Today’s Headlines
Park Slope traffic plan would create speedways (Bklyn Paper) Doctoroff Warns of Problems With East Side Subway Plan (Sun) John Liu Says Put Parking Rules on the Internet (Post) “Hot Dog Ladies” have their own parking permits (UncivilServants) NOAA Reports 2006/07 Winter Warmest on Record Worldwide (AP) New York City’s Air Is Anything But Clean … Continued
6:33 AM EDT on March 16, 2007
- Park Slope traffic plan would create speedways (Bklyn Paper)
- Doctoroff Warns of Problems With East Side Subway Plan (Sun)
- John Liu Says Put Parking Rules on the Internet (Post)
- “Hot Dog Ladies” have their own parking permits (UncivilServants)
NOAA Reports 2006/07 Winter Warmest on Record Worldwide (AP)- New York City’s Air Is Anything But Clean (Brooklyn Rail)
- Robert Moses Lives (Metropolis)
- Whole Foods Rejects Enviro-Friendly Changes in Brooklyn (Bklyn Paper)
- Call for Speed Limit Revs Up Germans (NYT)
- OPEC Says It Won’t Increase Output (NYT)
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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