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9:42 AM EDT on July 11, 2007

    • Congestion Pricing: Silver is Talking, at Least (News, Daily Politics)
    • Deadline on Federal Pricing Grant is Firm (NYT)
    • Spitzer Ties Assembly Salary Increase to Pricing Approval (Sun)
    • Brodsky and Lancman Proposals Won't Get the Job Done (RPA)
    • NJ NIMBY's Tilt Against Neighbor's Windmills (NYT)
    • Congestion Pricing: Still Good for the Middle Class (Albany Project)
    • Congestion Pricing: It’s Getting Personal (City Room)
    • Report: If We Address Climate Change Now We Can Have an Impact (Sun)
    • Drunk Driver Dad Who Killed Wife Gets 4 to 12 Years (Post)
Aaron Naparstek
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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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