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Albany Rebuffs City’s Traffic-Relief Plan, Gridlock Rules (NYT, News, Sun) A Bizarre Day, Even by Albany Standards (News) Think Traffic’s Bad in NYC? Check out Cairo (NYT) Legislative Inaction Reflects the Will of the People (Sun) Indian Glaciers in Retreat (NYT) What Our Grandparents Can Teach us About Saving the Planet (Mike Davis) Bedford Ave. … Continued

By Aaron Naparstek

7:33 AM EDT on July 17, 2007

Albany Rebuffs City’s Traffic-Relief Plan, Gridlock Rules (NYT, News, Sun)
A Bizarre Day, Even by Albany Standards (News)
Think Traffic’s Bad in NYC? Check out Cairo (NYT)
Legislative Inaction Reflects the Will of the People (Sun)
Indian Glaciers in Retreat (NYT)
What Our Grandparents Can Teach us About Saving the Planet (Mike Davis)
Bedford Ave. Subway Station Bike Racks Proving to be Popular (Gowanus Lounge)
Bringing Trolleys Back to Coney Island (Gowanus Lounge)
Ford Tests Out Plug-in Hybrids (Detroit Free Press)

Aaron Naparstek

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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