)
'Carbon Offset' Business Takes Root (NPR)
As We Add Millions How Do We Stay Mobile? (Washington Post)
Bicyclists and Others Protest a Plan for New Parade Rules (NYT)
NYPD Holds Hearings on New Permit Rules (WNYC)
Scary Hit-and-Run Statistics (Gothamist)
Camera Surveillance Increasing for All but Traffic Scofflaws (TSTC)
Moscow Chokes on Growing Traffic Problems (NPR)
Traffic Tidbit: "sign of economic health" (NLG)
Brennan, Millman, Robinson ask Silver to delay, modify AY project (AYR)
Metro-North to Break Ground on Yank Stadium Train Station This Spring (TSTC)

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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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