Today’s Congestion Headlines

10:41 AM EST on December 5, 2006

Study Discovers $13+ Billion in Annual Costs Due to Traffic Congestion (PFNYC)Region Loses as Many as 52,000 Jobs Every Year
Mayor Says Fee on Peak Traffic Is Not Likely (NYT)
Fees To Ease Midtown Traffic Jams May Get a New Look From City Hall (Sun)
Drivers get brake on congest tax (News)
Choked Streets Cost City $13B Per Year (Post)
Partnership Pushes Manhattan Congestion Charges (Observer)
Report Suggests Congestion Pricing As A Way To Curb Traffic (NY1)

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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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