Today’s Headlines

10:12 AM EDT on July 9, 2007

Brodsky Report to Recommend Rejecting NYC's Pricing Plan (NYT,News)
RELATED: Crunch Time for Congestion Pricing (NYTEditorial)
RELATED: NY Sun Editors Refer to it as a "DriveTax" (Sun)
Record-Setting Heat Wave, Drought Ravage Western States (Guardian)
Alabama Governor Urges Prayer for Rain (USA Today)
Rain Prayers Answered (Selma Times)
A Vision of Free Bicycles on NYC Streets (City Room)
European Railways Band Together to Compete With Airlines (Economist)
NYC Streets to be Paved With Recycled Materials (Post)

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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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