Today’s Headlines
Mayors Want Their Cities to Be Greenest (AMNY) New York One of Nation’s Most Sustainable Cities (MSN) Port Authority Chair Seeks 80 Percent Cut in Emissions (NYT) DOT Defies Community Board with New Bike Lanes (Brooklyn Paper) RELATED: City’s Bike Plan Is ‘Visionary’ (Brooklyn Paper) Council Member Wants Parkland for ‘Displaced’ Cars (Queens Gazette) DWI … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
9:19 AM EDT on May 18, 2007
- Mayors Want Their Cities to Be Greenest (AMNY)
- New York One of Nation’s Most Sustainable Cities (MSN)
- Port Authority Chair Seeks 80 Percent Cut in Emissions (NYT)
- DOT Defies Community Board with New Bike Lanes (Brooklyn Paper)
- RELATED: City’s Bike Plan Is ‘Visionary’ (Brooklyn Paper)
- Council Member Wants Parkland for ‘Displaced’ Cars (Queens Gazette)
- DWI Arrests Rise Sharply (Sun)
- Oil Price Spike Stokes ‘Driving Season’ Hysteria (Daily News)
- Bush Offers Vague Promises on Climate Change (NYT)
- Diverted Traffic Chokes Beleaguered Neighborhood (NYT)
- Environmentalist Is Not Insane (Sun)
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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