Today’s Headlines
Time Runs Out on NYC’s Last Mechanical Parking Meter (NYT) “Atlantic Yards” Approved in Five Minute PACB Meeting (AYR) Court Is Next For Atlantic Yards Plan (Sun) “Shoot Hoops, Not Guns”: the transformation of Flatbush begins (NLG) Coming Soon? Your ATM card or Cell Phone as a Metrocard? (News) Concern grows over emissions and pollution from … Continued
10:21 AM EST on December 21, 2006
- Time Runs Out on NYC’s Last Mechanical Parking Meter (NYT)
- “Atlantic Yards” Approved in Five Minute PACB Meeting (AYR)
- Court Is Next For Atlantic Yards Plan (Sun)
- “Shoot Hoops, Not Guns”: the transformation of Flatbush begins (NLG)
- Coming Soon? Your ATM card or Cell Phone as a Metrocard? (News)
- Concern grows over emissions and pollution from jets (USA Today)
- The Highwaymen: The End of America’s Open Road (Mother Jones)
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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