Today’s Headlines
Car Boom Puts Europe on Road to a Smoggy Future (NYT) How Vienna Got Cars Out of the City Center (NYT Letter) Congestion Pricing Works for Electricity, Why Not Traffic? (NYT) Columbus Park or Gov’t Employee Parking Lot? (Bklyn Papers) Stylish yet safe shirts for cyclists (AMNY) All the Technology Needed for 100 mpg, Batteries … Continued
11:15 AM EST on January 9, 2007
- Car Boom Puts Europe on Road to a Smoggy Future (NYT)
- How Vienna Got Cars Out of the City Center (NYT Letter)
- Congestion Pricing Works for Electricity, Why Not Traffic? (NYT)
- Columbus Park or Gov’t Employee Parking Lot? (Bklyn Papers)
- Stylish yet safe shirts for cyclists (AMNY)
- All the Technology Needed for 100 mpg, Batteries Not Included (NYT)
- How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches (Independent)
- Spitzer aides plan to review big projects (NLG)
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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