Today’s Headlines
The Schaller Study: What New Yorkers Think About Road Pricing (MI) At New Trade Center, Seeking Lively (but Secure) Streets (NYT) City Council Gives Taxi Owners Incentives to Switch to Hybrids (News) GM Slowing SUV Production (Business Week) Higher Gas Prices & Airport Security Boost Amtrak Ridership (USA Today) Arrest Made In Gunfight Over Brooklyn … Continued
10:57 AM EST on December 7, 2006
- The Schaller Study: What New Yorkers Think About Road Pricing (MI)
- At New Trade Center, Seeking Lively (but Secure) Streets (NYT)
- City Council Gives Taxi Owners Incentives to Switch to Hybrids (News)
- GM Slowing SUV Production (Business Week)
- Higher Gas Prices & Airport Security Boost Amtrak Ridership (USA Today)
- Arrest Made In Gunfight Over Brooklyn Parking Space (NBC)
- Last-Ditch Maneuvering on Atlantic Yards Project (NYT)
- $2B in Bonds Sold for West Side and No. 7 Subway (Sun)
- New Subway Station Considered for Bklyn Bridge Park (Post)
- Sad Day on the LIRR: Proposal to Ban Liquor on Trains (NYT)
- $11M to Cyclist Whose Foot Was Crushed by MTA Bus (Post)
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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